This describes a water tub. There is this in the shrine. The use of this water is not drinking, (but if you want to drink, it is O.K.!),but washing your hands before you pray to Japanese God for anything.
The reason why Japanese do that is to purge themselves of sin. When you pray to God, you absolutely put your hands together in front of your face. At the time, if your hands become corrupted and you pray to God with these hands, it is very rude at God in Japan. Therefore, you must wash your hands when you pray to Japanese God!! If you forget to do that, your wish does not come true!!
Next, I will explain the way of praying.I got the information from my grandmother.
At first, you throw in a coin into a offering box. Next, you have to bow once and clap your hands twice before you pray. After praying, you do not forget to bow once. That's all!!
Next time, you have the opportunity to go to the shrine, let's try do this!!
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Are you interested in religion? Your last post was about shrines, too. I wonder what you will post when the actual theme is religion... I offer this observation as I, too, have been accused of presenting too much religion to illustrate Japanese culture. I like that you got information from your Grandmother. It would be helpful to get more information from other people as well. How do they learn how to pray? Why do they pray? What is the difference between praying at a shrine and praying at a temple? Are Japanese people really so religious? There are a lot of questions that your post brings up. I would like to read more specific information about your topic and see more examples to support your ideas.
-scf
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