Shōrō (aka Shurō or Kanetsuki-dō)

The shōrō, shurō (鐘楼 lit. bell tower^?) or kanetsuki-dō (鐘突堂 lit. bell-striking hall^?) is the bell tower of a Buddhist temple in Japan.

It can also be found at some Shinto shrines which used to be also shrines (see article Shinbutsu shūgō), as for example Nikkō Tōshō-gū.

Two main types exist, the older hakamagoshi (袴腰^?), which has walls, and the more recent fukihanachi (吹放ち^?) or fukinuki (吹貫・吹抜き^?), which does not.^[1]