Purification
State/Province/Region
OT
Country
JP
Nearest Area
Kiyomizu Temple
Town
Kyoto
Description
At the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan, visitors purify themselves by rinsing their mouths with water from the nearby sacred spring. Kiyomizu means "pure water," and legend has it that the first shrine was built on this site in the year 780.