The Noritake Garden

Today I went to the Noritake Garden. There was a shrine and just like the last shrine it had a cup and water so my mom looked up what to do with them. It said to take the cup that was near the water and hold it in your right hand and wash your left hand then place the cup in your left hand and wash your right hand. Then you place the cup back into your right hand and pour water into your left hand and drink the water. Then you was the cup by filling the cup with water and dumping the water out. 

Here is a link to a you tube video of me doing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYxIdVPlFw0&feature=youtu.be

Then you were clean you thank the gods by ringing a bell, bowing and leaving some money in the box. 

After the shrine we went to the craft center it had two floors of museum with plates. And one floor with people decorating plates they were amazing they did such a great job but it looked impossible but then we saw a video of all the steps from mold to finished. I wanted to try it for myself, and lucky for me they had a floor where you could paint your own plate!!🎨