Tower-bell instruments in Asia and the Pacific Rim:
index by country and city

Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in Asia and the Pacific Rim region in the following countries:

AU - Australia
IN - India
HK - Hong Kong
JP - Japan
KR - Korea (South)
MY - Malaysia
NZ - New Zealand
PH - Philippines
SG - Singapore
TH - Thailand

Click on any underlined country name above to go directly to that section of this index page.  Within a country, sites are listed alphabetically by city name.

If you are looking for a specific site by its institutional name (e.g., a church or school) or by the instrument's proper name, then use the "find in page" feature of your Web browser to locate a distinctive word (or partial word) in that name.

NOTES:

  1. This index not only is geographic but also includes information from the mechanism-specific indexes for this region.  Sites are tagged as follows:

    trad
    traditional carillon

    non-trad
    non-traditional carillon (all mechanisms)

    chime
    chime (all mechanisms except rings)

  2. If you do not find here a city (or instrument) which you think should be listed, then check the page of sites that are no more for this region.  If it's not there, then please send a message to csz_stl@swbell.net telling everything you know about it.


Australia

Not listed here are 42 rings of at least 8 bells.
ADELAIDE - STAU               : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Augustine of Canterbury Church
BALLARAT - TH/2               : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Town Hall
BATHURST - A                  : AUSTRALIA    ring
   All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
BATHURST - WM                 : AUSTRALIA    non-trad
   War Memorial Carillon Tower
BRISBANE - STAL               : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Andrew's Anglican Church
BUNDABERG                     : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Andrew's Church
     (Uniting; was Presbyterian)
CAMDEN                        : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.John's Anglican Church
CANBERRA - A                  : AUSTRALIA    trad
   The National Carillon
   Aspen Island
   Lake Burley Griffin
CANBERRA - STA                : AUSTRALIA    chime
   The Presbyterian Church of St.Andrew
CANBERRA - STJ                : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Church of St.John the Baptist/Anglican
COLERAINE                     : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
GAWLER                        : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.George's Anglican Church
KIAMA                         : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Christ Church (Anglican)
LAUNCESTON                    : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Church of the Apostles (RC)
LISMORE                       : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Carthage's Cathedral (RC)
MARRICKVILLE                  : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Clement's Anglican Church
MELBOURNE - B                 : AUSTRALIA    chime/ring
   St.Bartholomew's Church (Anglican)
MELBOURNE - BM                : AUSTRALIA    non-trad
   The Federation Bells
   Field of Bells
   Birrarung Marr (Park)
MELBOURNE - GPO               : AUSTRALIA    chime
   General Post Office
MELBOURNE - T                 : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.John's Anglican Church
MURRURUNDI                    : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Paul's Anglican Church
NEWTOWN                       : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Stephen's Anglican Church
PARRAMATTA - K                : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Chapel
   The King's School
PARRAMATTA - STJ              : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Cathedral of St.John (Anglican)
     (was St.John's Church)
PERTH - S                     : AUSTRALIA    non-trad
   "Carillon City" shopping mall
PERTH - SC/3                  : AUSTRALIA    non-trad
   Swan Campanile
PERTH - STM                   : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Mary's Cathedral (RC)
ROBINA                        : AUSTRALIA    chime
   Business Building
   Bond University
ROCKHAMPTON                   : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.Paul's Cathedral (Anglican)
SYDNEY - G                    : AUSTRALIA    chime
   St.John Bishopthorpe Anglican Church
SYDNEY - Mobile               : AUSTRALIA    chime
   (Mobile trailer)
SYDNEY - U                    : AUSTRALIA    trad
   Clocktower
   Main Building
   University of Sydney

Hong Kong

HONG KONG                     : CHINA - HK   chime
   St.John's Anglican Cathedral

India

CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STJ      : INDIA        chime
   St.James Church (Jora Girja)
CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STM      : INDIA        chimola
   St.Mary's Mission
COLABA                        : INDIA        chime
   Church of St. John the Evangelist (Anglican)
MADRAS (CHENNAI)              : INDIA        chime
   St.George's Cathedral
   (Church of South India; was Anglican)
MUMBIA (BOMBAY)               : INDIA        chime
   Rajabai Clock Tower
   University Library
   University of Mumbai
PUNE                          : INDIA        chime
   Church of the Holy Name
   (Church of Northern India
     [United Protestant] )

Japan

FUKUOKA SHI                   : JAPAN        chime
   Entertainment Building
HAIKI                         : JAPAN        chime
   Hirota Park
HIROSHIMA                     : JAPAN        chime
   University North Building
ITAMI                         : JAPAN        trad
   The Bells of Flanders
   (unknown)
KASHIWA CITY                  : JAPAN        chime
   Shopping Center
KATSUSHIKA                    : JAPAN        chime
   Community Center
NAGOYA                        : JAPAN        non-trad
   (city)
OKEGAWA                       : JAPAN        chime
   Park
OMURA CITY                    : JAPAN        chime
   Koyo Schools
OSAKA - M                     : JAPAN        chime
   Memorial
OSAKA - Mobile                : JAPAN        trad
   Traveling carillon
   (unknown)
SAPPORO                       : JAPAN        chime
   Center building
SASEBO - HTB/1                : JAPAN        trad
   Carillon Symphonica
   Museumstad
   Huis ten Bosch
SASEBO - HTB/2                : JAPAN        non-trad
   "City hall Gouda"
   Huis ten Bosch
SASEBO - HTB/3                : JAPAN        chime
   "Nijenrode-castle"
   Huis ten Bosch
SASEBO - HTB/4                : JAPAN        trad
   Self-propelled carillon
   Huis ten Bosch
SASEBO - HTB/5                : JAPAN        chime
   Tante Annie (confectionery)
   Binnenstad
   Huis ten Bosch
SHIGARAKI                     : JAPAN        trad
   The Joy of Angels
   Shinji Shumeikai
   (esoteric school)
TOKYO - N                     : JAPAN        non-trad
   Nihombasji Building
TOKYO - SWU                   : JAPAN        chime
   University Building One
   Showa Women's University
YAESU                         : JAPAN        non-trad
   Chuo Street near Railway Station
YATSU                         : JAPAN        chime
   Park
YONO CITY                     : JAPAN        chime
   Park

Korea

SEOUL - HL/1                  : KOREA        non-trad
   Hotel Lotte Leisure Park
SEOUL - HL/2                  : KOREA        non-trad
   Hotel Lotte Departmentstore
SEOUL - Y                     : KOREA        non-trad
   Youngdong Presbyterian Church
TAEJON (DAEJON)               : KOREA        trad
   Hyechon College

Malaysia

IPOH                          : MALAYSIA     chime
   Perak Turf Club

New Zealand

Not listed here are 7 rings of at least 8 bells.
NAPIER                        : NEW ZEALAND  chime
   Clive Square / Memorial Square
NEW PLYMOUTH                  : NEW ZEALAND  non-trad
   Mabel Kibby Memorial
   Marsland Hill Park
WELLINGTON - STPE             : NEW ZEALAND  chime
   St.Peter's Anglican Church
WELLINGTON - WM               : NEW ZEALAND  trad
   National War Memorial Carillon
   National War Memorial

Philippines

MANILA                        : PHILIPPINES  chime
   Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace
   (Our Lady of EDSA)
QUEZON CITY - UPD             : PHILIPPINES  trad
   Carillon Tower
   University of the Philippines-Diliman
QUEZON CITY - G               : PHILIPPINES  chime
   Church of the Gesł
   Ateneo de Manila University
   Loyola Heights Campus
QUEZON CITY - LS              : PHILIPPINES  chime
   La Salle
TUGUEGARAO CITY               : PHILIPPINES  chime
   Sto.Niño Shrine

Singapore

SINGAPORE - STA               : SINGAPORE    chime
   St.Andrew's Anglican Cathedral
SINGAPORE - TA                : SINGAPORE    non-trad
   Clock Tower
   Telok Ayer Market (Lau Pa Sat)

Thailand

CHIANG MAI                    : THAILAND     coll
   Wat Phra That Doi Suthap
   (Temple of Buddha Relics on Mt.Suthap)

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This index page was built from the database on 18-Nov-06 and last revised on 18-Mar-08.

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