Shrines & Temples

Temizuya — the shrine water ritual that resets you at the gate

Before walking up to the main shrine hall, you stop at a small water pavilion called a temizuya and run a short purification sequence — left hand, right hand, mouth (via cupped palm, NEVER directly from the ladle), then tilt the handle clean. Skip it and you're just showing up sweaty to someone's house.