One thing I love about Japan is the sense of ritual and tradition.

At Shinto shrines they have Temizu basin’s, to wash your hands and purify. The ritual goes something like this (correct me if I’m getting it wrong)-

1. Take the wooden ladle in your right hand and scoop up some water.
2. Poor some water on your left hand.
3. Transfer the ladle into your left hand and pour some water on you right hand.
4. Transfer the ladle back into your right hand.
5. Cup your left palm.
6. Pour water into your cupped palm.
7. Take some of the water from your palm into your mouth.
8. Silently swish the water around your mouth.
9. Quietly spit the water back into your cupped left palm.
10. Hold the ladle in both hands and turn it vertically so the remaining water washed over the handle.
11. Replace the ladle.
12. It looks much more complicated written down.