and readily provided the bell without giving the matter a second thought. Miura’s late father, who served as a sub-lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy and took over the temple’s ...

KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple ... bell was cast during the early years of the Edo Period (1603-1867). It is 3.3 meters tall, 2.8 meters wide and weighs 70 tons. It is regarded as one of Japan ...

Members can attend an earlier Bell-Ringing Ceremony at 10:30 AM before the public ceremony begins. Ring in the New Year by taking a swing at a 2,100-pound, 16th-century Japanese temple bell.

(Mainichi/Sho Ohara)=Click/tap photo ... step into the Qambalin Buddhist temple in this city's Moriyama Ward, the only officially recognized Tibetan temple in Japan. One of the most eye-catching ...