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

Haiku about Winter (21)

千の風吹く海岸や冬の虹

sen no kaze fuku kaigan ya fuyu no niji

a thousand winds

blowing in the coast ―

winter rainbow

雪の精訪ふ海岸の観音を

yu ki no sei tou kaigan no kan non o

snow spirits

visiting the coast ―

the goddess of mercy

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (20)

思い出の甦る冬花捧ぐ

omoide no yomigaeru fuyu hana sasagu

winter

raises memories ―

last flowers

明日のため沈む夕日や冬来たる

asu no tame shizumu yuuhi ya fuyu kitaru

the sun setting

for tomorrow ―

winter comes

―　Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Winter (19)

戯れて踊る白鳥午後のお茶

tawamure te odoru hakucho gogo no ocha

swans

present dancing ―

afternoon tea

白鳥を迎ふ田園神去りぬ

hakucho o mukau denen kami sarinu

paddy fields

welcome swans ―

the god gone

Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (24)

干し柿や宝石のごと納屋飾る

hoshigaki ya houseki no goto naya kazaru

dried persimmons

embellish the barn ―

gems

干し柿や風と光に育まる

hoshigaki ya kaze to hikari ni hagukumaru

dried persimmons ―

raised by winds

and beams

Hidenori Hiruta

Haiku about Autumn (23)

日を浴びて柿熟しけり小鳥呼ぶ

hi o abi te kaki jukushi keri kotori yobu

persimmons

ripen in the sun ―

calling birds

甘柿やメルヘンの空現れる

amagaki ya meruhen no sora arawareru

sweet persimmons―

does the fairy tale sky

appear

Hidenori Hiruta