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Despite slump, craftsman works to keep temple bells ringing
The ringing of the “joya no kane” bells ... He was recently working on a bell for a temple in Ibaraki Prefecture to be delivered next spring. “It was not like this in the past,” Motoi ...
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Bell at Kyoto’s Chion-in temple ready to ring out tumultuous year
KYOTO--Priests at Chion-in temple here tolled a 70-ton bell, said to be one of Japan’s three largest temple bells, in a dry run to ring out a year overshadowed by wars overseas. The Dec. 27 ...
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Asian Art Museum rings in Japanese New Year with 108 chimes of 16th century bronze bell
The sounding of the 2,100-pound bell, from a temple in Tajima Province and now ... Akiba Roshi began the bell ringing, which is intended to curb the 108 mortal desires that torment humankind ...