Emily Gives Jizo a Bath

Jizo is an important Buddhist figure and the patron saint of women, children and travelers. Our family picnics at a small fern grotto near our home where hundreds of Jizo statues surround a cascading waterfall. Emily learns by watching and gives Jizo-san a bath.

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Travel & Events

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• Japan
• Buddhist
• Buddhism
• Statue
• Jizo
• Waterfall
• Tokaido
• Softypapa

[allgoo19]

Cleaning is one thing but another reason I understand, is to give water to the soul. It's the same reason they place a bowl of rice and or sake in front of the tombstone.

Softypapa, I have a request.

How about posting video clips of Kyushoku(school lunch) and seiso jikan(School cleaning time), assuming the school let you do it?

It's pretty unique to Japanese school and most outsiders don't know about it.

[softypapa]

Hello allgoo19, Thanks for the additional information regarding the purpose of the water. And thank you for your suggestion regarding future videos. I would indeed like to make such videos. However, as you noted, this type of filming needs to be done carefully and with permission from the school. If the chance comes up though you can be sure I will tactfully produce such a video. Thanks again! -Kurt :-)

[darkwolflord]

Where are they giving the statue a bath?

[softypapa]

Cleanliness is very important to the Japanese and rinsing such a statue with water is a symbolic way of paying your respects and showing reverence. The Japanese do the same thing at graveyards for their family tombstone where special buckets and ladles are provided for this purpose.

[Peekingduck]

You have a beautiful little girl!

You must be so proud.

Thanks for the clip.

[jablanco30]

emily is sooo cute!! im pretty addicted to watching your videos. my sister has a fascination for the japanese culture and we both would like to visit in the future.

[newgreatyear]

@softypapa It's about respect, which seems to get lost because respect isn't really respected nor is tenderness by the everyday culture. 60 years later I still remember my teen years there, and the respect, tenderness, and in the 50's sex as tender and respectful as life's right to be, a being being oneself. Fuck censorship. I belong to my body with its soul. Children are sexual. And kids cleaning their own classrooms. Wow. Pure respect.

[kurox67]

adorable

[TiramisuHappy]

The water in this instance is called "kiyo mizu." In Kanji characters, it means "purifying water."

FYI. ; )

Your daughter is SO precious!!! And the place is absolutely magical! Awesome video!!