 getting older - the sad reality of rural Japan  spring sunshine - remembering a friend by the roadside  |
His funeral was in January.
The family graves are right there in the background
of the second photo, behind the breakdown house.
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My colorful friends by the roadside today
ALBUM
take a walk ... from here to Nr. 34 !
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5 comments:
oh gabi san I love these..
I just spend a night at an old Japanese hotel
the gardens made me cry
the lady had died and the cats and chickens running the place.
.I wanted to go landscaping
your pictures moved me
mahalo
shanna
Gabi... these haiku, especially combined with your photographs are
quite moving.
Thanks for sharing them.
P.
Hi Gabi and thanks for posting these. The first is surely universal, with the worldwide drift of youth from countryside to city.
Rural Ireland is full of such decaying cottages. Reminding me of Tokoku's verse in that Fuyu no Hi kasen:
an empty house the owners disappeared of poverty
(tr. Shirane)
Less universal, perhaps, but a common site here too, are little roadside shrines or monuments, commemorating a death in that place.
Best wishes
N
It is sad for me to see the country village as you posted.
But I remind that entropy is increasing instantly and all things stand, resisting to gravity, finally lay down.
Your photo shows the rule of Nature (God).
But it’s spring grief .
sakuo.
(for Sakuo san)
family graves
near the sagging farmhouse--
spring grief!
Larry
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