Housed in an ornate cypress tower, the bell served as a community pillar, also marking holidays like the Japanese New Year. The bell stayed in place until Japan entered World War II after the Dec ...

The Peace Bell has been a fixture of the Carter Center for years, Cork explained, but it will take new prominence in a Japanese bell tower constructed specifically for the Carter Center grounds.

Woodworkers from around the United States and Japanese timber framer Kohei Yamamoto, right, are building a beautiful wooden bell tower to house a new bell sculpted by artist Mark Kubiak in ...

July 3, 2023 Updated Tue., Aug. 1, 2023 at 5:01 p.m. Woodworkers from around the United States and a traditional Japanese timber framer are building a beautiful wooden bell tower to house this new ...

A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the ...

A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the ...

In the letter to Johnson, Tsuchiya described how the bell had been received by residents waving Japanese and U.S. flags, followed by a procession to a hilltop bell tower, where it was raised to ...

Eric Moto, who serves as president of the Mantokuji Soto Mission of Paia’s Administrative Board, said the bell was cast in Japan. It was brought to Maui in 1912 and placed in the bell tower in 1914.

Nagasaki’s Urakami Cathedral restored its lost WWII bell with help from Americans, completing its post-atomic bomb ...