40th Annual Japanese New Year’s Bell-Ringing Ceremony

Sun Dec 28, 2025
1:00pm PT
Age: All ages
Price: Adult $20; Child (13-17) $14, Child (12 and under) free
Location:
Asian Art Museum
415-581-3500
200 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, 94102
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The Asian Art Museum is ready to ring in the New Year with a 2,100-pound, 16th-century Japanese temple bell. The ceremony includes a purification ritual and chanting of the Buddhist Heart Sutra. Then the museum opens to the public, giving families the chance to leave behind anything negative from the previous year.

Admission tickets include the bell-ringing ceremony. As it is first-come, first-served, it is recommended to arrive earky. Members get early admission. 

 

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