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A is a ball-shaped Shinto
Shinto

is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
 religious bell. Ringing a handheld clustered suzu like sleigh bells for musical instrument
Jingle bell

A jingle bell is a type of bell which produces a distinctive 'jingle' sound, especially in large numbers. They find use in many areas as a percussion instrument, including the classic sleigh bell sound and Morris dance....
, is same as waving a , means calling gods and divinized heroes; then it gets their spiritual power; so over persons means giving their authority and power to them, or against evils for dispersing.

Therefore suzu itself came to be believed to have spiritual power, then small one became a bell charm called bestowed by the Shinto shrines.

Ringing suzu hang under the eaves of the Shinto shrine, means like a doorbell for gods.






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A is a ball-shaped Shinto
Shinto

is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
 religious bell. Ringing a handheld clustered suzu like sleigh bells for musical instrument
Jingle bell

A jingle bell is a type of bell which produces a distinctive 'jingle' sound, especially in large numbers. They find use in many areas as a percussion instrument, including the classic sleigh bell sound and Morris dance....
, is same as waving a , means calling gods and divinized heroes; then it gets their spiritual power; so over persons means giving their authority and power to them, or against evils for dispersing.

Therefore suzu itself came to be believed to have spiritual power, then small one became a bell charm called bestowed by the Shinto shrines.

Ringing suzu hang under the eaves of the Shinto shrine, means like a doorbell for gods. In this case, another flat-shaped one without clapper but mallet, called (literally crocodile mouth) is also used.