Hard times have befallen a copper-works company that has forged thousands of temple bells around Japan that are traditionally rung on New Year’s Eve. Oigo Works Co., based in Takaoka, Toyama ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the slaughter ...

Wind chimes hung along an approach to Nyoirinji temple are seen in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 19, 2025. During the annual wind chime festival, 3,500 wind-bells made of glass ring through the ...

Thousands of glass wind bells decorate about 50 meters of the approach to the main hall of Saikyo-ji Temple in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. It's said the delicate chimes can avert calamities and bring ...

UJITAWARA, Kyoto -- A wind chime festival is underway at a temple in this western Japan town, where more than 2,000 wind bells are displayed, and visitors are enjoying the cool sounds they make every ...

In Etah, Uttar Pradesh, sound is shaped through metal. Temple bells that mark prayer time, ghungroos tied to a dancer’s ankles, school bells that signal routine, and animal bells used in rural life ...