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corbicula from Seta (Seta shijimi)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All Spring
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Seta shijimi 瀬田蜆（せたしじみ / セタシジミ）
corbicula from Seta
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Shijimi 蜆 (しじみ) corbicula
Corbicula japonica
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Shijimi was very popular during the Edo period. Children would get them and sell them in the early morning hours for the shijimi miso soup and thus make a little pocket money.
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Matsuo Basho and the Big Bridge at Seta
Seta no Oohashi 瀬田の大橋 at the Lake Biwa
五月雨に隠れぬものや瀬田の橋
samidare ni kakurenu mono ya Seta no hashi
in the endless rain of June
this one is not hidden -
the great bridge of Seta
samidare ... during the rainy season, now in June.
There is a stone with this haiku in Otsu.
大津市瀬田唐橋公園
One of the eight sights of Omi. Seta is the only river that flows out of the lake Biwa. The bridge structure is influenced by Chinese architecture. It was also used in the performance of the bamboo Tamasudare
Nanjing Tamasudare たますだれ (玉簾／珠簾)
Seta no Karahashi
近江八景の一つ、瀬田の唐橋
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There is also a wafer filled with sweet bean paste of the same form, inpressed with
SETA.
和菓子司 角安本舗
大津市瀬田2-3-11
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
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Related words
***** Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets
***** WASHOKU : FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI
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