Once inside the temple, we followed the line of people around to cleanse ourselves at a carved stone trough. I watched my host family carefully then copied them, picking up a long handled ladle and filling it from the stream flowing into the trough. After pouring a little over each hand, I took a sip and went to spit it out.<\/p>\n
“Not in the trough,” Akiko warned. Shocked at her urgency, I took a step back to spit into the drain. I certainly didn’t want to incur the wrath of any gods.<\/p>\n
“Gross,” said Kat, but did the same, whatever she thought of spitting and of sipping from the same cup as everyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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