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fahq:

Upon entering the outer tea garden, or Sotoroji, you walk the dewy path of the roji 露地, leading you to the middle gate known as chumon 中門. Now you have passed from the outside world into the separate and pure world of the inner Tea garden, Uchiroji. Continuing on the roji, you will come to a special place called tsukubai つくばい. Here, a stone water basin for purification is surrounded by other stones assigned specific purposes, most often based on established Tea ceremony procedures. In the Tea garden, the tsukubai is near the entrance to the tearoom and not in direct view from the tearoom. It is somewhat hidden by carefully placed shrubs and trees.

fahq:

Upon entering the outer tea garden, or Sotoroji, you walk the dewy path of the roji 露地, leading you to the middle gate known as chumon 中門. Now you have passed from the outside world into the separate and pure world of the inner Tea garden, Uchiroji. Continuing on the roji, you will come to a special place called tsukubai つくばい. Here, a stone water basin for purification is surrounded by other stones assigned specific purposes, most often based on established Tea ceremony procedures. In the Tea garden, the tsukubai is near the entrance to the tearoom and not in direct view from the tearoom. It is somewhat hidden by carefully placed shrubs and trees.