Editing Libation (section)

==== Japan ====
{{Main|Omiki}}
Japanese libations leave the liquid offering on the altar in a suitable vessel, while other portions are drunk by the participants. In [[Shinto]], the practice of libation and the drink offered is called ''Miki'' (神酒), lit. "The Liquor of the Gods". At a ceremony at a Shinto shrine, it is usually done with [[sake]], but at a household shrine, one may substitute fresh [[water]] which can be changed every morning. It is served in a white porcelain or metal cup without any decoration.

[[File:Ainu ikupasuy (libation stick), katsura tree II.JPG|thumb|300px|A [[Cercidiphyllum|katsura tree]] ikupasuy]]

Among the [[Ainu people|Ainu]], libations are offered by means of the ''[[ikupasuy]]'', a carved wooden implement with a "tongue," the pointed end<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Museum - ceremonial equipment / ikupasuy |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3125361&partId=1&object=31180&page=1 |access-date=19 July 2015 |website=British Museum}}</ref> from which [[millet beer]] or [[sake]] is dripped upon the venerated object.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People |url=http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/ainu/html/room05.html |access-date=19 July 2015 |website=si.edu}}</ref>