#temizu

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[studentofshinto]

How to visit a Shinto shrine in Japan 　一般的な 神社 参拝 作法　初詣 25,300 views•Sep 25, 2014 

This is of course a little out of date. Do to Covid the Temizu fountains have been shut down in favor of hand sanitizers.  

[neevedicampelli]

Chōzuya 

A chōzuya or temizuya is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu. Water-filled basins, called chōzubachi, are used by worshippers for washing their left hands, right hands, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine. Originally, this purification was done at a spring, stream or seashore and this is still considered the ideal.

[milehighdad]

三嶋大社。静岡県。手水舎。 宝物館前。紫陽花の花手水。 伊豆国の一宮、総社、官幣大社。別表神社。 源頼朝が源氏再興の祈願をした場所。 Izu Ichinomiya Mishima Shrine. Shizuoka.

神社

別表神社。（昭和23年成立。社格制度廃止後、伊勢神宮以外は、全ての神社は対等の立場であるとされた）。第二次世界大戦後、神職の人事のみに関わる区別。規模が大きい神社。現在353社。 近代社格制度。明治維新以降。第二次世界大戦後廃止。 官幣大社（65）＞国幣大社（6）＞官幣中社（23）＞国幣中社（50）＞官幣小社（10）＞国幣小社（37）＞別格官幣社（33）（国家に功績を挙げた忠臣や、国家のために亡くなった武将・志士・兵士などを祭神。楠木正成）。北野天満宮と太宰府天満宮は天神信仰による雷神扱いで官幣中社。 官幣＝神祇官（じんぎかん 朝廷）から、国幣＝国司（地方）から。 大社。大社（おおやしろ）＝出雲大社。明治以降、官幣大社＋国幣大社→大社。

中世社格制度。 神宮。33社。日本書記では3社（伊勢、石神、出雲）。鹿島、香取（平安時代）。 勅祭社。（ちょくさいしゃ）。16社。二十二社3、一宮6、別表14。 二十二社（1081年。上七社、中七社、下八社。勅祭4、別表神社19。伊勢神宮、奈良と京都。滋賀の日吉神社、大阪の住吉大社、兵庫の廣田神社）。 名神大社。730年。古代社格。中世以降は明神。全て式内社。 一宮神社。120社。国で一番有力な神社。国司が一番初めに参拝。平安時代後期。 総社。国司がまとめて1つの場所に神拝した神社。不明な場合もあり。

[milehighdad]

艮神社。広島県福山。明治時代以前の名前は牛頭天王社（ごづてんのうしゃ）。 1110年頃建立。福山城の鬼門。福山最古。開運神社。スサノオ。 手水舎。 鳥居にしめ縄。 Ushitora Shrine. Fukuyama, Hiroshima.

[studentofshinto]

Temizu - ritual purification on entering a shrine.

The purification fountain has been a time honored tradition at Shinto shrines for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. You can even expect to find a small fountain outside a Tea house.

The procedure is to take the ladle in the right, rinse the left, switch hand, rinse the right, cup a little water in your hand, rinse your mouth, switch hands again, rinse the left, rinse the ladle handle by allowing the water to drain down the handle, and then return the ladle to the basin.

And then Covid hit.

A new take on temizu during the pandemic.

  Here is a solution by Takamitsu Shrine in Mitaka, Tokyo: suggesting visitors disinfect their hands in lieu of temizu!

[tengcorrea]

Temizuya where cleansing happens before a temple

(Taken at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka, Japan on October 2, 2015)

[todayintokyo]

Temizu (water fountain) at Kameido Tenjin (亀戸天神社) in Tokyo. 亀 = kame = turtle. Note the turtle's flowing tail. That means it's a man-nen-kame (万年亀) or a 10 000-year-old turtle. The "tail" is actually moss growing on its back, symbolizing a long life.