KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a test run of its famed hanging bell on Dec. 27 to prepare for the traditional bell-ringing ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In the test ...
KYOTO--Priests at Chion-in temple here tolled ... and sorrow.” The bell, which measures 3.3 meters high and 2.8 meters in diameter, is rung with a 4.5-meter-long hanging wooden beam.