Japan sticks to tradition to mark 2017

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A bell tolled to mark the New Year at Japan’s Zentsu Temple in Zentsuji City.

A bell tolled to mark the New Year at Japan’s Zentsu Temple in Zentsuji City.

Zentsu Temple in Kagawa Prefecture is the birthplace of one of the most revered figures of Japanese Buddhism, the high priest Kobo Daishi, or “Kukai”.