chōzuya

thumb|Chōzu-ya at rural Make-jinja thumb|A sign (read right-to-left) explains how to do chōzu thumb|Inside a pavilion, performing chōzu is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu or . The pavilion contains a large water-filled basin called a .

At shrines, these chōzubachi are used by a worshipper to wash their left hand, right hand, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine or . This symbolic purification is normal before worship and all manned shrines have this facility, as well as many Buddhist temples and some new religious houses of worship. The temizu-ya is usually an open area where clear water fills one or various stone basins. Dippers () are usually available to worshippers. In the 1990s, water for temizu at shrines was sometimes from domestic wells, and sometimes from the municipal supply.