Sensoji Temple Bentenyama New Year's Eve Bell "Hyakuhachikai" New Year's Day, 2026

December 31, 2025
Parade departure: 11:50 PM
January 1, 2026
Bell ringing begins: midnight
Tejime: Scheduled for 1:30 AM
Location: Sensoji Temple grounds, far right of Hozomon Gate

The bell tower of Sensoji Temple on Mt. Benten was burned down during the war, but the bell itself was unharmed.
The bell tower was built immediately after the end of the war, and from New Year's Eve 1951, 108 believers began ringing the bell, a tradition that continues to this day.
This event became known as the Hyakuhachi-e and has become an important annual event to send off the last year of Asakusa.
Most of the people who ring the bell are locals, but there are also kabuki actors, rakugo performers, manga artists and others with deep ties to Asakusa, who add color to Asakusa as it welcomes the New Year.

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