Haiku about New Year (3)

男鹿半島福招きけり神の使者

 

oga hantou   fuku manekikeri   kami no shisha

 

 

Oga Peninsula

messengers of god invite

good luck

Notes:

In the Oga Peninsula, Akita Prefecture in the northern Honshu, Japan, there is a deep feeling of mystery as the New Year begins. There is the “Devil Festival” held there on December 31, a ceremony that children find exciting and full of thrills. Two or five young men dressed in straw rain capes, large straw boots and wearing frightful masks run as fast as possible through the village in the snow and shout in a monster-like voice as they knock upon each door.

By Hidenori Hiruta

      蛭田 秀法