What is the importance of a sea shell in Japanese culture or tradition?

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03-06-2008, 12:35 PM

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What is the importance of a sea shell in Japanese culture or tradition?

I'm just wondering because I've seen a lot of scenes when a man who laves a woman, he gives her a sea shell. Is there really a meaning on the shell or is it just something to make the scene more romantic?

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