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A is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as ''temizu''. Water-filled basins, called ''chōzubachi'', are used by worshipers 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 or ''shaden'' ((日本語:社殿)). This symbolic purification is normal before worship and all manned shrines have this facility, as well as many Buddhist temples and some new religious houses of worship. '' The ''temizuya'' is usually an open area where clear water fills one or various stone basins. Wooden dippers are usually available to worshipers. Originally, this purification was done at a spring, stream or seashore and this is still considered the ideal. Worshipers at the Inner Shrine at Ise still use this traditional way of ablution. ==See also== * Chōzubachi * Glossary of Shinto * Misogi, a Shinto ritual of full-body purification 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chōzuya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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