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2025 Higashi Hongwanji Obon Festival: Bon Odori, Taiko, Japanese Food Booths, Live Music (2 Days)
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2025 Sozenji Obon Festival: Live Taiko Performance, Bon Odori Dancing at Sozenji Buddhist Temple (Sunday)
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2025: 62nd Annual Japanese Cultural Festival & Ondo Event (Bon Odori Dance, Japanese Food, Games, Taiko, Bingo..) SEJSCC Southeast School (2 Days)
2025: 67th Zenshuji Obon Carnival Festival, Japantown Los Angeles (Japanese Food, Taiko, Performances, Games..) (2 Days)
2025: 4th Annual Nikkei Celebration Festival Event in Boyle Heights (Parade, Public Ondo, Entertainment & Performances..) Saturday

39th Annual Japanese New Year's Bell-Ringing Ceremony Event (Purifying Rings of a 2,100 Pound, 16th-Century Japanese Temple Bell) See Video NEW

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Date: Sunday, 29 December, 2024       Time: 1:00 pm
Map of Asian Art Museum (Japanese Art) One of the Largest & Comprehensive Museums Dedicated Exclusively to Asian Art in the World , 200 Larkin Street

39th Annual Japanese New Year Bell-Ringing Ceremony. Celebrate with your museum community for an experience the San Francisco Chronicle calls “a great way to end a year and start a new year.”

Ring in the New Year by taking a swing at a 2,100-pound, 16th-century Japanese temple bell. Led by Reverend Gengo Akiba, this inspiring ceremony will include a purification ritual and chanting of the Buddhist Heart Sutra. Visitors will have an opportunity to ring the bell to leave behind any unfortunate experiences, regrettable deeds, or ill luck from the year. The bell will be struck 108 times to usher in the New Year and curb the 108 mortal desires (bonno) that, according to Buddhist belief, torment humankind.

Schedule
10:00 am | Doors open
10:30 am-12 pm | Member Bell-Ringing
12:30 pm | Touch Tour of the Bell for Blind and Visually Impaired Community
1-2:30 pm | Public Bell-Ringing

Tours and Storytelling
11:00 am | Storytelling (pre-K)
1:30 pm | Collection
3:00 pm | Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink

Buy Tickets

We encourage visitors to purchase general admission tickets prior to arriving at the museum. An admission ticket guarantees entry, but visitors interested in joining the Bell-Ringing Ceremony must pick up separate tickets to ring the bell at the entrance to Samsung Hall.

Members can attend an earlier Bell-Ringing Ceremony at 10:30 AM before the public ceremony. Learn more about member benefits.

Accessibility
The Asian Art Museum is committed to making its events accessible to all. This program is wheelchair accessible and assistive listening devices (ALDs) can be provided.

We invite the blind and visually impaired community to engage in a tactile experience as part of this annual celebration. Join us for a touch tour of the temple bell and receive priority seating for the ceremony. Space is limited.

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