Etiquette at the Chōzuya:

*Using your right hand fill the ladle with water.

*Wash your left hand.

*Switch to your left hand, fill the ladle.

*Wash your right hand.

*With your right hand fill the ladle.

*Use the water to rinse your mouth with your left hand.

*Wash the handle.

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In temples and shrines wash areas, some roofed to protect them from the elements, are known as Chōzuya or Temizuya (手水舎).

The custom of purification emerged with the first shrines. Worshippers would purify their bodies and mouths in streams or rivers before praying.

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