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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 That No Longer Speaks
A bell cast in 1140 to consecrate one of Japan’s greatest mountain sanctuaries outlasted the temple …
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Where the Bell and Conch Have Sounded Together at Noon for a Thousand Years
At Hasedera in Nara, a bell cast in 1501 rings alongside a conch-shell horn every day at noon — a ri…
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The Giant Bell That Echoes Through the Ages
Tōdaiji Temple’s great bronze bell — a National Treasure cast in the 8th century — still rings every…
