Shellfish Digging - Shiohigari

Japanese: 潮干狩り - しおひがり

A game of collecting shells in a lagoon at low tide. The best time is April to May, and spring tides are the best. It is often held as a festival event on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar (for example, in Kabushima, Aomori Prefecture). The word "hiyashi" appears in the Manyoshu, "going out to the ebb tide of Naniwa lagoon to cut clams," which shows that it has been practiced since ancient times. From Amami Oshima to Okinawa Prefecture, clam digging was called "hamaoroshi," and was a custom that was practiced only by women, as a taboo to prevent snakes from giving birth.

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Japanese:

干潮時の潟 (かた) で貝などを拾う遊び。4～5月が適期で，大潮の日が最良とされる。旧暦の3月3日の節句の行事となっていることも多い (青森県蕪島〈かぶしま〉など) 。潮干の語は『万葉集』に「難波潟潮干に出でて玉藻刈る」とあり，古くから行われていたことがわかる。奄美大島から沖縄県にかけては，潮干狩りを浜降りといい，ヘビの子を生まないための禁忌として，ことに婦人のみで行われる習慣があった。

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