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Newsletter 2010
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Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics, miscellaneous
no season, muki 無季、無期 ...



. SAIJIKI
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Important things (daiji) Japan

Nada Fighting Festival (Nada kenka matsuri) Japan

Banana ring, to carry things on your head Kenya

Kebesu festival (kebesu sai) Japan

Evening primrose (tsukimisoo) Japan

Chinz, calico (sarasa) Japan

Mochi for the first of december (kawabitarimochi) Japan

. Nairobi Animal Orphanage Kenya

Silk tree (nemu no ki) Japan

Eboshi, formal headwear and seafood kigo Japan

Takebe Socho 建部巣兆 Takebe Soochoo (1761-1814)

Sea bass (suzuki) Japan. Lateolabrax japonicus

Traffic jam (juutai) Verkehrsstau Japan

Crow, raven in the cold (kangarasu) Japan

Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla and Acacia tortilis) Kenya

Monkeys in the cold (kanen, kan en) Japan

Fox (kitsune) Japan. a KIGO list

Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus Kenya

Badger, racoon dog, palm civet (tanuki, mujina, anaguma ... ) Japan

Hibernating (toomin) Winterschlaf Japan

Kashima Shrine (Kashima jinguu) - Festivals Japan

"Washing red beans" (azuki arai) Japan.An insect of autumn.

Tokaido 東海道五十三次
The 53 stations of the Tokaido


Manta ray, stingray (aka ei) Japan. Philippines

. ANIMALS in Summer - SAIJIKI

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Mandazi, a kind of doughnuts Kenya

Brick making in Arusha Tanzania

Loach (dojoo) Japan. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. fish and food

Tropical fish (nettaigyo) Japan

Shoojoo, the Tipster Sprite Shojo Japan. and yugen.

Maggot (uji, ujimushi) Japan

Leech (hiru) Blutegel Japan

Kawai Chigetsu 川井智月 / 河合智月 ?(1634-1718)
Kawai Otokuni 川井乙州, her younger brother

Ochi Etsujin 越智越人 (1655 - 1739) / (1656 - 1730)

Mayuzumi Madoka

Deer in all seasons Japan

Beetles in all seasons (xyz-mushi)

Rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi) Japan

Koha (Kooha) 香波 "Fragrant Wave" (? - 1897, August 14)

Withered plants in winter Japan

Dropwort (seri) Oenanthe javanica Japanese parsely. Japan

Greenhouse plants, hothouse plants Japan

Cherry trees in winter (fuyuki no sakura) Japan

Pansies in winter (fuyu sumire) Japan

Shiratama Dango dumplings Japan

Pencil (enpitsu) Japan

Matsuo Basho at temple Taimadera

Poetic Haibun from Kenya

Buds of trees in winter kigo Japan

Chrysanthemum kigo for winter Japan

Plum blossoms in winter (fuyu no ume) Japan

Plants in Autumn - SAIJIKI

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Cucumber service (kyuuri fuuji) Japan

Gion Festival (Gion matsuri) Kyoto, Japan

Gentian (rindoo) Gentiana scabra Japan. Yemen. senburi

Retreat for monks (ango) Japan. In Summer and Winter.

Lodging, inn, guest house (hatago) Japan

Conch trumpet plant (horagai soo) Japan. Impatiens textorii. Jewelweed

Shrine Sakaori no Miya and Yamato Takeru Renku. Japan

Suwa Shrine and Misayama Festivals Japan

Nagoya Festival (Nagoya matsuri) Japan

Otsu Festival 大津祭 Otsu matsuri Japan

Socotra Island Yemen

Nijo Castle 二条城 (Nijoo-joo) Kyoto and the Shikidai Hall

Bread from Lahj (khamir lahaji) Yemen

Konishi Raizan 小西来山 1654 - 1716, October 3 or November 16)

Michaelmas and Michaelmas Daisy Europe

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Flame tree (Erythrina fam.) Kenya

Aurora borealis, northern lights, arctic fox's tail, Nordlicht Arctica

Ninja Haiku

Hop, hops, Hopfen (hoppu) Japan. and delicious beer

Kimura Hiroko 木村浩子 (1937 - ) Tanka and Haiga

Fences and hedges (kaki, hei, kakoi, saku) Japan. Kenya.

Shallot (rakkyo) Japan. Allium chinense, Allium bakeri Regel

Home Visit (tsutoiri, tsuto iri) at O-Bon Japan

Kantoo "lantern on a pole" Kanto Lantern Festival in Akita, Japan

Jeevanjee Gardens in Nairobi and Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee. Kenya

Culture day (bunka no hi). Art festival (geijutsusai) Cultural events in Autumn. Japan

Birthday (tanjoobi, tanjitsu)

Shinohara Hosaku (Hoosaku) 1905-1936

Genroku Period Haikai Poets ... Introduction

Sports day (taiiku no hi) Japan. more sport autumn activities

Earthquake Memorial Day (shinsai kinenbi) Japan. Great Kanto Earthquake, September 1, 1923.

Shayo (Shioe Shayoo) Pupil of Matsuo Basho

Benkei festival (Benkei matsuri) Tanabe, Kumano. Japan

Boredom, to be bored (taikutsu) Japan

Tax, taxes (nengu, kemi) Japan. Steuern

Chrysanthemum Festival (chooyoo) Double Nine Day. Japan

Ise Shrine and its kigo Japan. Ise Jingu

February
Fennel (uikyoo) Japan. Foeniculum vulgare. Fenchel

Aronia (kaidoo) Japan. Malus halliana

Orchid, orchids (ran) Japan

Saffron (safuran) Japan. Zephyranthes candida

Sakubei-noodles as offerings (sakubei) Japan
Seasonal feast on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

Olive, olives (oriibu) Japan. Yemen

Wattle, National Wattle Day Australia

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Nuts, fruits and seeds of trees (konomi) Japan

Calabash (hyootan) Kalabasse Japan. Lagenaria siceraria

Oak trees of Japan (Quercus) and acorns (donguri)

Gardenia (kuchinashi) Japan. Gardenia jasminoides

Bottle gourd (yuugao) Lagenaria siceraria Japan

Banana plant (bashoo), banana fruit (banana) Japan

Ivy and vines (tsuta kazura) Japan. All kinds of creepers

Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament (Nagoya basho) Japan

First parade of the flood prevention brigade
suiboogumi dezomeshiki, Edo, Japan

Paris Festival (Pari sai) Japan. Bastille Day. July 14.

Kimigayo, the Japanese Anthem

Soga brothers burning their umbrellas (Soga no kasayaki) Japan

Matsumae. Crossing over to Matsumae (Matsumae wataru) Hokkaido, Japan

Black Ships Festival (Kurofune Matsuri) Perry Festival, Shimoda and Kurihama, Japan

Murou Saisei (1889 - 1962)

. Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo LIST

Saint Mary (seibo maria) Japan

Confucius, Sekiten, Sekisai, Kooshi, Kung Fu ... Japan

God of the rice paddies (ta no kami) Japan

Waterfall (taki) Japan

Sleeve (tamoto, sode) Japan. Sleeve of a kimono or modern wear.

Hawkers for warm things Kenya. Glove, hot coffee, uji maize porridge, scarf, sweater ...

Hieizan, Mount Hiei, Kyoto Japan

Ogiwara Seisensui and the Haiku Magazine "Soun" (Stratus Clouds)

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Spell writing (against mosquitoes and flies) gihoo o kaku Japan

Kyoto, the old capital

Nara, the ancient capital

Mabati - corrugated iron sheets Kenya

Nebuta Festival (Nebuta matsuri) Japan. Aomori

Irish Potatoes Kenya

Potato, potatoes (jagaimo, jaga imo) Japan

Derby (daabii), Japan Derby Japan. Horse race

Misasa Tug-of-war (Misasa tsunahiki) at the Hot Spring Misasa, Japan

Dragon Boat Race, Peron (peeron) Japan

Curie, Madame Curie Memorial Day (Kyurii ki) Japan

Seeing off the insects (mushiokuri) Japan

Pangas, sickles and slashers Kenya

Sickle (kama) Japan

Roadside sanctuaries, wayside shrines (tsujidoo) Japan

Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier, sei Sabieru (1506 - 1552) Japan

John the apostle, Johannes Day (sei yohane no hi) Japan

Christian Celebrations

Marikiti Farmers' Market Nairobi, Kenya

SAIJIKI ... HEAVEN
in all seasons


SAIJIKI ... EARTH
in all seasons


. . . HEAVEN in WINTER - SAIJIKI

Fine weather, fine day (hare, -biyori) in all seasons Japan

The MOON in AUTUMN Japan. All related kigo. A culture walk.

Beanie cap Kenya

Earth in Winter : SAIJIKI

Drying up of rivers, wells and other water (karu) Japan

. JUNE

Arukigami, the God of Wandering with Basho and Issa

. Earth in Autumn SAIJIKI

Visiting (mimai) oblgatory visits during all seasons Japan

Barrel organ Romania

Candles changing (roosoku kae) Japan

Date Masamune (1567 - 1636)

Karuizawa (Karuisawa shuku) and Usui Pass Japan

Higuchi Ichiyo (Ichiyoo) 1872 - 1896

Swamp, marshland, marsh (numa, zawa) Japan

Shearing sheep and goats, shearing time (senmooki) Japan

Gerbera (gaabera) Japan, UK

Rain in summer (natsu no ame) Japan. a KIGO list

Benten, Benzaiten and the lottery at Minoo Japan

Market on the Day of the Rooster (tori no ichi) "Rooster Market". Japan. Tori no Ichi Fair, Kumade bamboo rakes and O-Kame masks

Wind in summer (natsukaze) Japan. A LONG kigo list.

Frost in summer (natsu no shimo) Japan

School life in summer, summer holidays (natsuyasumi) Japan

Presents (seibo, chuugen) in all seasons Japan

Disease and illness in summer
summer cold, heat stroke, prickley heat, diarrhoea, loosing weight in summer, dysentery, cholera, beriberi, malaria, athlete's foot, typhus, sunstroke... KIGO list

Night stories (yobanashi) and diorama toys (tatebanko) Japan

Entertainment in summer Japan. night stalls, street singers and more

Ghost stories (hyaku monogatari) to keep cool Japan

Beer (biiru) Japan. Bier

Mountain climbing (tozan) Japan. Summer ski and more

Enjoy a cool evening breeze (suzumi) Japan. riverbed veranda (kawayuka) and more cool things to enjoy in summer.

Ballet (baree) Japan

Summering (hisho) Japan. a KIGO list. Sommerfrische

Cockatoo Australia. Kakadu, Parrot.

Visit after water damage (mizu mimai) Japan

bonfire to kill insects (mushi kagari) Japan. more KIGO to ward off insects in summer

Bamboo planting (take uu) Japan. an old Chinese custom

Fruit packed in paper bags (fukurokake) Japan

Matsuo Basho and the bell at the bottom of the sea

Indigo (ai) Japan . Polygonum tinctorum. Indigofera

Seaweed harvest in summer Japan. konbu, mo, funori, agar-agar and many more

Peppermint (hakka) Japan

Thunderheads, lightning and rumbling thunder Yemen

Rock (iwa) and stones Japan

Hemp, flax (asa, ooasa, taima) Japan

harvesting rapeseed (natane karu) Japan

Indigo (ai) Japan


. MAY

Planting in Summer Japan

Puppets and Dolls (ningyoo) Japan

Tengu, long-nosed goblin Japan

water fights (mizu arasoi) during a dry spell Japan
giving thanks to a rainfall and more

Wild roses (nobara, ibara) rose hip, Hagebutten Japan, Europa

Water wheel treading (suisha fumu) Japan

rice planting (taue) and humanity kigo Japan

Geta sandals for rice planting (ta-geta) Japan

Sanada cord or ribbon (Sanada himo) Japan

Farmers Work in Summer

Antidote medicine for summer ailments (dokukeshi) Japan

Water (mizu) ... humanity kigo for SUMMER

vendor of seedlings (nae-uri) Japan

Refrigerator (reizooko) Japan
hanagoori 花氷 (はなごおり) "ice flowers"  

Air conditioning (reiboo) Japan. room cooler

Weeds in Kenya

Mosquito net (kaya), fly swatter (hae-tataki) and more Japan

Basket for rice (meshikago) Japan

Crosscultural Musings

. . . . . My Haiku Trip to Nagi, Tottori and Chizu

Lupinus, lupins, lupines, Lupinie Fam. Fabaceae

Peace Festival (Hiroshima) Japan
atom bomb day (genbaku no hi)

Marathi New Year's Day India. Ugadi, Yugadi, Gudipadva

Yellowfin tuna (thamad) Yemen

Time Memorial Day (toki no kinenbi) Japan

Radio Day (denpa no hi) Japan

White feather (shiroi hane) for donations in May Japan

Guitar (Gitarre, gitaa) Worldwide

Kajo-Cakes for the Kajo-Day (kajoogashi) Japan

Food-related rituals of the Heian Period and their KIGO

Yabusame ... Archery on horseback Japan

Court ritual with hand fans (oogi no hai) Japan

Beggar, begging (kojiki), homeless, poor people (binboonin) Japan. Kanya

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Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council

Lilac (Flieder) Syringa fam. Germany. Japan (rairakku)

All Saints Kukai, November 2009 Nairobi, Kenya

Cut glass (kattogurasu, kiriko, biidoro, gyaman) Japan

Tin pot (suzu no hachi), tin plate Japan

Rattan chair (too isu) rattan mats ... Japan

Futon bedding in all seasonsJapan
zabuton sitting cushions

Pillow (makura) in all seasons Japan

Cleavers, cleaver weeds (mugura) Galium aparine and others. Japan

Gate (mon, kado) Japan. Temple gate (sanmon)

Aoki Getto (1879 - 1949)

Volcano (kazan) and volcano ash Iceland

Gloves, mittens (tebukuro)

Rhododendron Bhutan

Kigo Category of SEASON ... the complete SAIJIKI

Waiting for spring (haru o matsu) Japan. End of winter ... KIGO list

Morning, daytime, evening, night and KIGO

Clear and cold winter season (sayuru) Japan. a KIGO list

Kung Fu, martial arts Kenya

Yamazaki Naoko in outer space

Tax paying season

BHUTAN SAIJIKI

Kagura Dance Japan

Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya) Japan

Kichijoten 吉祥天 Kichijooten (Lakshmi, Shri Mahadevi)

Pagoda (too, tou), stone pagoda (sekitoo) Japan

Gigeiten 伎芸天 Daijizai Tennyo

Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) and the White Elephant

Melancolic wind of autumn (richi no kaze) Japan.

Red plum blossoms (koobai) Japan

Bright autumn weather (aki urara) Japan

Eta and Burakumin the "Untouchables" of Japan

Truffle, truffles (shooro) Japan. Rhizopogon rubescens

Autumn (aki) Japan

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Basil, sweet basil, holy basil, tulsi Serbia, India. (Ocimum spp.)

Ukogi aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianum Makino) Japan

naked (hadaka, hadanugi) Japan
bare foot, barefoot

Bikaner Camel Festival, Rajastan India

Yamato province in Nara prefecture

Utasebune fishing boat for shrimp Japan

Sufuria .. cooking pot or saucepan Kenya

Pig, pigs Kenya

Eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring (hachijuuhachiya) Japan. Beginning of the tea picking season

Morning (asa) Japan. a KIGO list

Redwing, Red-wing (Turdus iliacus) North America

Otter, fishotter (kawauso) Japan

Foehn wind (feen) Japan. Föhn; Föhnwind

Darkness (yami) dark evening Japan

. . . HEAVEN ... all kigo of this category for SPRING Japan

. . . EARTH ... all kigo of this category for SPRING Japan

Gumboots, rubber boots, Wellington boots Kenya

Tadpole (otamajakushi) Japan

Himalayan Bearded Vulture chicks India
Gypaetus barbatus aureus, a kind of Lammergeier

Shamba, garden plot Kenya

Animals in SPRING mating, breeding ...

Bow and arrow shooting with a small bow (suzume koyumi) Japan

Sake flasks (tokkuri) Japan

Priest, Buddhist priest or monk (oshoo) Japan

Chair (isu) Japan

Ski, skiing a KIGO list

Picknick and outdoors enjoyment Japan

Awano Seiho (1899-1992)

Ash, ashes (hai) and related kigo
and sumi-temae carcoal layout of the tea ceremony

Takita Sakae, actor and wood carver (1950 - )

Akimoto Fujio (1901-1977)

Cookie, bisquits and more cakes and sweets cookies, crackers. Japan

Samekawa Jinja Misogi / Cold Water Ablutions Hokkaido

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Eucalyptus tree Fam. Myrtaceae. Kenya, Australia.

white night of the summer solstice  (geshi byakuya) Japan

Arima Akito (1930 - )

Hiraizumi Fujiwara Festival Japan, May 1 - 5

Daruma san Bodhidharma and KIGO related to him
First Patriarch of the Chinese Zen lineage

Dumplings of all kinds and all seasons (dango) Japan.

Emotions expressed in spring kigo Japan

Shore life in spring (iso asobi, shiogari) KIGO list
excursion (ensoku), whirling currents (uzushio) ...

Forest work in spring grafting, planting, pruning ...
timber, logs, rafting

School life in all seasons Japan
graduation, examination, teacher, kindergarden ...

Seeds and sowing (tane, tanemaki, nae) Japan. KIGO list

Servants in Edo degawari .. and related kigo

Five Colors (goshiki) a Buddhist concept

Nichiren / Saint Nichiren (1222 - 1282). Japan

Matatu minibus Kenya

Nairobi City Kenya

Anglerfish, "frog fish" (ankoo) Japan. Lophiomus setigerus. Seeteufel

Daruma mikan (Citrus sulcata) Japan

Daruma market (Daruma ichi) Japan

Blizzard (fubuki, fuusetsu) snowstorm Japan

Sleep in spring, sleep in the morning (shunsui, asane) Dream in spring and more ... Japan

Brazier and handwarmer (hibachi) Japan

Home, interior, furniture during all seasons Sliding doors, curtains, heating, lamp light

Cherry blossom viewing (hanami) Japan. Humanity kigo.

Pineapple, Ananas comosus Kenya

Tea leaves picked green tea prepared in spring . Japan

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Usuda Aroo (1879-1951) Aro Usuda

Hachiman and Hachiman Shrine festivals

Kusumoto Kenkichi 楠本憲吉 (1922‐1988)

Kyogen, Kabuki and other performances .. KIGO

Saga ... Arashiyama, Kyoto Spring festivals

Miwa, Omiwa Jinja 大三輪神社 and Mount Miwa三輪山. Mimoro yama 三諸山. Nara

Bonten 梵天 Brahma

Daikokuten, Daikoku 大黒天

Amida Buddha

Dragon (ryuu) Japan

Kannon Bosatsu, Kanzeon, Avalokiteshvara Japan. Guan-yin

Sumiyoshi Jinja .. a shrine for poetry in Osaka Japan. KIGO list

Daikoku, Daikoku Ten, God of Good Luck Japan

Benten, Suiten and water deities KIGO

Plover (chidori) Japan

Nail, nails, fingernails, cutting the fingernails (tsumekiri) Japan

Winter : feeling cold, frostbite, dry skin ... Humans suffering in winter. Japan

Winter : Games and Toys Japan

New Year Auspicious Performances

Gifu Hashima Train Station and Enku Japan

. FIRST THINGS done at the New Year

Mirror and mirror stand (kagami, kagamidai) Japan

Drum (taiko, daiko) Japan. Musical instruments.

Fishing during all seasons (ryoo) KIGO list

New Year begins : all kinds of WORK of farmers, fishers and more KIGO list

Tachibana, mikan and other citrus fruit

Diary (nikki) Japan

Chopping board (manaita, mana-ita) Japan

Haiku meeting (kukai) Japan. First haiku meeting, a New Year KIGO list

Amaryllis (amaririsu) Japan

Chicken and cock (niwatori) Japan

Fukusuke, a symbol for good luck and prosperous business

. . GENDAI .. Modern Haiku .. Translations

Katata (Katada) town at Lake Biwa and Ukimido Hall

Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨 (1892 - 1988)
and the beach Sabishiro no Hama 淋代の浜

Divers, ama woman divers (ama) Japan
diving as a hobby

Bath (furo, sentoo) Japan. Taking a bath in various seasons

Sho-Chiku-Bai, Pine, Bamboo and Plum Japan. Three Friends of Winter

Sommelier (somurie) for wine, vegetables, fruit and other things Japan

Decorations for the New Year (o-kazari) Japan

Games and Toys for the New Year Japan

Dance, ritual dance performances for the New Year Japan

Moxabustion (o-kyuu, yaito) Japan

Cyclamen (shikuramen) Japan. Alpenveilchen

Hangover (futsukayoi) Japan. Kater

Paper, "pocket paper" (kaishi) Japan. and more about Japanese paper (washi)

Corbicula clams in miso soup (shijimijiru, shijimi jiru) Japan. (Corbicula japonica)

2010, the Year of the Tiger Japan
First Day of the Tiger (hatsu tora)  



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Nihonbashi bridge 日本橋 The Center of Edo Japan

Top, spinning top (koma, beigoma) Japan. Kreisel

Calendar (koyomi) and its related KIGO Japan

Folding screen, first use (hatsubyoobu) Japan

First ice (hatsugoori) Japan

Washing things (arau, arai) a KIGO list

Inkstone (suzuri) and related KIGO Japan

Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australia

Marishi-Ten and wild boar cakes (Marishiten, i no ko mochi) Japan

Shiki memorial day (Shiki ki, hechima ki, dassai ki ) Japan. Nobo san.

Dorayaki Japan. bean-jam pancake

Enviroku : Haiku and Senryu about the environment

News, Newspaper headlines, Haiku News worldwide

Piment, bell pepper, green pepper, Paprika (piiman) Japan. Capsicum annuum

Aloe vera (aroe) Japan

Datsueba 奪衣婆 or 脱衣婆 the Old Hag of Hell

Branches cut off (eda-uchi) Japan

Snow enjoyment, enjoying snow (yukimi) Japan. KIGO list

Jellyfish, medusa (kurage) Japan

Jonestown Guyana

Arrowhead (kuwai) Japan. Sagittaria trifolia. Pfeilkraut

Umeboshi, dried pickled salty plums Japan. Salzpflaumen

Stone Buddha (sekibutsu, ishibotoke) Japan

Lipstick made in the cold (kanbeni, ushibeni) and Japanese culture about RED

Pond, small lake (ike) Japan. a KIGO list ... even the OLD POND ...

Winter, Forest work, woodcutting, charcoal making ... Japan. KIGO list

Musume Dojoji Kabuki play and haiku by Nakamura Tomijuro

Mustard plant and mustard (karashina / karashi) Japan

Himiko and Yamataikoku in Saga, Kyushu Japan. Yoshinogari

Akagai . "red clam", arc clam Japan. Anadara broughtoni
and Edo wazurai "the Illness of Edo", and Kagurazaka

Mudskipper (mutsugoroo) Japan

Islamic Holidays, Muslim Holidays LIST

Lailatul Qadr : The Night of Power Yemen

Eid-ul-Adha / Festival of Sacrifice Guyana

Yufuin Hot Spring and Mount Yufudake 湯布院 / 由布岳 Kyushu, Japan

Kokerazushi, layered sushi Japan

Tuna, tunafish (maguro) Thunfisch Japan. Kigo and food

Kintaro Candy (Kintaroo ame) Japan

Oranges California (USA)

Withered reeds in the marsh (kare ashiwara) Japan

Cotton Georgia (USA)

Pumpkin, squash (kabocha, nankin) Japan. Kürbis

Camel, Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) Yemen

Torii, gate of a Shinto shrine

Straw, new straw of this year (wara, shinwara) Japan. and : straw in all seasons

Monsoon seasons in Yemen

Dust clouds Yemen

Screw worm, screw worms Yemen

Nail (kugi, kui) Japan

Spring dust (shunjin) Japan

United Nations Day / UN Day

Boy's Festival (tango no sekku, kodomo no hi) Japan

Revenge Story of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari) and related kigo including Lady Tora (Tora gozen)

Newspaper vendor, newspaper boy Kenya

Acebia, akebia (akebi) Japan. Akebia quinata. chocolate vine.

Takano Sujuu (1893 - 1976)

Winter work of farmers KIGO list

Hunting in Winter . KIGO list

Moi Day Kenya

Columbus Day America

Saucer for Japanese tea cups (chataku) Japan

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1806 - 1891)

Rice in the Philippines

Winter : FISHING a KIGO list

Dogu (doguu) clay figurines of the Jomon period

Light, lights : all kinds of lights in all seasons


Chinowagayu, chinowa-gayu 茅の輪粥 rice porridge
chi no wa kayu, served on the last day of the sixth month.
and related rituals like the Lotus Flower Offering 蓮華会(夏祓) Renge-E.

Mukai Kyorai (1651~1704) and Rakushisha Cottage

Prayer (kitoo) Japan. Faith, prayer and related kigo

Squirrel (risu). flying squirrel (momonga, musasabi) Japan

plum blossom excursion (tanbaikoo, tanbai) Japan

bubuzuke . ochazuke from Kyoto Rice dish with pickles and green tea

Shishigatani kabocha 鹿ヶ谷かぼちゃ pumpkin from Shishigatani, Kyoto

Kokubun-Ji, Temple Kokubunji 国分寺 Japan

Tokoname town (Aichi prefecture) Japan

Coal (sumi), charcoal (mokutan, binchotan) kigo around the charcoal fire.

mentaiko 明太子 marinated roe of pollock

Winter preparations outside (fuyujitaku) Japan

Tsubouchi Nenten (1944 - )

Tabi socks (tabi) Japan

Kubota Mantaro (Mantaroo) 久保田万太郎 (1889 - 1963)

Autumn games, entertainment, school a KIGO LIST

Autumn and farmers work a KIGO LIST

Autumn : Hunting and Fishing a KIGO LIST

Autumn in your home ... ... KIGO LIST

Hunger, famine Kenya, Japan, worldwide

Hooroku Jizo with an earthen pot on his head and Mibu Kyogen. Horoku roasting pot

Helipterum roseum (hanakanzashi) Japan. Pink and White Everlasting
and hairpin (kanzashi)

Aphid, plant louse (aburamushi, arimaki) Japan

Tobacco plant (tobakko) Japan. Nicotiana tabacum. Tabakpflanze

Horsetail fern, scouring rush (tokusa) Japan. Equisetum hyemale

Gentian, Japanese green gentian (senburi, tooyaku) Japan. Swertia japonica

Water chestnut (hishi) Japan. Trapa japonica

Alliteration and Haiku too-in 頭韻

Zenringai Temple District in Hirosaki Japan

Fudo Waterfalls (taki Fudo) Japan

Doodlebug, ant lion (arijigoku, ari jigoku) Japan

Doora curtain (noren) Japan. Ladenvorhang

Fronleichnam, Fronleichnamszug (Corpus Christi) Germany

shimotsukare, a dish from Tochigi prefecture

Fragrance bag, sache (nioibukuro) Japan. Duftbeutel

Stamp, stamps, postage stamps (kitte, yuubin kitte) Japan

Sake no Hosomichi 酒のほそ道 "The Narrow Road of Ricewine"
Manga about food, with haiku, by ラズウェル細木 Rozwell Hosoki
soba no hosomichi.

Furoshiki, cotton wrapper cloth

Cotton (wata, momen) Japan. many related kigo about the plant and cotton cloths.

Glass beads (tonbodama, tombodama) Japan

Wine (budooshu) Japan. Red wine, white wine, making wine, wine festival ...

Kurofune monaka 黒船最中 Black Ship wafers and a kyoka poem

Tan Taigi (1709 -1771) 炭太祇 (たんたいぎ)

Temple Saihoji 西方寺 and Haiku by Issa

Emancipation Day Guyana

Bunraku and Joruri 文楽.浄瑠璃 Japanese Puppet Theater

Khamsin wind Egypt, North Africa

Lemonade (ramune) and carbonated drinks Japan

Blue, the color of sky and water

Paper mulberry leaf (kaji no ha) and Tanabata rituals
kajimari 梶の鞠(かじのまり)paper mulberry kickball

Sesbania Tree (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.) Kenya

Weaver birds (Ploceidae family) Kenya

Kanei-Ji Temple and Tenkai (Jigen Daishi) 寛永寺(かんえいじ)
and 慈眼大師. Ueno, Tokyo
Jigen Ki 慈眼忌(じげんき)memorial day of priest Jigen

Lavender (rabendaa) Japan

Matsunaga Teitoku 松永貞徳 (1571-1653)

Sakai Yamei 坂井野明 (1662-1713)

Ubasuteyama, Sarashinayama, Kamurikiyama (in Nagano) Japan

Camp, camping (kyanpu), tent (tento) Japan, North America

Marine Day, Ocean Day, Sea Day (umi no hi) Japan

Casuarina Tree Kenya

Chameleon Kenya

Kanga, wrapping cloth Kenya

Mildew, mold (kabi) Japan

Hoshino Tsubaki 星野 椿 (1930 - )

Wood, firewood, timber, lumber Kenya

Crabapple, Sibold crabapple, "mountain pear" (yamanashi, yama-nashi) Japan. Malus sieboldii

funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり) food served on board a ship or boat

Uchida Hyakken 内田百間 May 29, 1889 — April 20, 1971

Sea bream (tai, sakuradai, madai ..) Pagrus major Japan

Laquer tree (urushi no ki) Rhus verniciflua Japan. "Sun spurge" Euphorbia helioscopia, "swamp laquer"

Leopard lily (hioogi) Belamcanda chinensis Japan. ubatama 鳥羽玉 sweet balls

Amanatto (amanattoo) 甘納豆 sugar-glazed beans and Hamanatto 浜納豆

Bilberries, cowberries (kokemomo), Preiselbeere Japan

DRINKS - Hot and Cold DRINKS SAIJIKI

Kawasaki Tenko (Tenkoo) Born 1927

Racoon, racoon dog, badger (tanuki, mujina, anaguma) Japan

Spinach (hoorensoo) Japan. Spinat

PEPPER, (togarashi, toogarashi) red hot pepper Shichimi Togarashi and more, Chili pepper, paprica Paprika (piiman), sweet green pepper (shishitoo) and more

Puddle, puddles Tropical regions, Japan

Ningyooyaki, ningyoyaki 人形焼 figure waffles Japan

Stepping stones Kenya in the rain

Trench clearing Guyana

Chokoreeto チョコレート chocolate with many tasts Japan. Schokolade

Carpet, rug (juutan, dantsuu) Japan

Snack, afternoon snack Oyatsu お八つ . o-cha-uke 御茶請け

Fountain (funsui) Springbrunnen Japan

Cider, apple cider (saidaa) Japan, Europe, Australia

Moyashi udo もやし独活(もやしうど)sprouts of spikenard and more moyashi
Bohnensprossen

Hoonensai 豊年祭 Festival for a bountiful harvest "Penis Festival", at Tagata Shrine, Aichi prefecture

. . . Cool, cold, chilly ... a feeling and related kigo during all seasons.

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) bird North America

Virga precipitation Southern United States

. kunshu sanmon 葷酒山門(くんしゅさんもん)
Temple Gate, no garlic or liquor beyond this point!

Shookadoo Bentoo 松花堂弁当 Shokado Bento Lunchbox from Kyoto

Devil's tongue (konnyaku) Konjak plant and food. Japan

"May Day" in England (mee dii) Japan. International Workers' Day

Pleiades (matariki) Maori, New Zealand. (subaru, Japan)

"butterbur like KYARA aloeswood" (kyarabuki) Japan

Wimbledon Tennis Championship Tournament, Grand Slam England

Acacia blossoms Yemen, Japan

Musoo-Ki 夢窓忌 (むそうき), Soseki Ki Memorial Day for Muso Kokushi Soseki and the ZUIKI taro festival

Taro root (sato-imo, taro imo) Japan. Philippines (gabi). Taro-Kartoffel

Hawthorn and Firethorn (sanzashi) Crataegus and Pyracanthus. Japan, Europe

Red Beans, "small beans" , adzuki (azuki 小豆 )

hon-i, hon'i 本意 (ほんい) the basic meaning the traditional poetic essence. Haiku Theory

tamanegi 玉葱 (たまねぎ) round onion and many more summer vegetables
shallot, tomato, eggplant, etc.

Humanity and Observances, two important categories for HAIKU

Bullsnake, bull snake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) North America

Berry, berries ... names of trees, shrubs and the fruit itself

Dengaku 田楽 dance and food

VEGETABLE SAIJIKI

Deer (shika), fawn in all seasons

Sushi, popular food Japan

Fukagawa, a suburb of Edo/Tokyo Japan

Field cricket, Gryllus campestris Europe

Conger eel (anago) Congriscus megastomus. Japan. Meeraal.

Pike, pike conger, pike eel (hamo) Muraenesox cinereus. dragontooth. Japan

Wasabi, japanese horseradish Japanischer Meerrettich

Tosa Nikki, Tosa Diary by Kin no Tsurayuki ... and some manju sweets

Myoga Ginger (myooga) 茗荷 (みょうが). Zingi-Ingwer

Ekiben, station lunch box day, April 10

shunrai, spring thunder 春雷

Hanakae Matsuri 花換祭 / 花換祭り Flower-exchanging festival at shrine Kanesaki-gu, Fukui prefecture, and the sakura cherry blossom cookies

Tundra, Siberia, Hokkaido, Okinawa etc... topics for haiku

Bison, American Bison

One Day Saijiki, a KIGO list
Morning, Midday (daytime), Evening, Night

Trumpet tree, golden yellow trumpet tree (Tabebuia chrysantha) India

Paperbark tree, Melaleuca honey myrtles, punk tree. Australia

Lorikeet, Australian lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) Rainbow lorikeets. Australia

Blue Triangle butterfly, bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon choredon) Australia

Twilight, dusk (kure) Japan. Worldwide

Konnyaku plant and food (Amorphophallus konjac) . Elephant jam Japan

Parijaat blossoms, Night Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis ) Parijat blossoms. India

Masaki Yuuko, Yuko Masaki 正木 ゆう子 (1952 - )
also about the avoidance of negative verbs

Morning Market (asa ichi, asa-ichi, asaichi 日本三大朝市) Morgenmarkt Japan

Ides of March Italy. March 15.

Corbicula from Seta (Seta shijimi) and the Seta Bridge at Lake Biwa

Sakurai Baishitsu 桜井梅室 (1769-1852)

Warmth (atataka), feeling warm in spring (shundan) Japan

Garlic (ninniku 蒜 (にんにく(ニンニク)) ) Japan. Knoblauch

Shark (same 鮫 (さめ)) Japan. Haifisch

Tide, ebb and flood (shio, ushio) ... KIGO LIST

Scorpion (sasori) Japan. Skorpion

Cauliflower, broccoli, komatsuna, naganegi leek, and more winter vegetables
Also spring, summer and autumn vegetables.

Sardines (iwashi,hishiko and more) Japanese Anchovy Japan. KIGO LIST. Sardinen

Plums, pickled plums (umeboshi) Japan. and more tsukemono pickled food

momiji tenpura もみじ天ぷら/ 紅葉の天ぷら) Maple leaves sweet tempura
from the town of Mino 箕面 near Osaka.

Worm, worms and earthworm (mimizu) Japan. Regenwurm

Ehomaki Sushi Roll (ehoomaki 恵方巻き) for Setsubun, February 3.

Stimulation of the brain through poetry ... ... smell the coffee !

Wasambon sweets (wasanbon) Japan. Shikoku.

Kasai Bridge (Kasaibashi) Tokyo, Japan

Kanbutsu 乾物 kambutsu dried food items Getrocknete Lebensmittel ... a LIST

Super Bowl Sunday North America, New England

Yakumi やくみ (薬味) spices and condiments

Vegetables from Kyoto (kyooyasai, kyoyasai, kyosai) Japan

Paradise (gokuraku) Japan

Winter Kigo from Canada Arctic Fox, Chickadee, Lemmings, Lesser Snow Goose, Wolverine

Spring moon, moon in spring (haru no tsuki) ... various KIGO

Oatmeal porridge, congee, mushWorldwide. Rice gruel (kayu), rice soup with ingredients (zoosui) : Japan

Shokuyoo no hana 食用の花 Edible blossoms, edible flowers

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..................................................................... December 2008

Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) Yemen

cha no hana 茶の花 (ちゃのはな) tea blossoms Japan

Nettle tree (enoki) Japan

Dinner, dining, eating ... and more worldwide

Shoochuu 焼酎 (しょうちゅう) Shochu, strong distilled liquor, Schnaps


..................................................................... November 2008

Rabbit, hare (usagi), snow rabbit (yukiusagi) Japan
Kaninchen, Hase

Firefly squid (hotaruika, hotaru ika ホタルイカ(蛍烏賊))

Ika ... squid dishes

Fish roe dishes (hararago) Japan

Mamakari ままかり Fish dishes from Okayama

Satsumaimo, satsuma imo 薩摩薯(さつまいも)sweet potatoes

Uni 海胆 (うに) sea urchin and sea urchin roe (uni 雲丹). Seeigel

Kani 蟹料理 CRAB dishes Krabben.

Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉) basashi, sakuranabe

BUTA ... Pig and Pork (buta, ton 豚 ぶた)

Daruma Ramen, raamen ラーメン Chinese noodle soup

Ainu Food アイヌ料理

Tosa no Inakazushi (inaka sushi) 土佐の田舎寿司 sushi from the countryside of Tosa


..................................................................... October 2008

Ogata Korin Memorial Day (koorin ki)

Winter honey ... Yemen

Sunbirds... India

Pillow (makura, kukurimakura) Japan

Lobster Decoration (kazari-ebi, Ise-ebi kazaru ) Japan

Stone fish, bullhead (okoze)Fish. Japan

Leek (naganegi) green onions, scallion, porree Japan

Itokoni いとこ煮 boiled pumpkin with red beans Yamaguchi

Kiritanpo (kiritampo) きりたんぽ skewers of mashed rice. Japan

Inkstone (suzuri) Japan


..................................................................... September 2008

World Heart Day September 28

Night of Power, Lailatul Qadr / Lailat-Ul-Qadr Yemen

Shichirin 七輪 portable cooking stove Japan

Onigiri おにぎり rice balls Japan

Hanbaiki 販売機 vending maschines for food Japan

Praise, flattery (homekotoba, o-joozu) Japan

Eel dishes (unagi) Japan. Some are kigo

Burdock root (gobo, goboo) Japan. Arctium lappa

Sansai 山菜  Mountain vegetables
. . . Including
Hahakogusa 母子草(ははこぐさ) sweet cudweed
Kogomi こごみ kind of fern
Nobiru のびる (野蒜) wild rocambole
Tsukushi 土筆(つくし)horsetail plant
Warabi わらび(蕨) bracken, fern
Zenmai 薇(ぜんまい) Japanese Royal Fern
Mori no Megumi, Bountiful food from the Forest

Momotaro Nabe ... Peach Boy HodgepodgeMomotaro Haiku by Issa

Dumplings of all kinds (dango) Japan. Mitarashi dango

Yaseuma, "thin horse" wheat noodles from Oita

Fast Food Gourmet ... the Japanese Version

Inari Sushi (inarizushi) Japan

Kanro-Ni, kanroni, sweet simmering Japan

Tsukuda-ni, Tsukudani ... simmered in sweet soy sauce Japan

Konchu Ryori, konchuu ryoori Insects as food

Citrus fruits (kankitsu rui) Japan
mikan, ponkan, hassaku, sudachi, daidai, kabosu, iyokan, sudachi, yuzu, oranges and others

Interesting, exciting, entertaining, amusing ... (omoshiro ya) Japan

Hara hachibu ... eating only 80% of your capacity an Okinawan diet

Breakfast (asagohan, asameshi) Japan

Kitchen (daidokoro) Japanese Kitchen

Trout and sweetfish (ayu, masu, iwana and more) and salmon (benimasu) and yamame Japan

Hamaguri, clam shells, venus clams Venusmuscheln

Tsukiji, the big fish market in Tokyo Tsukiji shijoo

SHUN ... Specialities of the Season

Spring Chrysanthemum (shungiku) Japan

Rape flower pickles (nahanazuke)/ nanohana rapeseed flower dishes Japan

Hitashi, Ohitashi ... quickly boiled vegetables Japan

Cod (tara) and various food items Japan

Kogawa Festival, Kogawa Sai Wakayama, Japan

Brazier (jiko) Kenya

Sambosa, samosa Food during the Ramadan. Yemen

Ameyoko Cheap shopping alley, from Ueno to Okachimachi.

Mikan, mandarin orange, tangerine Japan

Senbei, sembei 煎餅 (せんべい) rice crackers, sweet and salty

Godairiki san festival at temple Daigoji Kyoto, Japan

Golden Pavillion, Kinkaku-ji Kyoto, Japan

GHANA SAIJIKI

..................................................................... August 2008

Pivot ... its use in waka and haiku

Woodstock Festival North America

Kamakhya Temple near Guwahati in Assam India.
And other pilgrimages worldwide.

GHANA SAIJIKI


..................................................................... July 2008

Sweat (ase) Japan. Perspiration, transpiration and related kigo

Asakayama ... 安積山 Mountain near Koriyama, Fukushima pref. Matsuo Basho on his way ...

Demon's gate (kimon) ... Japan

Dinner tray (zen), box tray (hako zen) ... Japan

Nishiyama Soin and the Danrin School (Soo-In) 西山宗因, 談林派

Lottery, lottery ticket (takarakuji) Japan

Melon / cool melon / watermelon Yemen

Flood (koozui, aki demizu) .. Japan. Floods, flooding. Worldwide.



..................................................................... June 2008

Karma, the Net of Indra ... Indra Net, Inter Net ... :)

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) North America

WKD : New England Saijiki

Naked Festivals (Hadaka Matsuri) Japan. LIST

Yui Town Big Drum Festival (O-Taiko Matsuri ) Japan

Urasa Naked Festival at Temple Fukoo-Ji (Urasa no Doo Oshi) Japan

Jazz Music North America

Violett and Purple : MURASAKI in Haiku Lady Murasaki Shikibu

Chameleon, Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Yemen

Shrine Tada Jinja ... and Matsuo Basho

Rice gruel (kayu) Japan

Toji, Temple Too-Ji in Kyoto Japan

Independence Day, June 12, 1898Philippines

Swallowtail butterflies (agehachoo) Yemen, Japan

Elm tree (Ulmus) Europa, North America

Kasuga Shrine Festivals (Kasuga matsuri, Wakamiya On Matsuri)

Rhode Island USA

Kuromori Kabuki ... 黒森歌舞伎 (くろもりかぶき ) Yamagata prefecture. Japan

Donzuki Matsuri ... どんづき祭 "Body throwing festival", Niigata, Japan

Hasedera no Tada-oshi ... 長谷寺のただ押し (はせでらのただおし)Hasedera Temple Festival, Sakurai, Nara, Japan

Takewari Matsuri ... 竹割祭 (たけわりまつり) Bamboo splitting festival. Japan

Kashihara matsuri ... 橿原祭 Kashihara Shrine Festival. Japan

Towns of India and haiku India

Dream (yume), First Dream (hatsuyume) Japan

Official, minor official (yakunin, koyakunin) Japan, Edo period

Kato Shuson (1905-1993)

Sand, hot sand (nessa) Japan


..................................................................... May 2008

Family altar, Buddhist family altar (butsudan) Japan

Spikemoss (iwahiba, iwamatsu) Japan. Sellaginella tamariscina

Iris, bearded Iris (Iris albicans) Yemen

Paper clothing, paper robes (kamiko) Japan

White Dew (shiratsuyu) Japan

Lawn, grass, turf (shiba) Japan. ... and related kigo

New Year Arrow (hamaya) Japan

Goto Takatoshi Takatoshi Gotoh

Trillium family of flowers (kinugasa soo) .. Japan. North America

Delhi, Old Delhi, New Delhi. India

Bombay, Mumbai . India

Lucknow . India

Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan

Saga Dawa / Vesak Celebrations Buddhist Communities

Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

Shimabara no taiyuu no doochuu ...  Shimabara Geisha Procession (Kyoto)
Shimabara taiyuu no doochuu

Miyako Odori .. "Dance of the Capital" in Kyoto

Naniwa Odori ... Naniwa Dance in Osaka

Haru Matsuri .. Spring Festival. General

Azuma Odori .. Azuma Dance, Tokyo Dance

Kamogawa Odori .. Kamogawa Dance in Kyoto
Garden (niwa), Park (teien, tei-en) Japanese Garden, Zen Garden ...

Storehouse, warehouse (kura, dozoo) Japan

Masahide, Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)

Shushiki (Shuushiki 秋色) (1668-1725)

Hi no Oka Pass (Hi no Oka Tooge) Japan

Sand skiing, dune skiing Yemen

Pinewood Derby North America

Barangay Fiesta Philippines. and The Santacruzan

Haiku Sweets (haika 俳菓) Japan

Ghosts (yookai, bakemono) Japan

Imagination in Haiku ... Theory

San Miguel Beer Philippines

Straw hats (dholas, kofias and hadrami) Yemen

Sunflower (himawari) Japan. Europa. North America

Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South

Dontaku .. Dontaku Festival in Hakata, Japan

Go, a board game, igo 囲碁 (Japan)

Green Week, Greenery Day (midori no shuukan, midori no hi) Japan

Cassia blossoms (Cassia fistula) India. ... amaltaas, bendra lathi, aragvadha and other names

Cockroach (gokiburi, aburamushi) Japan
..... and more summer insects and little animals ...

Turtle, turtoise (kame) Japan

Grains, the five grains (gokoku) Japan

Deutzia blossoms (u no hana, unohana) Japan

Bataan Beach, Bataan Day Philippines

Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, kambutsu-e, shuuni-e, hanamatsuri, hana midoo   Japan. sweet tea (amacha) and more

Utamakura, Place Names in Japanese Poetry "Poetry Pillow Words", makurakotoba

PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide


..................................................................... April 2008

Nozawa Boncho 野沢 凡兆 (Nozawa Bonchoo, 1640? - 1714) and his wife Tome, Ukoo 羽紅

Bulbul bird (hiyodori) Japan, Yemen, Kenya and other regions

Grouse, snow grouse, "Thunderbird" (raichoo) Japan

Fish Market Philippines

Airlie Beach Australia

Olympic Games Olympics

Malaysia Haiku

Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ... worldwide

Larks, various types Yemen

Beans in autumn kigo ... the plants also Peanuts plants. Ingen Mame.

Taal Lake Philippines

Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) Philippines

Peanuts Japan, Philippines

Scilla, Siberian Squill (Scilla Sibirica) Russia, Europe.

Coconuts, Coconut palms Philippines, India

Higashiyama Culture and Haiku

Japanese Culture Week, 2008 Kenya

Ageing ... Kenya

Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines

Flamingo Yemen

Snack served with tea (cha no ko, o-cha no ko) Japan

Botamochi Rice Cakes (Botamochi) Japan
Botamochi Ceremony

Water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii Australia


..................................................................... March 2008

Herring (nishin) Japan. Koorai Iwashi

Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma, Delonix regia) Two Trees with orange blossoms

Tibet

Migrant fishermen (watari gyofu) Hokkaido, Japan

Irrigation Ceremony (minakuchi matsuri, nawashiro matsuri) Japan

Will-o'-the-wisp (kitsunebi, onibi) Japan

Groundbreaking ceremony (jichinsai, jimatsuri) Japan

Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa, haru no akatsuki) and others

Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.

Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food

Blind Woman from Echigo (Echigo goze) Japan. Introducing haiku from Echigo

Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan

Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada. Eisbär

Husky = chien de traîneau (ou « husky ») Canada

Kuroda Momoko 黒田杏子 Haiku Poetess

Chichibu Festival (Chichibu Matsuri
Chichibu Night Festival (Chichibu Yomatsuri)

Kobo Daishi Kukai (Kooboo Daishi Kuukai) and Esoteric Buddhism Japan

Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

Saigyo Hoshi Memorial Day (Saigyoo Ki) Japan. Saigyoo Hooshi

Nightingale singing competition (uguisu awase) Japan.

Arii Shokyu-Ni(1713-1781) "the Nun Shokyu". Nagamatsu Nami, Kohakuan.
Kohakuan Fufuu, Arii Fufuu (1702 - 1762), her husband
Chomu (Choomu) 蝶夢 (1732 - 1796), a Buddhist priest shookyuuni shokyuuni shokyu ni

Kite, black kite, Milan noir (tobi, tombi) Japan. Milvus migrans

Amihan and Habagat Monsoon Philippines

Boomerang Australia

Insects awaken, insects come out, bugs come out, bugs wake up, insects appear again, insects stir (keichitsu) Insects wake up. Japan
..... Frost descends (sookoo)

Matsushima 松島Japan

Leap day, leap year (2008) February 29

Bud of trees, treebuds (ko no me, konome) Japan

Bat (koomori, kawahori) Japan

Stone wall (stonewall) (ishigaki) Japan


..................................................................... February 2008

Wheat and Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan

Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree. India

Common cold and flu (kaze) coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide

Water tank (As-Saharieg) Yemen

Desert rose (Adenium obesum). Yemen

Utsu no Yama, Mount Utsu, Mt. Utsu near Okabe in Shizuoka, Japan

Three treasures of Haiku and ISSA

Temple Saimyo-Ji and Issa

I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan

Donald Keene

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Family . Yemen, North America

. . . . . Pakistan ... Haiku in Pakistan

Desert, sand desert Yemen

Canna lily Yemen

Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen

Eid Al-Kabir, Aid Al Kabir Yemen

Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen


..................................................................... January 2008

YEMEN SAIJIKI

Jasmine Yemen

Oleander (kyoochikutoo) Japan. Yemen

Rose of Sharon (mukuge) / Hibiscus (bussooge) Japan. Yemen

Toribeno Cemetery in Kyoto Japan

Sumidagawa River Tokyo, Japan

Tao Yuanming To Enmei, Chinese poet 365 - 427 陶淵明

Takeda Butsugai Fusen ... 1795~1867

Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan

Dalia (daria) Japan, India

Salt (shio) and salted winter food Japan

Issa and the God of Poverty (bimbogami)

Naito Joso (Naito Joosoo 内藤丈草) (1662 - 1704)

Tattoo, Tatoo (irezumi, horimono) Japan

Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan

Balls, decorative hand balls (temari) Japan. Ball catching song, ball bouncing song (temari uta)

KAMASU : straw back, tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan

Swan (hakuchoo) Japan

Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia

Iida Ryuta (Iida Ryouta) 1920-2007
Iida Dakotsu, his father (1885 - 1962)

Buddha Dainichi Nyorai Ceremonies and kigo

First Day of the Tiger (Hatsu Tora ) Japan. visit to Kurama Temple in Kyoto on the first day of the tiger: Kurama hatsu tora mairi .. and related kigo

Pongal Spring Festival India. Kolam decorations.

Boma Homesteads Kenya

Juuni Shinshoo 十二神将 Twelve Heavenly Generals, 12 Warrior Generals

Bishamonten, Tamonten (Vaishravana) Japan. Bishamonten Festival, Messenger of Bishamonten

Song, singing (uta) Japan. A list of kigo.

First Poetry Meeting at court(utakai hajime)

Eid Al-kabir on the pilgrimage to Mekka

Lotus Temple Delhi

Issa and O-Take Nyorai お竹如来

... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan

Flamingo Gulf of Aden

Night work (yonabe) Japan

Mallet for good luck (fuku tsuchi) Japan. Mallet for pounding cloth (kinuta)

Fulling block (kinuta) Japan.Pounding cloth. Mallet for beating straw (wara kinuta) and more

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Boxing Day Australia, New Zealand, UK

Basho and the Ukimido Floating Hall, Lake Biwa

Australian Seasons ...

Seasons Beginning ... Japan, a KIGO list

Long Life Ceremony (enjusai ) Japan

Inahata Teiko (1931 -)
President of the Japan Traditional Haiku Association



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