Ahead of New Year's Eve, a test run to ring the "Joya no Kane" bell was held on December 27, 2024, at Chion-in Temple, the head temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. Just like in the real thing, monks joined forces to pull the rope of the striker to strike the bell, and the deep, bass sound of the huge temple bell echoed through Higashiyama at the end of the year.