A Call to Center Yourself The first reason we ring the bell is deeply personal, though often overlooked: it serves as a ...

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 ...

At one time, Oigo Works had 60 to 70 percent of the market share for temple bells. The ringing of the “joya ... are supposedly removed when the bell is struck 108 times. Since the mid-Edo ...