Photos and Haiku from KIFA, Japan (2024)

Thank Yumiko Naito sending photos and haiku from KIFA members, Kariya, Japan for the 英語俳句を作ってみよう/Let’s write English HAIKU). You are welcome to write haiku about the photos of Kariya, Japan as well. Click to check more Friendship of Twin Cities (Mississauga, Canada & Kariya, Japan)

桜咲く
ミササガパーク
雲流れ

cherry blossoms
Mississauga park in Kariya
cloud flows

塚本 吉英/ Yoshihide Takenaka

万燈や
踊る漢の
汗一斗

“The Mando”
drip with so much
sweat of dancing man
近藤 圭介/ Keisuke Kondo

花衣
纏いて
英語俳句の会

wearing Cherry Blossom
I go to
Eigo Haiku Event
神谷 明子/ Akiko Kamiya

わあっと咲く
桜と君の
思い出作る

Oh! Cherry blossoms
with my best friend
Our hands full of memories
Kimiko Matsuura

チューリップ
合唱団の
風揃ふ

colorful tulips in Kariya
like a chorus group
even winds align
加藤 峰子/ Kato Mineko

日曜日
校庭の隅
飛花落花

Sunday’s school yard
cherry blossoms falling and flying
with no one seen
加藤 峰子/ Kato Mineko

落花急
本丸跡は
風の道

the ruins of KIJO Castle
sudden wind blowing
with shower of cherry blossoms
竹中 良枝/ Yoshie Takenaka

fresh green
my new life afresh
with sun and shade
*
shinning maple leaves
Hokey practice shouting
high blue sky
神谷 敏子 (Toshiko Kamiya)

spring festival
traditional-dressed men parade
on modern city road
早川 恭央 (Takao Hayakawa)

Kariya Garden
the past and the future…
Kariya castle
稲垣 祐司/Yuji Inagaki

fulfilled its role
the old red mail box
stands under cherry blossoms
佐藤 久美子 (Kumiko Sato)

under the cherry blossoms
dampened see-saw
with last night’s rain
林 果穂 /Kaho Hayashi

Aizuma Staiton
railroad tracks glow
time to meet
*
departing from Aizuma Station
orange-shinning train
Cheers from nameless grasses

山本 覚/Satoru Yamamoto

baseball for friendship
students’ new skills
at Kariya High School
*
Ferris wheel
seen from high and far
Oh, Kariya Highway Oasis
三輪 正敏 /Masatoshi Miwa

maple candy melted!!
sad…
well, time to eat!

&
maple candy melted!!
sad…
but edible!
米山 裕美/Yumi Yoneyama