Architecture & Design on Instagram: "At Chion-in Temple in Kyoto hangs one of #Japan’s most monumental bells. On New Year’s Eve, a group of seventeen monks strikes the bell 108 times, a ritual symbolizing the letting go of worldly desires. The bell is rung only twice each year, the second occasion being the Gyōki Daie ceremony in April. Cast in 1636, the bronze bell weighs 70 tons and measures 3.3 meters in height, with a diameter of 2.7 meters. It is housed within a wooden bell tower completed