花手水 – Hana Chōzu

There is a temple in Kyoto called Yanagidani Kannon Yōkokuji (柳谷観音楊谷寺) that started decorating chōzuya with flowers and leaves from their garden in 2018-2019.  They called this Hana chōzu.  Since the COVID19, many shrines and temples in Japan prohibited the use of chōzuya, but some places also took up the idea of hana chōzu, and started to decorate their chōzuya.  Nowadays Hana chōzu have become very popular.  It is definitely a tool to bring people to their shine or temple.