Happy New Year to everyone from The Japan Times! Despite chilling winds in Tokyo, hundreds of people came to Ikegami Honmon-ji (池上本門寺), a temple of the Nichiren Shū sect of Buddhism, for their first temple visit of the year (初詣, hatsumode) and jyoyo no kane (除夜の鐘), the ceremonial ringing of the temple bell on New Year’s Eve. 📸 Mark Thompson @guchagucha
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