5.12.私とマシジミとの不思議な出会い。

私は教員として小林市に1966年に赴任した。下宿で大型のシジミ汁を食べた。そのシジミが家の庭先の小溝にいると聞いた。シジミは汽水産と思っていた私は吃驚した。小溝にはシジミが水底にひしめき合っていた。初めて見る淡水のシジミの美しさや余りの大きさ（写真）に感動し即シジミを研究すると決めた。私は前年大学院の物理入試に失敗していた。そんな時何故シジミを研究すると突然変更したのか今でも自分で説明が付かない。

5.12. Mysterious encounter with Mashijimi.

In 1966, I moved to Kobayashi City as a teacher. I ate a large clam soup at my boarding house. I heard that the corbicula is in a small ditch in the garden of the house. I was surprised because I thought clams were from brackish water. In the small groove, clams crowded together on the bottom of the water. I was impressed by the beauty and size of freshwater clams (photo) that I saw for the first time, and immediately decided to study clams. I had failed the physics entrance exam for graduate school the previous year. Even now, I still can't explain why I suddenly changed when I studied clams.

2027号R5.5.12 マシジミを日本、世界にひろげる

2027号R5.5.12 マシジミを日本、世界にひろげる　