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Paradise Hermitage in the mountains of Japan

Okayama prefecture
(about 1000 km from the Fukushima plant)

. Japan - after the BIG earthquake 　
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March 11, 2011 Earthquake

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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake
March 11, 2011

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dragon and tiger

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dragon and tiger -
rain and wind and
Japanese art

Ozuma Kaname : Dragon and Tiger 小妻要「龍虎図」
at Rakuten online

Dragon is the symbol of rain.
Tiger is the symbol of wind.

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ryuugin koshoo 龍吟虎嘯　

龍吟雲起　虎嘯風生
りゅうぎんずればくもおこり　
とらうそぶけばかぜしょうず

When the dragon sings, clouds are arising.
When the tiger roars, wind is coming.

. Dragon and Tiger .

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first typhoon

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rainclouds racing
all over Japan -
first typhoon

. Typhoon Season 2011 . 　

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First Swallow - MEMO

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First swallow record of many years ...

Swallow, Tsubame, a kigo
first swallow, hatsu tsubame 初燕

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hatsu tsubame ...
so early, so early,
why did you come ?

April 6, 2007

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First Typhoon of the Season 2007

Next, we have Frost in the Morning !

Worried about climate changes !

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hatsu tsubame, April 10, 2008

first swallow -
the cherries in full bloom
and chirping in the sky

first swallow -
the silcenc after
a busy day

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hatsu tsubame, April 23, 2011

first swallow -
the rainy sky turns
sunny

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cherry shade

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staying in the shade -
waiting for a haiku
to be born 　

Photo album
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cherry blossoms debris

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a hazy moon
on the cherry blossoms
on the debris

It has been raining the whole day,
keeping the temperatures
and the mood down.

painting source :　matsuog gallery
With paintings of Daruma san.

. WKD : hazy moon 朧月 oborozuki . 　

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capital letters or not

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floating
in the white clouds -
shapes of haiku

. capitalization in ELH .
some theory ...

Floating
in the White Clouds -
Shapes of Haiku

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land of sakura

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this land of
sakura - this land of
tsunami

桜の国
なれど
津波の国

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since March 11, 2011

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. Sakura walk PHOTO ALBUM . 　　

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plum petals

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disaster in Japan -
plum petals scattered
on a stone

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March 11, 2011

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radioactive tears

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spring rain -
thinking radioactivity
with each drop　

. Japan - April 8 . 　

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GOOGLE logo

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googling ...
the daily fight
with memory

"flame tree"
another googling spree
to keep me happy

the more I forget
the more I google -
winter solitude

the more I google
the more I forget -
winter solitude

ホリデーシーズン Holiday Season

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Google, googling, googeling ...
topic for haiku

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Google Directory - Arts > Literature > Poetry > Forms > Haiku and ...

click at your own risk ... :)
google groups : google.haiku

more:

source : Doodle 4 Google 2010

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gabi,
The world of Googling is great.
It has so many posibilities. A friend from a diferent state sent a picture of a bird in her back yard and asked if I knew the name of it. I didn't, but searched Google ... still didn't find the name. Then found an e- mail address on one of
the web pages... sent him an e-mail request... and in an hour, half way around the world I got an answer...(Anhinga) I love Googling, it connects people around the world...

tt, USA, July 2008

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The Weatherhuman was going to indulge his/her creativity in a pre-Thanksgiving haiku but forgot how many syllables go where.
Funny how Googling "haiku" gets erotic haiku in just a few clicks.
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google logo January 10, 2011

LOGO ... www.google.co.jp/... March 1, 2010

LOGO ... www.google.co.jp/... February 26, 2011
Birthday of Okamoto Taro

LOGO ... www.google.co.jp/... March 3, 2011 Hina Dolls

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Google LOGO on April 1, 2011
They kept changeing every time I clicked ... I wonder how many they have altoghether.

April first -
time to google
with Daruma

Google Daruma
. Daruma Museum Japan

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. Momotaro ( 桃太郎 ) The Peach Boy 　

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. All about SUSHI . 　

. Udon noodles うどん　

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. Miyajima 宮島 and Itsukushima Shrine 　

. Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san, or Fujiyama) 　

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GOOGLE art inspired by . my facebook friends .

Elaine Andre :

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. January 18: （万籟鳴・万古蟾） .
featuring the famous Monkey Son Goku 孫悟空, who travelled to China to obtain Buddhist sutras.
saiyuuki　西遊記　Saiyuki

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colors of spring

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colors of my spring -
one yellow narcissus
one yellow butterfly

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Friends sharing their spring colors

colors of my spring
one last purple,3 new peach
flags at the gate

Brenda Roberts

colours of my spring
one yellow daffodill
one purple crocus

Geoff Sanderson

red cheek child
gray haired granny
blue day dawnning

Barbara Beene

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snow in Tohoku

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snow in Tohoku -
how many flakes carry traces
of radiation ?

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two weeks later

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two weeks later -
nothing can erase
these memories

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avalanches

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avalanche warnings -
more tales of rain
and radiation

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bumpy road ahead

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spring mud -
the bumpy road ahead
for Japan

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haru no doro 春の泥 spring mud 　

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spring moon

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full spring moon -
rays of hope
and fear

The moon hangs there beautifully above my bamboo grove.

But they predict more flooding during this spring moon tide during the night.

.. supermoon theories

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 08:04
Low temperature, high tides to hit affected area

Residents in the quake-hit area are living in fear of aftershocks and other natural disasters following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake one week earlier.

The Meteorological Agency said on Friday that strong aftershocks will continue with an intensity of 5-minus or more on the Japanese scale of zero to 7.

It cautions the residents about the possibility of a tsunami following large aftershocks.

Most of the quake-hit region is suffering from low temperatures. Some parts are expected to sink to minus 2 degrees Celsius on Saturday morning.

Weather officials are calling on those living in shelters without sufficient clothing to be prepared.

The Meteorological Agency also warns of spring tides likely to last for one week from Saturday.

Many parts of the grounds in the quake-hit areas have sunk, leaving the coastal areas susceptible to flooding from high tides.

The agency says the threat from seasonal high tides is not like that from a tsunami. It says people will have time to act as sea levels increase gradually.

But it warns that people working at estuaries or coastal areas must pay attention to sea levels for around one hour before and after a high tide.

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waiting for the another miracle

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I hope this poem sequence is not getting much longer ...

March 17, evening

waiting for Godot
waiting for the meltdown
waiting for a miracle

upgrading from level 4 to level 5

March 19, morning

waiting for Godot
waiting for the meltdown
waiting for another miracle

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Japan after the BIG earthquake 　

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The first two lines remind me of Pozzo's words in Waiting for Godot:

"They give birth astride a grave,
the light gleams an instant and then
it is night once more."

Yes, we need a miracle.
Share with you a haiku I wrote last Saturday:

Sendai earthquake...
the darkness pierced
only by flashlights

Keep you and the people of Japan in my thoughts and prayers.
Best wishes,

Chen-ou Liu

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spring sunshine

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spring sunshine -
the light and shadow
of meltdown news

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some photos from small blossoms in my neighbourhood

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waiting for the meltdown

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waiting for Godot
waiting for the meltdown
waiting for a miracle

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snow

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snow in my valley -
what are my poor neighbours
doing right now?

The Super Earthquake March 11, 2011

東北地方太平洋沖地震
magnitude 9:0

. Tohoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake .

My Diary

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Temperatures are falling, we even had snow here in Western Japan.

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秋深き隣は何をする人ぞ
aki fukaki tonari wa nani o suru hito zo

. Matsuo Basho about the neighbours .

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after the BIG one

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god of earthquakes -
what does it take
to keep you quiet ?

. Nai no kami 地震神 . God of Earthquakes 　

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I made a new BLOG for the follow-up of the quake.
I want to keep this BLOG for my Haiku life ...

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. BIG . earthquake

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earthquake night -
the stars are as silent
as ever

I just stepped out to say good night to the world ..

. So many Aftershocks .

nai no kami ないのかみ / なゐの神【地震神】
deity of earthquakes
nai jinja 名居神社（ないじんじゃ）shrine

He holds the shaking catfish down,
but maybe also the "earthquake bug"

jishin mushi　地震虫　earthquake bug

. Nai no kami 地震神 deity of earthquakes 　　

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Next Morning

March 11, 2011 Earthquake in Japan

超巨大地震 choo kyodai jishin super strong earthquake

Look at the destruction
source : photos.mlive.com

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The devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan today is bound to affect financial markets around the globe, economists and analysts said.
source : abcnews.go.com/Business

Top of Tokyo Tower is bent

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(Reuters) :
A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan looked set to kill at least 1,000 people along the northeastern coast on Friday after a wall of water swept away everything in its path.

The government warned there could be a small radiation leak from a nuclear reactor whose cooling system was knocked out by the quake. About 3,000 residents in the area some 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo had been moved out of harm's way.

Underscoring grave concerns about the Fukushima plant, the U.S. air force delivered coolant to avert a rise in the temperature of its nuclear rods, but officials said a leak was still possible because pressure would have to be released.

The unfolding disaster in the wake of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and 10-meter (33-feet) high tsunami prompted offers of search and rescue help from 45 countries.

China said rescuers were ready to help with quake relief while President Barack Obama told Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan the United States would assist in any way.

"This is likely to be a humanitarian relief operation of epic proportions," Japan expert Sheila Smith of the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations wrote in a commentary.

Stunning TV footage showed a muddy torrent of water carrying cars and wrecked homes at high speed across farmland near the coastal city of Sendai, home to one million people and which lies 300 km (180 miles) northeast of Tokyo. Ships had been flung onto a harbor wharf, where they lay helplessly on their side.

Boats, cars and trucks were tossed around like toys in the water after a small tsunami hit the town of Kamaishi in northern Japan. The town of Kesennuma burned down. Kyodo news agency reported that contact had been lost with four trains in the coastal area.

Daylight, just an hour away, looked set to reveal further death and devastation, especially after two strong aftershocks that struck during the night in the northwest of Japan's main island. Japanese politicians pushed for an emergency budget to fund relief efforts after Kan asked them to "save the country," Kyodo news agency reported. Japan is already the most heavily indebted major economy in the world, meaning any funding efforts would be closely scrutinized by financial markets.

Domestic media said the death toll was expected to exceed 1,000, most of whom appeared to have drowned by churning waters after the mid-afternoon earthquake.

The extent of the destruction along a lengthy stretch of coastline suggested the death toll could rise significantly.

Even in a nation accustomed to earthquakes, the devastation was shocking.

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The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami
東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin[literally "Tōhoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake")
was an 8.9 to 9.1-magnitude megathrust earthquake that created tsunami waves of up to 10 meters (33 ft). It was measured at 7[6] on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale in the northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, with an initially reported magnitude of 7.9, while the JMA's tsunami warning listed the magnitude as 8.4,[7] later updated to 8.9.

Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) has confirmed at least 1000 dead and another 1000+ missing in six different prefectures.

Kesennuma, Miyagi
Major fires broke out in the city Kesennuma, Miyagi whose population is 73,403.

©　More updates in the WIKIPEDIA !

. . . CLICK here for Photos : Kesennuma !

. . . CLICK here for Photos : Sendai !

. . . CLICK here for Photos : Chiba !

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lunchtime -
the increasing tales
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Matsushima ya ...

It seems from a camp of the self defence force a flotilla of 28 airplains (helicopters? 18 or 25 ?) were washed away from the tsunami.
More than 300 people who worked there can not be reached ...
The tsunami reached up to the second floor of the buildings. The warplanes stationed there can not be used any more.

The Military airfield of Matsushima is located at 136km from the epicenter.
Other airports affected are: Sendai (167km), Kasuminome (163km), Matsushima (136km), Ojojibara (168km), Hanamaki (177km).

宮城県にある航空自衛隊松島基地に所属する航空機２８機すべてが水没する、
という被害が出ています

ANN NEWS
防衛省によると、宮城県の松島基地が津波の被害を受け、F2戦闘機18機など合わせて25機が海水につかったということです。松島基地は建物の2階まで水没し、海水につかった戦闘機は今後使えない可能性が高いということです。

Sunday March 13
We saw a helicopter fly over the facilities, many airplanes were washed out of the hangar, some standing on the runway with debris on them, some rammed into the barracks at odd angles.
Soldiers were using brooms to clean the runway.

Still no coverage of the temples of Matsushima.

One note about Hiraizumi ... no major damage.

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Tsunami reaching the world

source : Wikipedia updates in Japanese

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But Japan’s “massive public education program” could in the end have saved the most lives, said Rich Eisner, a retired tsunami preparedness expert who was attending a conference on the topic at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., on Friday.

In one town, Ofunato, which was struck by a major tsunami in 1960, dozens of signs in Japanese and English mark escape routes, and emergency sirens are tested three times a day, Mr. Eisner said.

Initial reports from Ofunato on Friday suggested that hundreds of homes had been swept away; the death toll was not yet known. But Matthew Francis of URS Corporation and a member of the civil engineering society’s tsunami subcommittee, said that education may have been the critical factor.

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(CNN) --
One person was reported dead and numerous boats and harbors suffered damage in the United States after the tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake off Japan swept across the Pacific Ocean at jet speed Friday.

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No major tourist spot seemed to have suffered major damage with the possible exception of Matsushima which was hit by both the earthquake and tsunami, but details are not known to us at this moment. Parts of central Hakodate, including the morning market area, were flooded with some damage caused. Central Sendai, did not suffer widespread major damage.

Aftershocks can be expected to continue for several days in the Tohoku Region with the possibility of more major tremors.
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. Please, light a candle for the victims ! 　

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Morning of March 13

Find a missing person
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?small=no

quote LA Times
The death toll from the 8.9-magnitude quake and associated tsunami reached 680 Saturday and may reach 1,000, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK. According to official figures, 642 people are missing and 1,426 injured.
Officials in Miyagi prefecture said 10,000 residents, more than half the population of the town of Minami-Sanriku, couldn't be located after the earthquake, NHK reported. They reported that an estimated 4,000 people were stranded at evacuation centers in the northern city of Sendai, about 193 miles north of Tokyo, without food, water or heat.
More than 215,000 people were living in 1,350 temporary shelters in five prefectures, the national police agency said.

Officials try to calm residents wary of a possible radiation leak -- or worse -- at the Fukushima power plant, which lost its cooling system in Friday's massive earthquake.
The outer walls of the Fukushima power plant's No. 1 reactor were blown off by a hydrogen explosion Saturday, leaving only a skeletal frame. Officials said four workers at the site received non-life-threatening injuries.
The inner container holding the reactor's fuel rods is not believed to be damaged, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, and workers were cooling the facilities with seawater.
"Tokyo Electric Power Co. has confirmed that the inner reactor is undamaged," he added. "There was no massive release of radiation."
source : www.latimes.com/news

福島第一原子力発電所 TEPCO
explosion at the power plant

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And a new threat emerged, as Japan's nuclear power safety agency said another reactor at the stricken plant had lost its cooling system and urgently needed water. The number of people exposed to radiation from the plant could reach 160, it said.
An official at the agency said it has rated the incident at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) nuclear plant a 4 according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).
source : news.yahoo.com

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Officials ordered the evacuation of a 20-km (12-mile) radius zone around the plant and 10 km (6 miles) around another nuclear facility close by. Around 140,000 people had left the area, the IAEA said, while authorities prepared to distribute iodine to protect people from radioactive exposure.
"Crisis management is incoherent," blared a headline in the Asahi newspaper, charging that information disclosure and instructions to expand the evacuation area around the troubled plant were too slow.
In Europe, environmentalists seized upon the accident to press demands for an end to nuclear power. Up to 60,000 protesters formed a 45-km (27-mile) human chain in Germany to denounce the government's policy of extending the life of nuclear plants.
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The quake also created problems for the manufacturing sector, with Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. all announcing they would idle all or most domestic production facilities Monday due to difficulty in procuring assembly line components.

The amazing power of the quake was made clear by the US Geological Survey (USGS), which said the main island had moved eight feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

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A municipal official in the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture said, ''More than 90 percent of the houses in three coastal communities have been washed away by tsunami. Looking from the fourth floor of the town hall, I see no houses standing," Kyodo reported.

The quake also created problems for the manufacturing sector, with Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. all announcing they would idle all or most domestic production facilities Monday due to difficulty in procuring assembly line components.

The amazing power of the quake was made clear by the US Geological Survey (USGS), which said
the main island had moved eight feet (2.4 meters)
and shifted the Earth on its axis.source : www.news.com.au/world

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Footage on Japanese TV showed that the walls of the reactor's building had crumbled, leaving only a skeletal metal frame standing. Puffs of smoke were spewing out of the plant in Fukushima, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Iwaki.

. Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises 　

My Report continues here

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cold coming back

2011-03-10T06:46:00.002+09:00

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the old car
needs more repairs -
cold coming back

this morning, March 10,
it was MINUS four centigrade in my valley.

. kan modori 寒もどり（かんもどり）cold coming back 　

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Stamps with Statues

2011-03-06T15:29:00.002+09:00

　　　　

travel the world
with Buddha stamps -
letter writing in spring

following Buddha -
every journey begins
with the first step

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spring snow

2011-03-03T08:41:00.004+09:00

　　　　

spring snow -
just enough
to sparkle

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and this was yesterday

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plum blossoms

2011-02-28T09:28:00.002+09:00

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plum blossoms -
this strong rain
hits them all

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The Old Ones have always said
that no matter who despises or ignores you,
no matter who keeps you
from entering their circles,
it is right to pray for them
because the are like us, too.

Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA

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first crocus

2011-02-25T10:22:00.003+09:00

　　　　

first crosus -
I remember Gogh and
the yellow sunflowers

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about famous people and artwork 　

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wild west

2011-02-20T06:14:00.002+09:00

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Basho walked -
the rocky road
to the wild west

For my haiku friend Laura.

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table 4 2

2011-02-19T10:33:00.005+09:00

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table 4 2
- a romance reduced
to numbers

. Numbers used in Haiku 　

Friends are experimenting
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my haiku friend Bill shared this :

I'm old enough to remember when

2 sweet
2 be
4 gotten

was considered very clever, a staple in high school yearbooks.

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one plus one = 3
a happy couple expecting
their first child

Catbird 55, WHC

fertility treatments
one plus one = 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 . . . !

Bill Kenney

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bright moon

2011-02-19T06:02:00.002+09:00

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It was about five thirty in the morning. I opened the curtains and saw bright light, like sunshine, on the rooftiles below me . . . but coming from the "wrong" side.
It looked so different from the usual early morning light on the tiles.
Then I looked up in the sky and saw the moon hang over there ... whow ...

frosty morning -
such a bright full moon
in the west

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Japanese Values

2011-02-17T09:47:00.001+09:00

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Japanese values -
a bowl of hot miso soup
and my kotatsu

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is spring coming ?

2011-02-17T06:48:00.001+09:00

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is spring coming ?
the sound of rain
on my roof

I have not heared this sound for quite a while.

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sunshine for two

2011-02-16T15:48:00.001+09:00

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sunshine for two -
the cat curls his tail
around my leg

After a morning of minus 5 centigrade,
a sudden burst of warmness in the afternoon !
So we shared our special stone . . .

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weather vane

2011-02-16T13:48:00.002+09:00

　　　　

early morning -
the frozen weather vane
faces north

Again minus 5 centigrade this morning.

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shoveling snow

2011-02-15T06:28:00.005+09:00

　　　　

the right kigo
for a day of hard work -
shoveling snow

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moonscape at my feet

Start the walk from HERE
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. WKD : Snow (yuki　雪) 　

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snow snow snow

2011-02-14T15:52:00.005+09:00

　　　　

yahoo weather forecast

too much snow
to shovel a path -
cabin fever

The snow clouds over Okayama prefecture, going to stay this way until tomorrow morning
IF
the weather forecast is right . . .

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sweet valentine

2011-02-14T06:16:00.004+09:00

　　　　

Valentine's Day -
I send you a sweet
postcard

The postoffice is selling them as KitKat Mail.

You get three pieces of chocolate and a Daruma in pink, yellow or red.

. 「キットメール」 Kit mail Daruma 　

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moonshine

2011-02-12T21:00:00.001+09:00

　　　　

moonshine
on my snowed-in valley -
promises kept

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You should see the splendor of this night !

woodpecker

2011-02-11T10:34:00.003+09:00

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light snow -
a woodpecker hammers
in the silence

. woodpecker, kitsutsuki 啄木鳥　

basically a kigo for all autumn, but these days I hear him every morning when I open the window.
And today, in the silence of freshly fallen snow, the sound was most eerie in the valley !

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neve leggera -
il martello di un picchio
nel silenzio

Tr. by Moussia

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new sponge

2011-02-09T11:46:00.001+09:00

　　　　

I scrub the sink
with a new sponge -
rain in winter

. Kitchen and Haiku　　. 　

kitchen haiku 台所俳句 daidokoro haiku
an expression coined by Takahama Kyoshi
about the female haiku poets of his time

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sharing a big cup

2011-02-06T06:27:00.002+09:00

　　　　

sharing a GREAT cup
with all the haiku friends -
winter sunshine

. Saidaiji Oochamori 西大寺大茶盛
serving big cups of green tea at temple Saidai-Ji 　

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Isa later posted this on
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icicles

2011-01-30T15:50:00.007+09:00

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cold sunshine -
the icicles refuse
to melt

rondo in my valley -
now snowfall
now sunshine

Morning minus seven centigrade
Mid-day minus three centigrade

next morning, Monday 31

minus nine -9℃　

kylmä auringon paiste -
jääpuikot kieltäytyvät
sulamasta

My Icicle haiku in Finnish, translated by
Juhani Tikkanen
(facebook)

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and this is how America feels in the last few days, too much snow

Snow My Gosh
Snomageddon
Snowpocalypse
Snowtorious
Snowzilla

all snover again

Mega Snowstorm Pounds Moves East with Snow, Ice, Freezing Temperatures

A colossal winter storm dropping snow and ice from Texas to Maine has left two thirds of the nation facing downed power lines, shuttered highways and thousands of airport cancellations.
source : abcnews.go.com

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drinking at the lake
first it is sunny
then it rains

SU DONG-PO (1037-1101)

象潟や雨に西施がねぶの花
kisakata ya ame ni seishi ga nebu no hana

kisagata lagoon,
in the rain Xishi,s eyes are closed
blossoms of the silk tree
Tr. Massih

A flowering silk tree in the sleepy rain of Kisakata
Reminds me of Lady Seishi
In sorrowful lament
Tr. Nobuyuki Yuasa

Matsuo Basho

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snowflakes

2011-01-25T14:41:00.003+09:00

　　　　

sudden snowfall -
the stone Buddha sits
undisturbed

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just one snowflake
just one blossom
winter sunshine

winter dawn
the stone Buddha wears a kesa
of snow

Jenifer

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QUOTES with HAIKU

2011-01-25T10:22:00.003+09:00

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QUOTES with HAIKU

I have various threads under this heading, here are a few to explore

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If you are seeking creative ideas,
go out walking.
Angels whisper to us
when we go for walks.

Raymond Inman

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Creativity comes from the spiritual realm,
the collective consciousness.
And the mind is in a different realm
than the molecules of the brain.
The brain is a receiver, not a source.

Candace Pert

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my daily walk -
the empty heart
finds haiku

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deeper levels

2011-01-23T06:42:00.007+09:00

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cold night -
the deeper levels of dreams
and fears

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for a friend on facebook, who was also living in the deep freeze

tomato sauce -
looking at the bright side
of food

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January 23

when celsius
and farenheit meet -
freeze in America

Another record low is predicted for tonight in America and for us here too.

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Lovely haiku Gabi - deep and mysterious!

A beautiful haiku about the coldness of night. I love it!

So beautiful, Gabi !

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瓶割るる夜の氷の寝覚め哉
kame waruru yoru no koori no mezame kana

I wake up at night (from the sound of)
the water jar breaking
from the ice

Matsuo Basho

. WKD : Ice and Haiku 　

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snowed in again

2011-01-20T09:58:00.001+09:00

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snowed in -
the same haiku
as yesterday

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Professor Seckel

2011-01-19T16:44:00.001+09:00

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Lieber Herr Professor !
is it too late to write
this letter now?

For my unforgettable teacher of East-Asian Art at Heidelberg University.
Professor für Ostasiatische Kunstsgeschichte,
Universität Heidelberg 1965 - 1976

. Prof. Dr. Dietrich Seckel

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snow on reeds

2011-01-18T07:05:00.002+09:00

　　　　

waking up
to a load of snow -
susuki bending low

. Pampas grass (susuki, obana) 　

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snow meditation

2011-01-16T16:34:00.004+09:00

　　　　

undisturbed
by snow and cold -
winter meditation

My Stone Buddha on the left, in a snow cover.

Here is the plant during her short life in summer:

. Liliy to be born ! 　

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snowflakes in sunshine

2011-01-15T16:06:00.004+09:00

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snowflakes in sunshine -
the dirt on my windows
shows clearly

Expecting a blizzard for tomorrow, seems to start now . . . brrrrr . . . temperatures dropping as I write . . .

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Next Morning, Sunday at Six

Minus 7 centigrate, snow keeps falling ...

blizzard -
the heavy weight
of snowflakes

. Daily Snow Record in my Valley in Ohaga 　

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Palm tree in snow

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snowflakes-
grandfather's eyes
shine

Alex Serban
Romania, January 2012

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enlightenment

2011-01-14T06:12:00.002+09:00

　　　　

enlightenment -
my Daruma squeezed
into a lightbulb

Chikaramizu,
a new power drink to pass the examinations

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“A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment
in which we see into the life of things.”

R.H. Blyth

. Zen and Haiku 　

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cats napping

2011-01-10T17:38:00.004+09:00

　　　　

the cats take a nap
at their favorit spaces -
winter sunshine

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Haiku kun wakes up

. Cats in Paradise ..
O-Tsu and Haiku-Kun お津と俳句くん

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cold day

2011-01-06T06:59:00.000+09:00

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cold sunlight -
sparkling snowflakes fall
from the blue sky

Even the daily high is below freezing point.

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cold snow morning

2011-01-03T10:14:00.002+09:00

. Photo Album
START from here ! 　

. Snow situation in my valley in Ohaga
　

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Nenga 2011

2011-01-01T01:06:00.006+09:00

　　　　

Happy New Year !

Happy New 兎年　!

Gabi and Bernd

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International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011 (Part 1)
. Akita International Haiku Network 　　

. My Rabbit in a snow coat 　

. Happy New Years !

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From Ishino san

New Year's morning -
I wipe some dirt
from my glasses

. AHA, the moment !

From past years
. New Year Postcards.. Nenga 年賀状 .

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2010-12-31T10:27:00.000+09:00

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more snow

2010-12-29T09:37:00.001+09:00

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more snow -
I take a second
deep breath

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rabbit in new coat

2010-12-27T09:44:00.006+09:00

　　　　

New Year preparations -
my rabbit in his coat
of white

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. 2011 - Year of the Rabbit / Hare 　

my rabbit featured here

International Haiku New Year’s Festival 2011
. Akita International Haiku Network

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Later in the day we learn about blizzards in North America, Europe and Northern Japan, some with taifun-like wind gusts . . .

Here it is "only" cold around zero and drizzeling snow-rain the whole day.

blizzard warnings -
my respect for nature
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Happy Planet Index

2010-12-26T16:34:00.006+09:00

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Happy Planet Index

A site that measures the well-being of people in the nations of the world while taking into account their environmental impact.

http://www.happyplanetindex.org/

The Happy Planet Index
reveals the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered

The index combines environmental impact with human well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which, country by country, people live long and happy lives. Learn about the ideas behind the HPI, how it is calculated, why we need it and what it can teach us.

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New Economics Foundadion nef

Economics as if people and the planet mattered.
nef is an independent think-and- do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being.

http://www.neweconomics.org/

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Bhutan - Gross National Happiness

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Christmas Day

2010-12-25T12:38:00.002+09:00

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Christmas Day -
the snowflakes dance
in cold sunshine

The nightly minus was 3, the daily warm is now
plus zero ...
and few more days like this to come.

The Sea of Japan side is enjoying heavy snowfalls.

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virtual gifts
with no wrappings ...
eco christmas

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pipi leaks

2010-12-24T06:19:00.003+09:00

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pipi leaks -
an old man wonders
about his health

Thanks for the inspiration to a friend on facebook !

. . . some real wiki leaks

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Christmas Eve

2010-12-24T06:00:00.001+09:00

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Christmas eve -
I dream about Germany
in Japanese

. Haiku by Immigrants 　

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moonlight

2010-12-22T20:57:00.002+09:00

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moon chasing clouds
behind the bamboo grove -
equinox plus one

. Equinox 2010 . 　

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a single breath

2010-12-22T13:30:00.004+09:00

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There is a Zen story about
how a single breath can free us
from the confines of our intellectualizing
and unite us with all creation.

Tokusan was a brilliant scripture scholar who went
to study with Zen Master Ryutan.
One night as Tokusan was leaving to go home to bed after a long evening of discussion, he noticed that it was pitch black outside.
Zen master Ryutan lit a lantern and handed it to Tokusan.
Just as Tokusan reached for the lantern, Ryutan blew it out.

In that moment,
Tokusan experienced enlightenment and bowed in gratitude.

Tokusan realized that he was not dependent upon words and teachings to light the way for him. Even in times of darkness,
he could experience his essential nature directly
and be a lamp unto himself.

. — Ellen Birx in "Healing Zen"
Buddhist Wisdom on Compassion, Caring, and Caregiving —
for Yourself and Others

haiku -
a single breath
can free us

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long long night

2010-12-21T14:40:00.003+09:00

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this long long night -
even the moon
feels pale

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hoping for no clouds
in the sky
in the mind

There should be an eclipse visible in our region, from around sunset at 17:00 until 18:00. Let us hope the weather is fine and the full moon is visible!

Unfortunately, it was raining all day and most of the night.
We could only see a glimpse of the eclipse on TV, from Hokkaido.

Later in the night,
the full moon came out for a short while, immersing the lowly clouds in the valley with a whitish shimmer ...

. Winter solstice (tooji) .

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silence of sunshine

2010-12-20T09:55:00.003+09:00

　　　　

autumn brook -
the silence of sunshine
on stones

. Okutsu, September 2007 　　

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QUOTE : English Language

2010-12-18T13:30:00.002+09:00

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"In our language there is no word
to say inferior or superiority or equality
because we are equal; it's a known fact.

But life has become very complicated
since the newcomers came here.
And how does your spirit react to it?.

It's painful.
You have to be strong to walk through the storm.
I know I'm a bridge between two worlds.
All I ask is for people to wash their feet
before they try to walk on me."

-- Alanis Obomsawin, ABENAKI

For native people who speak their language, English can be very confusing.
Many times you cannot express in English the true meaning of Indian words.
When we hear something in English we sometimes react or our spirit reacts.
Sometimes we need to use English words out of order to express our true meanings.

We need to be patient and pray.
Living in two worlds can be difficult.
Life is painful sometimes.
The pain of life is where the lessons are learned.

Creator, let me learn the lessons You have taught my people.

Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 13
http://www.whitebison.org/meditation/index.php

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winter sunset

2010-12-17T16:38:00.003+09:00

　　　　

winter sunset -
a little pink hope
for tomorrow

. Sunset (nichibotsu, yuuhi, hi no iri)
KIGO

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Today the sunrise was also a very PINK one.

winter sunrise -
a little pink hope
for tomorrow

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I have always been delighted
at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try,
one more start,
with perhaps a bit of magic waiting
somewhere behind the morning.

J.B. Priestley

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first snow

2010-12-16T13:38:00.003+09:00

　　　

　

first snow -
the patterns of roof tiles
in black and white

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. First Snow - hatsuyuki
at GokuRakuAn .

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morning meditation

2010-12-16T13:33:00.001+09:00

　　　　

meditating
for peace in the world -
how about you ?

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Kamakura Gingko Tree

2010-12-13T13:00:00.001+09:00

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Kamakura and the old Gingko Tree...

March 10, 2010

just saw the news, it fell down this morning ...

can you believe it, a tree of more than 800 years ... is now lying there like a dead elder ...

Probably not uprooted by the snowstorm, but because the roots have been eaten up by old age and could not hold it any more.
He was always a great joy with the yellow leaves in autumn.

It looked like an old friend dead on the ground.

For more than 15 years, I used to go regularly to the the Archery Hall in Hachimangu to practise Kyudo and looking at this huge tree was always a comfort and joy.

The tree was dedignated as a natural monument of Kanagawa prefecture in 1955.

Today, March 10,
The priests and shrine maiden poored consecrated sake over the uprooted trunk, put salt on it and performed purification rituals.
I wonder what will happen to this tree now.

This is a great shock to all who love Kamakura !!

quote from mainichi.jp

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my giant old friend
has taken a final fall ...
spring storm

quote from 47news.jp

quote from chugoku-np.co.jp

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The tree had a trunk circumference of 6.8 meters
and was about 30 meters high.
It is said to have witnessed the
assasination of Minamoto no Sanetomo
源実朝, September 17, 1192 – February 13, 1219.

Assassination

Under heavy snow on the evening of February 12, 1219
(Jōkyū 1, 26th day of the 1st month), Sanetomo was coming down from the Senior Shrine at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū after assisting to a ceremony celebrating his nomination to Udaijin.
His nephew (the son of second shogun Minamoto no Yoriie) Kugyō (Minamoto no Yoshinari) came out from next to the stone stairway of the shrine, then suddenly attacked and assassinated him.
For his act he was himself beheaded few hours later, thus bringing the Seiwa Genji line of the Minamoto clan and their rule in Kamakura to a sudden end.
©　More about Sanetomo in the WIKIPEDIA !

At the left of its stairway used to stand a 1000 year old ginkgo, but the tree was uprooted by a storm at about 4am on March 10, 2010.
©　More about the shrine Hachimangu in the WIKIPEDIA !

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A 1,000-year-old giant ginkgo tree
in front of the main hall of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine here has been knocked down, apparently by strong winds.

At around 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday, a security guard at the shrine found the famous tree -- designated as a natural monument by Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955 -- knocked down with its trunk snapped.

The security guard reportedly heard a loud thumping sound, like that of "heavy covering of snow falling to the ground," about three times at around 4:15 a.m. After hearing a sound like a lightening strike, he found the tree collapsed on the ground.

The maximum wind velocity at that time was 12 meters per second, according to the Fire Fighting Head Office in Kamakura.

Chikayasu Hamano, a professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture, attributed a blizzard from late Tuesday afternoon as the main cause of the tree's collapse, in addition to heavy rain from February that softened the ground. Hamano also commented that it is impossible to save the tree.

At the end of 2009, the shrine started to consider conservation steps for the giant tree, with inspections by Hamano finding no problems with the health of the tree.

Shigeho Yoshida, the chief priest of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, is too shocked to comment on the matter, a shrine official said. Other priests, who are also in shock, made spiritual gestures by offering rice and sake to the collapsed tree.

The giant ginkgo tree, well known as a symbol of the shrine, was dubbed
"Kakure Icho" (hidden ginkgo) since monk Kugyo hid behind the tree when he assassinated Minamoto no Sanetomo, the third shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, in January 1219.

source : mdn.mainichi.jp

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BIG FONT LINK 　

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Photos from my friend Mark Schumacher in Kamakura
(click for enlargement)

Mark Schumacher, Kamakura
GODS of Japan, A-to-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhism

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鶴岡八幡宮：
大銀杏、倒れる　樹齢１０００年、実朝暗殺の舞台

１０日午前４時４０分ごろ、神奈川県鎌倉市雪ノ下の鶴岡八幡宮（吉田茂穂宮司）の本殿前にある県指定天然記念物「大（おお）銀杏（いちょう）」が、根元付近から折れて倒れているのを警備員が見つけた。９日夕から続いた強風が原因とみられる。けが人はなかった。大銀杏は鎌倉幕府三代将軍、源実朝（さねとも）の暗殺事件の「隠れ銀杏」として知られる。同八幡宮関係者は「あり得ないことだ」とぼうぜんとしている。

八幡宮によると、大銀杏は幹回り６・８メートル、高さ約３０メートルで樹齢は１０００年とされる。午前４時１５分ごろ、当直の警備員が３回ほど「ドンドン」という音を聞いた。警備員は「積もった雪が落ちる音だと思った」という。その後、落雷のような音がしたため、様子を見に行くと大銀杏が倒れていた。市消防本部によると、当時の最大瞬間風速は１２メートル。

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http://mainichi.jp/select/weathernews/news/20100310dde041040006000c.html

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Update March 13, 2010

Maybe they can revitalize the big Gingko Tree ?
Professor Hamano Chikayasu from the Tokyo University of Agriculture is working hard on the problem.

Hopefully the trunk will grow new roots if properly cared for.

According to shrine officials, the trunk will be cut off about four meters above the fracture and planted near the root remaining in the ground after removing extra branches.
source : mdn.mainichi.jp

Update March 13, 2010

大銀杏（おおいちょう The Big Gingko Tree

The trunk has now been cut at 4 meters length, the new part weighing about 17 tons.
It has been replanted about 7 meters west to its old location near the stone stairs.
Many people came visiting the re-planting efforts, which finished at 1 o'clock on the 14th of March, 2010.

source
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/kanto/kanagawa/100313/kng1003132128012-n1.htm

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Update April 10, 2010

The first green sprouts are showing from the roots!

Three efforts to "revive" the tree:
from the roots, which were left as it fell.
from the newly planted trunk a few meters apart from the old place.
from branch grafts being grown in a tree nursery.

source : takezo
April 10, 2010

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Update December 13, 2010

Last night I was wondering about my old friend, and whow, what a surpirze today on TV.

NHK showed a live special about Hachimangu.

They showed the suzuharai, wiping the dirt and impurities of the year in preparation for the new year.
And of course, they showed the tree.

From the roots of the old tree many young spouts are coming up !

And from the implant a few meters afar also new sprouts are coming out of the old tree trunk.
Even without roots it still has the spirit and soul and power to grow and watch over the "young one" next to its side.

They also sell a new talisman with a tiny bit of the old tree branches.

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my blessings

2010-12-12T12:12:00.001+09:00

　　

winter sunset -
when I count my blessings
I count you twice

達磨正宗

Daruma Masamune Old Sake
with a bit of spice for cold days

With special red pepper from Hida
飛騨美濃伝統野菜・中津川市下野産の唐辛子
あじめコショウ Ajime Koshoo

Reference

Reference : 達磨正宗

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A speciel present to my husband
for our wedding anniversary on the
12th day of the 12th month.

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Daruma Museum
Daruma Masamune Koshu Aged Rice Wine : Sake

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Hoarfrost

2010-12-11T05:36:00.003+09:00

　　　　

hoarfrost -
new patterns emerge
on the spider nets

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little spider

2010-12-08T15:35:00.002+09:00

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cleaning the gutters -
a little green spider
runs out of hiding

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winter sky

2010-12-06T16:45:00.000+09:00

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winter sky -
a poet from Bali
scratches his head

winter sky -
a poet from Australia
turns fast backward

five rings -
he trains to jump
higher

kigo section : Winter Sky
free section : Ring
December 2010 Shiki Monthly Kukai

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winter sky -
this long pink line
behind an airplane

spectacular sunset, clear sky

so many things
I have not done yet -
winter sky -

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azuki arai

2010-12-04T12:06:00.000+09:00

　　　　

小豆洗い . 特別純米原酒

washing red beans -
the river turns
ricewine

photo : tokiyadiary.blog118.fc2.com

Inspired by the TV series about
Gegege no Nyobo, wife of Mizuki Shigeru
ゲゲゲの女房

. Mizuki Shigeru and GEGEGE (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) . 　　

I am studying his monsters related to food,
hopefully there will be more !

Azuki Arai

This little bean washer monster sits on a river bank and washes red beans in a basket. You can hear the sound of this, but usually not see him while he works.
You can even hear him hum a gentle song.

The TV scene when Shigeru met him and heared him ask of Mizuki to produce an encyclopedia of Japanese monsters was very moving !

水木しげる妖怪図鑑
水木しげる妖怪大百科

This monster is well known in many parts of Japan, mostly in Kaii (Yamanashi), Shinano (Nagano) and Echigo (Niigata).
It often comes out to a farmhouse where the bride is preparing to go to her husband, and the family is too poor to cook auspicious rice with red beans. When the family checks the kitchen in the morning, there is a bunch of freshly washed red beans ready to be cooked.

In Tottori they say this is in fact a monkey, hanging around old farmhouses.

Some say it washes azuki beans, others say it rinses rice or chopsticks.
kometogi ba 米とぎ婆
hashi arai 箸洗い

It is also called

azuki togi 小豆とぎ, rinsing red beans
making a sound like ショキショキ "shoki shoki".

Sometimes his song sounds like
小豆とごうか、人取って食おうかショキ、ショキ

Shall I rinse red beans?
or catch a human
and eat it?

Other names are

あずい洗い／小豆あらいど／小豆洗い婆／小豆こし／小豆ごしゃごしゃ／小豆さらさら／小豆すり／小豆そぎ／小豆そぎ婆／小豆とぎ／小豆とげ／小豆婆／小豆やら／米とぎ婆／コメカシ／洗濯狐／付け紐小僧／荒神様／山の神／赤小豆洗い／米とぎ婆さま／箸洗い /

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source : morioka_hisamoto

from Takehara Shunsensai 竹原春泉斎『絵本百物語』
Woodblocks of the Edo Period

Once upon a time at a temle in the village of Takada, the priest cared for the young orphans of the village.

One boy was especially clever.
When the priest showed a box full of red beans and asked how much there were inside, he could immediately tell the number.

The priest was quite surprized and thought to make this boy follow in his priestly profession.
Another of his students, the vicious Enkai, got so envious he threw the intelligent kid to his death, into the well.

From this day on, every night, every night they heared his voice in the well, counting red beans.

Eventually, the vicious Enkai was brought to justice by the local authorities, and received the death penalty for his deed.

From that day on, the souls of the good and the bad student appeared every night, every night after sunset, counting red beans in the well,
or near the river bank.

Nobody wanted to take over this temple any more, and it was left without a priest, when the old monk died, maybe in 1689 ... ?

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And now to the present-day reality !

azukiarai 小豆洗い insect "washing red beans"
kigo for all autumn

. Chatatemushi, 茶立虫 "tea whisking insect" 　
Graphopsocus cruciatus

konachatate 粉茶立（こなちゃたて）
kakurezatoo 隠座頭（かくれざとう）

A group of insects with more than 5000 subgroups, Stenopsocus aphidiformis
Psococerastis tokyoensis, Psocomorpha, Longivalvus nubilus, Psococerastis kurokiana, Amphigerontia sp., Psocodea, Psocoptera, Troctomorpha, Trogiomorpha etc.

Some species have wings, others do not.
The ones without wings are about 1 to 2 milimeters, with long legs. Some resemble small white ants, with a rather large head.

The winged species are about 3 to 7 milimeters, the wings can be much longer than the body.

washing red beans -
a monster turns
KIGO !

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. WASHOKU
Azuki 小豆 red beans 　

. ANIMALS in AUTUMN
SAIJIKI

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wicki leaks - yahoo leaks

2010-12-03T09:27:00.003+09:00

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wicki leaks -
now we have
YAHOO leaks

Someone is automatically copying the correspondence
of a private mailing list to a BLOG

Here is mine, copied

. . . on BLOGGER

This is the BLOG in question:

http://communicationability.blogspot.com/

Can anyone help to stop this?

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The leaking could be stopped
by expelling the culpirt from the forum.

But the BLOG is still there / as of December 09.

December 15 - the BLOG is now gone!
But the cached version is still available.

Profile of the owner :

Overcome Breast Cancer
http://www.blogger.com/profile/14091441249835432022

Thanks to whoever helped with this.

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drop by drop

2010-12-03T07:06:00.000+09:00

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drop by drop
the frost melts
from my roof

Nights are getting colder !

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keri ga tsuku

2010-11-29T16:12:00.000+09:00

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けりがつく　俳句にやはり　KERIがつく

keri ga tsuku
haiku ni yahari
KERI ga tsuku

From the word KERI used in waka and haiku as a final amplifier, this expression has taken root in the everyday language, to signify someting is final, has come to an end and found its solution.

For something ambiguous, the expression is

tamamushi iro 玉虫色 - to shimmer in all colors
like a jewel beetle

玉虫色の決着

. tamamushi 玉虫 / 金花虫 (たまむし) jewel beetle

kigo for late summer

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forget and google

2010-11-28T13:57:00.002+09:00

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the more I forget
the more I google -
winter solitude

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Dear Gabi san,

This gave me a great smile -- thank you!

Sadly, the reverse is also true :

the more I google
the more I forget -
autumn leaves

Isabelle.

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. The Google Logo in Japan .

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Thanksgiving

2010-11-26T06:42:00.000+09:00

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Thanksgiving -
so many bubbles
in the bowl

. Thanksgiving in USA 　　

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red mask

2010-11-24T15:57:00.000+09:00

　　　　

autumn deepens -
my dreams take shape
with the shades of RED

Origami mask by Kawai Toshiaki

MORE

. Masks of Fudo Myo-O　お面不動明王　

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Introducing 河合豊彰 Kawai Toshiaki
Craftsman for Origami, published many books

Daruma 達磨

From a whole series of folded Buddha statues

http://origamist.blog24.fc2.com/blog-date-200806.html

. More Photos of his Origami Art !

source : 河合豊彰 . amazon com

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autumn butterfly

2010-11-20T15:59:00.000+09:00

　　　　

autumn butterfly -
the weatherforecast says
SNOW

. WALK WITH ME
in my garden today 　

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One orange falling leaf
Floats against the autumn breeze
Monarch butterfly.

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Monarch butterfly
Floating in the autumn breeze
No, a falling leaf

butterflypsyche
Happy Haiku Forum

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more frost

2010-11-20T07:14:00.000+09:00

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severe frost -
the gentle humming
of my stove

The unusually cold mornings continue ... and it is only November.

sunrays -
my life in the middle
of nowhere

Autumn Grace -
what a day
to be born

. WALK WITH ME - 17 photos 　

. First Frost on November 11 　

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my haiku about FROST

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sunset

2010-11-19T12:30:00.000+09:00

　　　　

autumn sunset -
maybe there is a hell
in heaven ?

. FOLLOW the SUNSET .. from here ! 　

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shining autumn

2010-11-18T16:19:00.000+09:00

　　　　

graves in the morning sun

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balck and color
as the sunshine deepens
in diamonds

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paulownia tree

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gingko and red momiji

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susuki pampas grass

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unkai season

2010-11-18T07:17:00.000+09:00

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Season of the Sea of Clouds 2010

unkai - 雲海　 - unkai

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November 17, 2010

sea of clouds -
my life in the middle
of nowhere

Below, all gone in white mist, on the horizon a few mountain tops with yellow and orange trees, above the sky covered in gray clouds but then
a sudden burst of pink spotlight, just one !

Next the whole cloudy sky turning pink.
Then the white valley mist suddeny lifting high up, as if pushed by a magic wind blower.

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October 15, 2010

early morning -
an extra pink line
on the horizon

above the unkai sea of clouds, there is an extra pink line ...
autumn is coming fast now

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autumn dusk

2010-11-15T17:08:00.000+09:00

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autumn dusk -
the shadows in my valley
deepen

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aki fukaki haijin wa nani o kaku hito zo

autumn deepens -
I wonder what my haiku friends
are writing right now

Gabi
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aki fukaki tonari wa nani o suru hito zo
Basho

and about Basho, we know
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2007/11/autumn-deepens-aki-fukashi.html

Basho lived in a place where the space to the neighbuor was just one thin wall and he could hear everything from next-door (next-wall, so to say). But beyond the thin wall, Basho could also hear the deepening autumn as his neighbour, so to day, in space.

autumn deepens
and I wonder,
what is my neighbour doing?

Tr. Gabi Greve, inspired by Hasegawa Kai

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autumn dusk -
so many haiku
in the saijiki

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Friends are trying to understand
allusion, honkadori, parody, plagiat . . .

. Honkadori, the art of quoting haiku

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QUOTE finding hope

2010-11-15T06:36:00.000+09:00

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When things are bad,
we take comfort in the thought
that they could always be worse.

And when they are,
we find hope in the thought
that things are so bad
they have to get better.

Malcolm S. Forbes

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little crab

2010-11-14T11:35:00.000+09:00

　　　　

morning walk -
a little crab
stares at me

She was sitting in the middle of the road.
I picked her up
and put her in the shadow of some weeds.

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. Crab (kani 蟹) : KIGO 　

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life in shadows

2010-11-13T15:23:00.000+09:00

　　　　

life in the shadows -
even the momiji
are black

. JOIN ME
an autumn walk

. Life in the shadows .

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shiawase happiness

2010-11-13T09:18:00.000+09:00

　　　　

幸せは足元にあり俳句みち

shiawase wa ashimoto ni aru
Haiku michi

happiness
is right at our footsteps -
haiku walk

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sunshine
grows into shadows -
symphony in yellow

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幸せは青空にある俳句みち

shiawase wa aozora ni aru
haiku michi

happiness
is right up in the sky -
haiku walk

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simplify

2010-11-12T06:14:00.000+09:00

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The ability to simplify
means to eliminate the unnecessary
so that the necessary may speak.

Hans Hofmann

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first frost

2010-11-12T04:11:00.000+09:00

　　　　

first frost -
today is the eleventh day
of the eleventh month

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wild asters
in frosty robes -
much too early

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morning sun -
how long will it last,
our frosty roof ?

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First Frost !
My neighbors too
must be freezing !

. First Frost, 2005

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winter morning

2010-11-10T09:10:00.000+09:00

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winter morning -
an old witch brews
her magic tea

My husband is away on business,
so I am home alone, for better or worse.

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Some oldies from 2003

A Millionairs Morning

ruby red tail
bird on a branch
in white snow

melting snow
dripping diamonds
from each branch

early sunrays
mere molehills turn
golden mountains

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Morgen eines Millionaers

Rubinroter Schwanz
Vogel auf einem Ast
In weissem Schnee

Schmelzender Schnee
Tropfende Diamanten
Von jedem Ast

Fruehe Sonnenstrahlen
Ein Maulwurfshuegel wird
Zum Goldenen Berg.

And all of this within 30 minutes.
We are all SOOO rich!

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Winter SAIJIKI 　

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winter storm

2010-11-09T09:33:00.001+09:00

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whatever happens
I take as "the best" --
winter storm

Two large low-pressure systems with cold air over the Sea of Japan, heading down ...
with whipping wind and all ...
a typhoon by any other name ...
and maybe 24 more hours to go ...

what a scene -
colored leaves are blown
before they fall

Outside the window, colored leaves are blown by.
They might have made it on their trees for a bit longer,
if it was not for these bursts of super-strong wind.

In Utsunomiya town they had the first frost of this year on the morning of November 6. About eight days later than usual.

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extinct birds

2010-11-08T09:00:00.000+09:00

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autumn memories -
the sound of birds
long extinct

. WKD : BIRD SAIJIKI

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New Zealand

The value of conservation is better understood by an appreciation of lost biodiversity. New Zealand's greatest biological loss is 42 percent of its' terrestrial birds since human settlement 700 years ago. The 57 extinct birds evolved in an isolated land, and without mammal predators, developed various levels of flightlessness, ground feeding and nesting habits, and fearlessness over millions of years.
source : www.terranature.org

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salt spilled

2010-11-07T12:06:00.000+09:00

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salt spilled
on a black tray -
chrystal galaxies

. WASHOKU
Salt in Japanese Culture 　

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