I mentioned the crazy drinking things in Kyoto in a previous blog post. Basically, as you're hiking up this interminable path with the orange torii taunting you every step of the way (serious, if they could build these torii all the way up, why is it so hard for a normal person to walk up 250m in elevation without water? such lightweights we are).

And just to make something clear--you do not drink directly out of the wooden spoon thing. You pour it into your hands first. Us Americans are silly and unrefined, we think you just drink out of it. No. You heathens!

Anyway, below, in order, are a few pictures. (1) is the main water supply at the bottom next to the temples. (2) is the sign above it that shows what you should do (in Japanese, of course). (3) is a picture of what the same thing as (1) looks like, just about 220m up in elevation.