Ajimoba - Ajimoba

Japanese: アジモ場 - あじもば

...The flowering season is from April to May in Honshu, Japan. It is widely distributed along the coasts of temperate to cold zones in the northern hemisphere, forming seaweed beds where shellfish and young fish grow, which are called eelgrass beds or seaweed beds. The rhizomes and young shoots are also edible because they are sweet, hence the name sweet seaweed.

From the coast

...A narrow strip of land facing the ocean that is directly affected by waves and tides. It forms a unique geographical and ecological environment as the boundary between land and the ocean. The line where the land meets the sea surface is called the coastline, but its position changes over time, advancing and retreating with the daily rise and fall of the tides. The shorelines that correspond to the average high and low tides are called the high tide (shoreline) and low tide (shoreline), respectively, and the area between them is called the intertidal zone. The area inland of the high tide line is also affected by waves, especially those during storms, so the area between the low tide line and the limit of land that can be affected by waves is called the sea shore or simply the shore.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ajimoba" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…花期は日本の本州では4～5月。世界の北半球の温帯～寒帯の海岸に広く分布し，貝や稚魚の育つ藻場を形成するが，これはアマモ場またはアジモ場と呼ばれる。また根茎や若芽に甘味があるため食べられ，甘藻の名がある。…

【海岸】より

…海洋に面する陸地のうち，波浪や潮汐などの影響を直接受ける幅の狭い帯状の地域。陸地と海洋の境界領域として独特の地理的･生態的環境をなす。　陸地と海面とが交わる線を海岸線あるいは汀線というが，毎日の潮汐の上下(干満)につれてその位置は時間的に変化し，前進･後退する。平均的な高潮位と低潮位に対応する汀線を，それぞれ高潮(汀)線，低潮(汀)線といい，両者によって挟まれる地帯を潮間帯という。高潮線より内陸側も波浪，とくに暴風時の波浪によって影響を受けるので，低潮線と波浪の作用の及ぶ陸の限界の間を海浜sea shoreまたは単に浜shoreとよぶ。…

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