Chōzuya
Shinto water ablution pavilion
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Chōzu-ya or temizu-ya (手水舎) are purification buildings in Shinto shrines. They provide water for a purification ceremony called temizu or chōzu (手水, lit. 'hand-water'). They contain a water filled object called chōzubachi (手水鉢, lit. 'hand water basin').
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Make-jinja_Shrine_-_Ch%C3%B4zuya.jpg/220px-Make-jinja_Shrine_-_Ch%C3%B4zuya.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Purification_Shinto%C3%AFsme.jpg/220px-Purification_Shinto%C3%AFsme.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Isejingu_Shogu_Geku-6.jpg/220px-Isejingu_Shogu_Geku-6.jpg)
The water sometimes comes from wells and sometimes from tap water.[1]
Related pages
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change- ↑ K Yokoi, R Nawata, S Furui, T Nagasawa, S Yanase, M Kimura, Y Itokawa (December 1991). 神社の手水の水質検査成績 [A Report on the Hygienic Status of Sacred "Temizu" Water in Shrines]. Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi (in Japanese). 46 (5): 1009–13. doi:10.1265/jjh.46.1009. PMID 1779475.
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Further reading
change- "chouzubachi" 手水鉢. Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2016., and links therein
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