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 ...

Many people have been seen ringing the bell while entering the temple and while returning from there. This is a big mistake, which should be avoided. If you also do this, then next time when you ...

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 ...

The bell was made by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics and the Big Bell Temple Museum to mark the return of Hong Kong to the motherland on July 1, 1997. The bell is 1.97 meters in ...