Dam Square. Dam Square. Dam Square is Amsterdamâs beating heart. Nowadays Dam Square In contrast with the old days it is now a very peaceful square which is home to scores of pigeons and street performers.
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.
Red Shiso (Perilla frutescens) This plant has many names; in Japan and often in the U.S. it is called shiso, this variety being called red shiso. The plant in general is also called Perilla, owing to the fact that it is in the Perilla genus.