Done! Section 5: Basic manners when visiting Buddhist temples

Japan In-Depth Learning 1: Japanese Basic Manners and Rules

Start: 09-05-2026

Finish:

Title: My flowers on the balcony on 10-05-2026

Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan

Section 5: Basic manners when visiting Buddhist temples

18. INTRO_Buddhist temple

19. Rules about shoes

20. No clapping of hands, and bow before enjoying the garden

21. No sitting on Sanmon gate threshold or steps

22. Other

Source: Pinterest

Source: Pinterest

Source: Pinterest

When I was a child, I was taught to make patterns on the earth this way. I had to practice a lot. 

Why?

Both my mother's mother's family and my mother's father's family had this custom in their home to make similar patterns on the earth in their garden every night, before they went to sleep.