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#4 JYOYA-NO-KANE＆HATSUMOUDE

Japanese buddhist temples start ringing their bells called "Jyoya-no-Kane" 108times late on New Year's Eve and continue into the early hours of New Year'sDay. The day of New Year's Eve is called "Jyoya" in Japanese, so the bell iscalled "Jyoya-no-Kane".In Buddhism, the number of earthly desires, "bonnou" isbelieved "108". It is said that each bell sound erases one of our 108 earthlydesires.Also, on January 1st, many people get together at the buddhist temples and tossin the offering, give the bell a ring to make a wish for their New Year.In this episode, you can feel the real Japanese New Year's Eve in one hour. It'sbeen specially recorded in Shibamata Taishakuten Daikyoji Temple, a famoustemple in Tokyo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TOKYO 1 HOUR