神社参拝 作法 How to worship at a shrine

Today, I am teaching you how to worship at a Japanese shinto shrine. Even native Japanese might not know these rules well. So I hope this video is useful for many people including Japanese.

参拝の仕方には、神社によって何種類かありますが、今日はもっとも一般的な２礼２拍手１礼を紹介します。又、手水舎での作法も合わせて紹介しています。
(There are, depending on the shrine, some other ways of worshipping. Today I am introducing the most common way).

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１）鳥居の前で浅く礼。Bow before going through the gate.
（より厳しい方法では、右を歩く場合は右足から、左を歩く場合は左足から歩き始める）。
２）手水舎で手と口を清める。Wash your hands and rinse mouth at the Chozuya.
　　右手で杓を持ち、左手を清める。Take a dipper with your right hand. And scoop the water then wash your left hand.
　　左手に杓を持ち替え、右手を清める。Next, wash your right hand.
　　右手で杓を持ち、左手に少量の水を溜め、その水で口を清める。(絶対に杓を口に付けない）And then, put a little water in your cupped hand to rinse your mouth. (Mind you, never touch the dipper directly with your lips).
　　杓を立て、残った水で杓の柄の部分を流し清める。 Finally, hold the dipper almost vertically so that water can trickle down the handle.
You also have to go through these processes with only one ladle of water.
３）拝殿に向かう
参道を歩く際は、道の中央を避けて歩きます。You cannot walk on the center of the approach because it is considered the Kami's special pathway.
４）拝殿に来たら(at the oratory)
　浅く礼。Bow once.
　鈴があれば鳴らす。If it has a shrine bell with a rope, rattle it.
　賽銭。Usually we put small coins into the box called Saisembako.
　深く二礼。Make two deep bows.
　大きく二度拍手。Clap your hands twice.
　願い事や、誓いをする。(住所と実名の後に願いや誓いを声に出して言う方法もあるようですが。。。このご時世なので、あえてその方法は紹介しませんでした。）Make a prayer.
　深く一礼。After the prayer, bow once again deeply.
５）来た時と同じように、参道の中央を避けて帰ります。Go back, avoiding walking the center of the approach as well as you came.
６）鳥居をくぐったら、（全身で）振り返って浅く一礼します。After going through the gate, turn around and bow.

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もうすぐ初詣で、神社に行かれる方も多いと思います！このビデオがお役に立てたら嬉しいです！（初詣では、混雑していて実際には手水舎が閉じられていたり、参道の中央を歩­かざるえなかったりとこのビデオの通りには行かないかもしれませんが。。。！）＾０＾

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[ey2es]

wow that's nice to know, hopefully someday i can try all of it..

i have a question.. why it is need to wash your hands and rinse your mouth?? what is the purpose of it??..

[JustMiyabi]

@ey2es Thanks for your very nice message and comments. To wash our hands and rinse our mouth out are because to be polite to the God. ＾－＾

[dragonfly5885]

you forgot to wash your left hand once again after you rinsed your mouth.

口をすすいだ後はまた一度左手を清めます。

[JustMiyabi]

@dragonfly5885 I know what you want to say. Your way is also correct and more polite. But there are some ways. Before I made this video, I checked MANY web sites and asked people who worked shrines, then decided this way to let people get it easily. ＾－＾

[dragonfly5885]

@JustMiyabi i respect what you're doing. i believe good manners come from a good heart and what you're doing is teachings of the heart. 八百万の精神で、寛容に物事を見るのが一番大切なのかもしれませ­んね。i'm glad if more people find interest in your video.

[JustMiyabi]

@dragonfly5885 Thank you very much for your nice comments! (＾０＾)

Have a good weekend!

[nekrosproj3kt]

I thought I had seen all of your videos - this was fabulous! I cannot tell you how wonderful this was as I plan to make a shrine in my backyard, and am learning everything I can on proper etiquette... Thank you, and , I missed you lately. Hope all is well.

[xTenshiAi]

'hi the-ar how are you today?'

i love it when u say that! so cute! ^_^

[needmanshini]

@JustMiyabi 喋り方を聞くのはがなんて優しいですよ。日本にどこの方ですか？

[umigeity]

love her outfit >_<

when i visit a shrine in Japan someday, i'll try this out and i hope it'll be soon XD

[Embargoman]

Well now I learn how to get in a shrine I am not a shintoist but I know how to enter and wash my hands before I get in and I bet they need to bow down before you enter any religous place, in a way I bow down at church but it is nice to enter into a shinto place in Japan due to respect Japan's treaditional religion.

[nokomarie1963]

Just dropping in to visit, I like that.

[AkumaShiro]

Thank you very much for this video! It has answered a lot of my questions!