The Kitamukizan Fudoin temple in Fushimi Ward has installed the papier-mache piece in its main hall with the year of the snake in the Chinese astrological calendar just around the corner.

KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a test run of its famed hanging bell on Dec. 27 to prepare for the traditional bell-ringing ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In the test ...