Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (49)

Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! Here is a photo and haiku about Namahage. In the Oga Peninsula, Akita Prefecture in the northern Honshu, Japan, there is a deep feeling of mystery as the New Year begins. There is the “Devil Festival” held there on December 31, a ceremony that … Continue reading Let haiku be on the UNESCO list! (49) →

News from Asahi Haikuist Network / By David McMurray (3)

Exciting news reached us in Akita! Mr. Satoru Kanematsu published a splendid haiku book on October 1. He is one of the veteran poets, who has contributed nice haiku to Asahi Haikuist Network by David McMurray. The news was sent on November 14, from Professor David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima（鹿児島国際大学）as follows. … Continue reading News from Asahi Haikuist Network / By David McMurray (3) →

For New Year 2012 (7)

Namahage-Sedo Festival （なまはげ柴灯まつり）takes place in Shinzan shrine （真山神社）in Oga city , Akita prefecture（秋田県）, Northern Honshu, Japan, the second Friday through the second Sunday of February every year. This festival is carried out as a tourist event that combines the Shinto shrine Sedo festival and the Namahage folk festival. Here is a photo of the … Continue reading For New Year 2012 (7) →

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) →