Empuku-ji Temple: New Year's Eve Bell Ringing

About this event

This is a Joya no Kane (New Year's Eve Bell Ringing) event held at Empuku-ji Temple in Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture. Empuku-ji is a Rinzai Zen training monastery, also called Daruma-do because it enshrines Japan's oldest seated wooden statue of Bodhidharma (an Important Cultural Property). At this event, the gates open at midnight (0:00 AM) on New Year's Eve, allowing visitors to ring the bell on a first-come, first-served basis. It is an opportunity to experience ringing the temple bell in a quiet and solemn atmosphere as you welcome the new year.

Venue

Daruma-do Empuku-ji Temple

153 Yawata Fukurokudani, Yawata, Kyoto 614-8056