Haiku about Winter (9)

Here in Akita we haven't had snow around us in towns or cities yet, but there on mountaintops they have already had the first snow this winter.

Winter general

appears on the top

white crown

冠白し冬将軍のお出ましぞ

Kan shiroshi fuyu shougun no o demashi zo

White blanket

covers the mountain

hibernating

冬用のブランケットに山眠る

Fuyu you no buranketto ni yama nemuru

―　Hidenori Hiruta