Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (2)

First of all, I present you the following haiku I wrote when I visited 角館（かくのだて）(Kakunodate), Akita. Hyakusui’s monument stands in beauty cherry blossoms さくらばな百穂の碑を飾りけり Sakurabana Hyakusui no hi o kazari keri This is a monument inscribed with two tanka poems written by平福百穂（ひらふくひゃくすい）(Hirafuku Hyakusui)(1877 - 1933), who was a Japanese-style painter … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (2) →

Haiku by Nobuko Johnson

Nobuko Johnson in Washington, USA, loves cherry blossoms and haiku. In March, 2010, she made a haiku trip to Kumamoto（熊本）, Kyushu, Japan and enjoyed the cherry blossom-viewing there. Nobuko Johnson kindly contributed haiku she wrote during her visit there. Some haiku are about the cherry blossoms in full boom shown in the following photo, … Continue reading Haiku by Nobuko Johnson →

Basho’s cherry blossoms

Since the April flowers have come and gone, the May flowers have been coming out and blooming one after another here in Akita. The other day Thorfinn Tait from the UK happened to see some Enkianthus flowers, called 満天星 (dodantsutsuji) in Japanese. He took a picture of the flower, deeply moved by its beauty. Just … Continue reading Basho’s cherry blossoms →