Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima!

An Online Tool for Educators Teaching Haiku As an online tool for educators teaching haiku, we recommend this video created by David McMurray (professor at International University of Japan) and his seminar students. The video teaches students how to write haiku and photo-haiku and how to participate in haiku contests. The video demonstrates how seminar … Continue reading Online Videos for Photo-haiku Contests in Matsuyama and Kagoshima!

稲美里佳の短歌:Tanka by Rika Inami (60)

2022年8月 短歌 August 2022, Tanka All rights reserved ©Rika Inami 稲美 里佳   Five pieces of tanka for Tatsumi Hijikata The other day, I visited the Kamaitachi Art Museum, where photos of Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of Butoh, a dance genre, are displayed. Photographer is Hosoe Eikoh. The museum was opened in 2016 in the former … Continue reading 稲美里佳の短歌:Tanka by Rika Inami (60)

Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6)

On August 9, 2022, the August 2022 issue of the Argeș culture magazine was published in Romania. In this magazine Florin Golban created a haiku page for Florin Cezar Ciobîcă from Romania and Hidenori Hiruta from Japan with the help of Mrs. Mona Iordan, who kindly translated the texts. Please check out the page by … Continue reading Haiku by Hidenori Hiruta in Japan (6)

Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15)

Ten English Haiku Year of Tora adding wings to a powerful tiger 寅年 翼を加える 力強い虎に raindrops sweet melody falls upon my ears 雨滴 心地よい旋律が降る 私の耳に a white feather wavers onto the snow the sound of silence 白い羽 雪の上で揺れる 沈黙の音 visiting a museum of teeth at shark’s mouth 訪問 歯の博物館 サメの口に dark forest going further away … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (15)