潟
lagoon; tideland
Kanji 1084
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Find out about an annual event with the unstated goal of coating all participants in mud! See why Japan's lagoons are vanishing while its tidelands are increasing. Learn about how the most famous Japanese "lagoon" is not a lagoon. Read about lagoon-based obsessions, famous writings about lagoons, and hidden aspects of Niigata Prefecture (e.g., that it is snowier than Hokkaido!).
Revision history:
Oct. 29, 2022: p. 6: In the sentence about wild fauna and flora living on “lagoons,” I made that last word singular, given the context of that particular lagoon.
Feb. 4, 2022:
- p. 2, Etymology Box: Updated the Henshall etymology and the Sears link.
- p. 5: Removed several broken links and rewrote surrounding passages.
- p. 12: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
Dec. 5, 2014: p. 5 sidebar: I changed the definition of 潮 (しお) from "salt" to "tide."
Aug. 15, 2014: Originally published.
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