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) →