Shishi odoshi

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A shishi odoshi breaks the silence in Japanese gardens when a bamboo cane hits a rock.

shishi odoshi wild scare in the Higashiyama Botanical Garden (see also Higashiyama )

The Shishi odoshi ( Japaneseし し お ど し, 鹿 威 し, German literally: deer scarecrow ) is in the broader sense in Japan a name for an object that is supposed to scare birds or other pests out of the garden, so for kakashi ( scarecrow ), naruko (rattle) and sōzu , which is considered shishi odoshi in the narrower sense.

The Sōzu ( Japanese添 水 ) is a water feature in a traditional Japanese garden . It consists of a spring well and a tiltable bamboo tube that is slowly filled with water until it tips over and the water is emptied in one gush. When the bamboo tube tilts back to its original position, it should hit a stone. The noise that is made when the now empty (hollow sounding) bamboo cane hits the ground is intended to startle and generally deter frightened game and birds. In a figurative meditative sense, this noise is also intended to remind us of the transience of time.