Japanese anime often appear in the yard out of the bamboo and spring that is what it means?

Deer sound son [ししおどし] is often seen in the cartoon, the courtyard water that cut off the bamboo tube like things, water full of will be tilted to one side down, and so the bamboo tube of water in the automatic hectare after the end of their own pour back to the original place, issued "empty -" sound! The sound of the water in the bamboo tube is very pleasant to hear in the quiet of the garden. It is also used to scare away small animals and to wash one's hands

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