Haiku about Summer (21)

段高し紫陽花の地に帰りけり

too high steps ―

back to the earth of

hydrangea

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Summer (20)

巡礼や紫陽花迎ふ峠道

on pilgrimage ―

a welcome from hydrangea

of the path

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Summer (19)

紫陽花の絵のかかりたり峠道

the picture

of hydrangea hanging ―

the path

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Summer (18)

Oouchi-juku (大内宿）was an important post town whose buildings served as shops, inns and restaurants for travellers.

Many buildings have been preserved as they were before the Meiji Restoration (1867) (明治維新）, and the area has been designated as an Imortant Preservation for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

The village is now a popular tourist attraction.

茅葺きの大内宿や額の花

thatched roofs

Oouchi post station

hydrangeas

― Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Summer (17)

Oouchi-juku　(大内宿） was a small post station　(宿場） in Japan's Edo period (1603-1867) （江戸時代）and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaido （会津西街道）.

It is now located in the town of Shimogo in Minamiaizu District, Fukushima prefecture　(福島県）, and is famous for the numerous traditional thatched buildings from the Edo Period that line its main street.

風薫る大内宿や桐床几

early summer breeze

over Oouchi post station

stools of paulownia

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Summer (16)

幕開きや緑を流る北の川

the rising curtain

shows greenery background

northern river

北の川緑の風の吹きにけり

greenery wind

blowing over ―

northern river

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Spring (22)

The Boshin War （戊辰戦争）, a civil war in Japan, was fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court.

The Banshoji Temple （萬松寺）in Daisen - city （大仙市）, Akita Prefecture （秋田県）, was one of the battle sites, where the drooping cherry tree is said to have been completely damaged , but three cherry saplings are said to have been born and grown up, and to bloom now in spring.

On May 5, I visited there and wrote haiku, taking photos of the cherry blossoms.

cherry blossoms

weep for memories

the Banshoji Temple

思い出に桜しだるる萬松寺

omoide ni sakura shidaru ru banshoji

storyteller

on the Boshin War ―

cherry blossoms

語り継ぐ戊辰の役の桜かな

kataritsugu boshin no eki no sakura kana

―　Hidenori Hiruta