Akita International Haiku Network
Gray clouds trail across the sky. In the pale winter sun a flock of geese (Ben Grafström–Akita, Japan)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On November 3, 2015, Hidenori Hiruta took part in the panel discussion of the Only One Kagoshima Tree Haiku Contest festival held as one of the 30th National Culture Festival Haiku events at the International University of Kagoshima. Then, Hiruta had a chance to talk about … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (44)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! Ms. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Croatia, presented me with IRIS Haiku Magazine -7/8, 2013-2014 . Here is a front cover of the magazine. Ms. Rozic, Principal editor of haiku magazine IRIS, took up the article “ASAHI HAIKUIST SPECIAL/ Former minister Arima finds support for UNESCO haiku bid” , translating … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (43)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On the morning of October 25, 2014, Mr. Masayuki Tsuchihashi, Mr. Hayato Shimokubo, Mr. Takayuki Fukuyama, Ms. Chen Ching Ling (Taiwan), Ms. Rachel Alexandra Bawerbank (UK), and Ms. Jessica Williams (UK) reached Akita Station by bus from Tokyo to take part in the 29th National Culture Festival Haiku … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (42)
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On November 17, 2015, Mr. Masayuki Tsuchihashi, graduate student at the International University of Kagoshima, Japan, kindly sent me an e-mail as follows. Dear Mr. Hiruta, Congratulations on our haiku seminar 3rd November in Kagoshima. Thank you for your support of our project. Let us … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (41)
Results of the 2nd ONLY ONE TREE Haiku Contest 2,020 haiku composed in the English language vied for recognition in the ONLY ONE KAGOSHIMA TREE haiku contest supported by the Asahi Shimbun and organized by the International University of Kagoshima. Kindly assisted by Mr. Hidenori Hiruta of the Akita International Haiku Network, in 2015 the … Continue reading Results of the 2nd ONLY ONE TREE Haiku Contest
Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! On December 27, 2015, Ms. Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian in Nigeria, kindly sent me an e-mail as follows. LETTER TO ADD HAIKU TO UNESCO LIST. Dear Mr. Hidenori Hiruta, I want to add my voice (Nigeria’s voice) to the growing concern that haiku … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (40)
“Akita – the Land of Poetry” vol.7 『詩の国秋田 第7号』 （４） The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry Vol.7 , 『詩の国秋田第７号』, features 佳作 ( Fine Works) in the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2015 . Here are haiku special on haiku written in English. English Section（495句） 495 haiku were sent for the English haiku … Continue reading Akita – the Land of Poetry vol.7 『詩の国秋田第７号』（４）
“Akita – the Land of Poetry “ vol.7 『詩の国秋田 第7号』（３） The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry Vol.7 , 『詩の国秋田第７号』, features prize-winning haiku, honorably-mentioned haiku, and fine works in the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2015 . Here are haiku special on haiku written in English. English Section（４９５句） 495 haiku were sent … Continue reading Akita – the Land of Poetry vol.7 『詩の国秋田第7号』（３）
“Akita – the Land of Poetry “ vol.7 『詩の国秋田 第7号』 （2） The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry Vol.7 , 『詩の国秋田』第７号, features prize-winning haiku and fine works in the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2015 . Here are haiku special on haiku written in Russian. Russian Section（２４７句） 247 haiku were … Continue reading Akita – the Land of Poetry vol.7 『詩の国秋田第7号』（２）
"Akita - the Land of Poetry " vol.7 『詩の国秋田・第７号』 The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry vol.7 , 『詩の国秋田第７号』, features prize-winning haiku and some fine haiku in the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2015 . First of all, here is a foreword by Professor Michio Katsumata at Akita International University, who is … Continue reading Akita – the Land of Poetry vol.7 『詩の国秋田 第7号』（１）
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