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 ...

CHOCOLATE drinks and instant coffee packets were popular items given to monks during the annual New Year Tak Bat or alms offering at the Chaiya Mangalaram Buddhist Temple in Lorong Burmah ...