Before entering a shinto shrine visitors purify themselves with water at the temizuya. A man washes his hands with bamboo dipper, Hikawa Jinja shrine

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Before entering a shinto shrine visitors purify themselves with water at the temizuya. A man washes his hands with bamboo dipper, Hikawa Jinja shrine, Omiya, Saitama, Japan

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