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Asian Art Museum rings in Japanese New Year with 108 chimes of 16th century bronze bell
A 16 th century bronze bell rang 108 times on Sunday during a celebration of the Japanese New Year at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. The sounding of the 2,100-pound bell, from a temple in ...
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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 ...