Is your wind chime all about outdoor decor around your garden, swaying outside your front door, or hanging by your patio? You often hear them gently chiming before you see them, sending a peaceful ...

Wind chimes are a symbol of summer in Japan, transforming breezes into gentle music. They are believed to have originated from bells used in ancient China for divination. Bronze wind bells are also ...

At Tokoin Temple in the city of Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, about 1,000 wind chimes are making beautiful sounds, like an "orchestra of nature." Tokoin Temple holds a wind chime festival every summer, to ...

Sitting in a garden with the sun out and the sweet pitch in the background as the wind blows can be a truly soothing feeling, especially in the concrete jungle that most of our towns have become. Wind ...

UJITAWARA, Kyoto -- A wind chime festival is underway at a temple in this western Japan town, where more than 2,000 wind bells are displayed, and visitors are enjoying the cool sounds they make every ...

Wind chimes hung along an approach to Nyoirinji temple are seen in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 19, 2025. During the annual wind chime festival, 3,500 wind-bells made of glass ring through the ...