Japanese shrine manner 1st

[@MrBirzer]

Thank you for showing us how to perform the washing prior to entering a Shinto shrine. This is very good to know.

[@MrBirzer]

Hi Aya! We looked at your web page today. It's very well made and easy to read and navigate. Your information is awesome, as always. Very nice! We watched a video about the moon around the New Year time. Interesting and beautiful scenery and settings. Japan is so beautiful! Thank you for putting that web page together.

[@Eis4Electric]

I went to a shrine at Mt. Fuji the 5th Station back in 2014 and my friends and I came across one of the areas where you wash your hands. I had told my friends about the video you made where you "wash your hands, and also wash your mouth" and instructed them how to do it, although we took turns helping each other out. The water was cold because it was October and also high up the mountain! I loved my experience at the shrine.

[@kailaniivo]

Thank you for making this video! I've seen people wash their hands in Japanese shrines, but I never knew the exact steps and was always curious to know the correct way to do it :)

[@Flastew]

Thanks for the cool video. I was lucky, when I visited Japan a couple of months ago a local showed me the same thing at a shrine. Apparently she showed me the right way because it was the same as you showed. You showed it a little slower so it was easier to understand. Seeing this really brings back some great memories. Thank you so much Komori.

[@komori841]

+Flastew Thanks you so much for telling me your experiences, your message also make me so relax.

[@MarkMonlux]

I'd forgotten about washing hands at shrines. I lost count of how many shrines I saw there. By the end of my stay I felt like a shrine connoisseur.

[@JackdeRipskaya]

ありがとうございます！ It's always intimidating approaching new cultural experiences blind. This will help foreigners enjoy their experience visiting the shrine much more!

[@187nags]

great information on the culture, thanks!

[@michaelwatson113]

Thank you.

[@SMFortissimo]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@YoushouNoKioku]

Additionally, don't walk down the center of the path. This is considered the 'gods' path. And also, bow before the big torii gates! You're entering the home of the kami! And then then you go to pray at the shrine, you can follow what others are doing but generally it's bow twice, clap twice, pray, then bow before leaving. Sometimes there a bell to ring and a box to put some yen in.

[@ryohazuki3071]

nice! ii like the red fence in the end too lol verry unique.

[@rburghout7]

Thanks for the this short lesson, i like the idea of keeping it short and simple 👍

[@komori841]

+Rick Burghout Thanks!!

[@mandamusg8422]

I saw you do this in the video in which you visit the mountain top Temple which is one of my favourites.

[@roselover411]

Huh! That's really interesting, I'm glad to know this.

[@Telenaus]

thank you!

[@stefincanada]

Thank you for sharing! I also wondered what the steps were

[@renoa0heartilly]

this is interesting! i'm a Muslim, and before going into the Mosque or doing any prayer, we also wash our hands and mouth (and feet) i guess religions around the world aren't so different after all ^^

[@Codenameliquidfox]

thanks alot ! keep doing what you do :)

[@ryohazuki3071]

music good also.

[@thorff1]

Do people still do this hand washing in the winter? It seems like it would be very cold on the hands! Very interesting video. : )

[@hacerclic1020]

I have always wondered, when you rinse your mouth (if you are not just pretending), do you swallow the water or do you spit it out?

[@ewomack]

ども！とても好きです！

[@komori841]

+ewomack ありがとうございます＾＾

[@PansyB]

When I was in Japan I visited many shrines but I was always unsure if it was okay to do this as a non-Shinto tourist. Is there anything that tourists visiting shrines should not do? I'm always worried about accidentally causing offence to other people when I travel - especially at religious places!

[@dncviorel]

Don't worry. Japanese are very friendly and they'll forgive you if they notice you're a foreigner. However, don't push your luck when entring a house with shoes on. :)))

[@1010Ton]

初めまして。映像の清めの手洗いの際、かざした手の洗い水が水鉢の中に入っていたのが気になります。無頓着な人はこれをやってしまいます。

[@itsmechuikill7480]

I like Japon

[@robviolin1]

Do you have a Facebook page we can "like"?

[@Riveringot]

;-)