As the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, the New Year's Eve bell is also changing.
At a temple in Kagoshima City, a priest is preparing to live-stream the Joya no kane online using a camera and a computer.
Many worshipers visit Nishi Honganji Kagoshima Betsuin in Higashisengoku-cho, Kagoshima City every year to hang the bells for the night out, but this time, the bells are ringing live to reduce congestion. , We are proceeding with a plan so that you can feel the New Year's Eve while staying at home.
On the 16th, a live distribution of the memorial service was held as part of the preparation, and a monk wearing headphones operated the machine to distribute it.
The state of the Buddhist memorial service is photographed by four small cameras installed in the main hall, and it is devised so that the contents of the sutra appear on the screen according to this image.
At the temple, we will distribute numbered tickets to those who want to ring the bell for New Year's Eve, but this means that the number of people will be reduced to about half and the time to start ringing the bell will be distributed one hour ahead of schedule. ..
Akinobu Chiba, director of the Kagoshima Betsuin Indoctrination Department at Nishi Honganji, said, "Joya no kane is a tradition of New Year's Eve, so I want you to feel the New Year's Eve and welcome the New Year with a new feeling."