By KOHEI HIGASHITANI/ Staff Writer
December 30, 2021 at 18:37 JST
Hideharu Motoi, chairman of Oigo Works Co. in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, points to some of the details on the temple bell. (Kohei Higashitani)
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