Japanese Friendship Bell
Bronze temple bell in a small pagoda, struck to mark a sister city bond forged after wartime exile.
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At the Japanese Friendship Bell in San Diego, the guide starts with a detail you can check for yourself: a wooden ram hanging beside a bell with no clapper inside. It then goes downtown to April 1942 and the Santa Fe Railway Depot, where Japanese American families boarded a train, and you hear from a First World War veteran named Joseph Sano. The master bell maker Masahiko Katori and the city of Yokohama turn up along the way. Best heard standing beside the bell, with the ram in view.
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