Shiso (/ˈʃiːsoʊ/,Japanese: 紫蘇 or シソ, [ɕiso̞]) is the more widely used name of the Asian culinary herb Perilla frutescens var. crispa, belonging to the mint family.
This herb was previously known as the "beefsteak plant", a mostly obsolete name. It is also sometimes referred to by its genus name "Perilla", which is ambiguous, as it is also inclusive of the so-called "wild sesame" variety, P. frutescens var. frutescens, which is devoid of the distinctive shiso fragrance.
Shiso is a perennial plant that may be cultivated as an annual in temperate climates, and occurs in both red- (or purple-) leaved and green forms. There are also frilly, ruffled-leaved forms called chirimen-jiso and forms that are red only on top, called katamen-jiso.
The Japanese name shiso (紫蘇?, シソ) is a loan word from Chinese zisu (Chinese: 紫苏; pinyin: zǐsū; Wade–Giles: tsu-su), whose first character 「紫(shi, murasaki)」 means "purple".
Traditionally in Japan shiso denoted the purple-red form. In recent years green is considered typical, and red considered atypical.
Shisō (宍粟市, Shisō-shi) is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
The modern city of Shisō was established on April 1, 2005, from the merger of four towns from Shisō District: Chikusa, Haga, Ichinomiya, and Yamasaki.
As of January 31, 2012 census data, the city has an estimated population of 42,362, with 14,420 households and a population density of 64 persons per km². The total area is 658.60 km².
Shisō is the sister city of Sequim, Washington, U.S.A.
Onzui Ravine
Onzui Ravine
Harafudo Falls
Harafudo Falls
[Chorus]I come and go like a boomerang,
Set me free and ill come back again.
To and fro like a freight train,
Stop and lend yo time again.
Verse 1
I'm dark in a place,
stuck in outer space,
talkin to my friends they dont know what i say.
I'm in the ocean duck divin the waves,
I'm on a mountain been climbin for days.
"The top of the world is just up the way",
said the blind man wavin the sage.
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Time ain't the only thing movin today.
I gotta go, gotta get away,
Let the sunset just set away.
On the deck tryin to catch a wave,
some girl in a dress will say,
"Please don't leave me" [x2]
[chorus]
Verse 2
Stop and go, is this rock and roll?
Soul brotha on the yellow brick road.
Dressed up ready to go,
with my hair messed up in some regular clothes.
Guess what, i'm strikin a pose,
you could make a statue i suppose.
Lights, camera, then i froze,
Thoughts of you and my head arose.
She loves me like a pedal on a rose,
I love alot, last pedal on the floor.
On the deck tryin to catch a wave,
some girl in a dress will say,
"Please don't leave me" [x2]
[chorus]
woah oh, oh, oh, ooh
Verse 3
Believe me this time i'm leavin,
for a little bit longer than a weekend.
And when you see me ill be rockin,
on yo tv, i know your watchin.
And ill be thinking of you often,
put the top down and see a rose blossom.
On the deck tryin to catch a wave,
some girl in a dress will say,
"Please don't leave me" [x2]