The Sound of Stillness
Journey Through Japan’s Temple Bells
Temple Bell Story
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Where Cleaning Is Practice — and a Great Bell Rings Across a Vast Temple Ground
Sōji-ji, located in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, is one of the two head temples of the Sōtō Zen sect. Its…
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A Kanbun-Era Bell on the Mountain Path Where Young Yoshitsune Once Walked
Take the Eizan Electric Railway north from central Kyoto, and the line ends at Kurama Station — at t…
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A Morning Bell Amid the Student Quarter
Just beside Kyoto University, at the heart of the lively student district known as Hyakumanben, stan…
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The Sacred Cord and the Bell That Tolls Only for the Dead (Important Cultural Property)
At Shōrin-in, Ōhara, a single bell toll guided by a sacred white cord has carried the dead to the Pu…
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The Ancient Bell That Greets the Morning at a World Heritage Site (National Treasure)
Kōfuku-ji’s bronze bell, cast in 727 CE, is Japan’s second-oldest temple bell with a dated inscripti…
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The Bell Tower’s 2025 Renewal and the Phoenix-Adorned Bell It Replaced
Higashi Hongan-ji needs little introduction as one of Kyoto’s grandest temple complexes, standing ju…
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The Secret Behind the Bell of Eisan-ji and the Spirit of Sugawara Michizane
In the quiet city of Gojō, Nara Prefecture, stands Eisan-ji Temple, home to a temple bell (bonshō) c…
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Yokosuka: The Sunken Bell Legend of Enshō-ji Temple (Designated Cultural Property of Yokosuka City)
Overlooking the busy fishing port of Hashirimizu, Enshō-ji Temple is home to a mysterious bronze bel…
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Journey Through Literature: Tracing Japan’s First Temple Bell
The oldest surviving temple bell in Japan can be found at Myōshin-ji Temple in Kyoto. An inscription…
【Kyoto】Kasagidera-temple
【Nara】Toudaiji
【Kyoto】Chionin
【Nara】Syuenji
【Nara】Okadera
【Kyoto】Touji
【Nara】Hasedera