Temples

The first temple that Helen & I went to was in Tokyo. Now we have been to many others throughout Japan & China. Many of the temples have altars dedicated to different Gods or buddas that you can pay homage to in many different ways. The most common way is by buying & burning incense.

Traditionally, before you enter a temple you wash your left hand.

Then you wash your right hand.

Next you rinse out your mouth.

Finally there is a lot of incense.

The incense reminded me of the EHS chapel days.

After our first temple we were on our way back and got to see live Japanese performance! In Japan and in China we have seen some performers though it is way more seldom. Most of them also lack a hat or a tip bucket which took me off guard.