Orin is a Japanese brass bell, which is often used for Buddhist rituals and ceremonies, typically during sutra reading, the priest will sound the orin bell at the beginning to align their voice’s pitch with the bell’s tone. During the service, the bells serve different purposes, such as improving the practitioners’ focus and concentration or calming their minds etc.
Orin bells are carefully crafted by the specialist artisans, many of them are based in Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture, a city that has been famed for its metal craftsmanship since the early Edo period (1603 – 1867 CE).
Although Orin was originally produced for these purposes, many people have noticed the importance of the soothing and healing effects of the sounds and they have recently been used for relaxation purposes too.
MA by So Shi Te Tokyo has also been interested in these orin bells and we carefully selected 3 different types of orin bells to start with and we are planning to extend our collection even more in the future.
We have recorded the sounds of each bell, but unfortunately the recorded sound can be largely affected by the quality of the speaker used as well and we believe that it is the best experience to listen to the real sounds at our store in person, so if you have a chance to visit Tokyo, please visit our store to try them out.
- Aristorin
Aristorin comes in two sizes and the smaller sized one has higher pitched sound and the larger one is a little lower.
As the size becomes bigger the price also goes higher as well, so the price of the smaller size is 18,000yen and that of the larger one is 26,000yen+tax.
2. Tenorin
Tenorin is a hand-bell type and you can listen to the sound by shaking it like on the video.
The price is 9,000yen+tax.
3. Otomorin
Moreover it also comes with a power stone to sound the bell.
Although it is very small and reasonable, the sound is still beautiful and it will be a perfect gift for those who require relaxation and healing.
The price is 6,000yen+tax.
4. Heaven’s bell
Heaven’s bell is a instrumental bell, which comes with two orin bells connected face to face and small balls are inside the bells. As you hit the bell with the stick (it is also included in the set), the balls inside the bells vibrate making that cute tickling sounds and the larger bell sounds deeper and the smaller one sounds lighter.
The price is 23,000yen+tax.
Tax Free Shopping
When the total of your purchase exceeds over 5,000yen, you can claim tax free shopping. We need your passport to do that to purchase at our store in Tokyo, so please do not forget to bring it with you, when you visit our store in Tokyo.
How to purchase them?
You can either visit our store in Tokyo or you can send us emails and we can send them overseas by EMS or send them to those designated hotels or places within Japan where you specify after confirming your payment.
Please tell me how many and which items you want and we will calculate the cost of EMS (we normally provide cheaper option if it is available) and we will request the payment with PayPal to you by email. We will send it to you right after we confirm your payment.
For domestic delivery within Japan, the shipping cost is only 660yen and it is free when the total goes over 11,000yen.
Contact address is info(at)mabysoshite.com (please change the (at) to @).
When you order from outside of Japan, the tax will be extracted.
<Order flow>
- Choose the product you want and send an email to us (Please tell us your address)
- We will reply to you with the cost of EMS and cheaper option price for you to choose.
- We will send you PayPal payment instruction by email
- We will send the goods as soon as we confirm your payment.
How to visit us in Tokyo?
The shop is only 1min walk from Gaienmae station （外苑前駅）Exit 1b on Ginza line Tokyo Metro. When you walk up the stairs of the exit 1b, you just need to walk straight for about 100m and our store is on the right side of the street on the ground floor.
Gaienmae station is only 2 stops away from Shibuya on Tokyo Metro Ginza line.
If you are a tourist or visitor, please bring your passport, so you can enjoy tax free shopping!
You can also find a map on our HP!
https://www.mabysoshite.com/access/acces
MA by So Shi Te
2-22-15 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku,
Tokyo Japan 107–0062
Tel: 03-3401-0922
Opening hours: 11:00 – 19:00(Sat, Sun, NH until 18:30)
*Please check our homepage for holiday information.
If you can read Japanese and live in Japan, you can also order online from our online stores
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