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Updated: October 4, 2026
We reach the summit, however, without mishap, and find ourselves before a little temple, on the steps of which an old priest awaits us, with smiling bow of welcome. We return his salutation; but ere entering the temple turn to look at the tsurigane on the right the famous bell. Under a lofty open shed, with a tilted Chinese roof, the great bell is hung.
And suddenly a sound solemn, profound, mighty peals to my ears over the roofs of the town, the voice of the tsurigane, the great temple-bell of Nogiyama. All too short the day seemed. And I feel at last the coming of that drowsiness which always follows enchantment. 'Amma-kamishimo-go-hyakmon!