KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a test run of its famed hanging bell on Dec. 27 to prepare for the traditional bell-ringing ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In the test ...

KYOTO--Priests at Chion-in temple here tolled a 70-ton bell, said to be one of Japan ... is rung with a 4.5-meter-long hanging wooden beam. When the lead priest holding the main rope calls ...