Haiku about New Year 2012 (2)

新山や雪の参道裸者登る

Shinzan ya yuki no sando rasha noboru

naked men

climb the snowy approach ―

Shinzan shrine

新山の裸者寒中に祈りけり

Shinzan no rasha kanchuni inori keri

naked men

praying in midwinter

Shinzan shrine

The first haiku appears in the following websites.

http://akitahaiku.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/for-new-year-2012-4/

http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.com/2007/01/naked-festivals.html

You will surely get familiar with the festivals, which tell you about some aspects of Japanese culture.

Best wishes.

Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about New Year 2012

初夢や龍の背に乗り天翔る

hatsuyume ya ryuu no se ni nori amagakeru

first dream ―

on the back of a dragon

in the heavens

元日の息深々と祈りけり

ganjitsu no iki fukabuka to inori keri

First prayer

taking a deep breath

New Year's Day

― Asahi Haikuist Network

http://www.asahi.com/english/haiku/050118.html

―　Hidenori Hiruta