Newsletter 2006

..................................................................... December 2006

..... Southern Cross Haiku Information about the Southern Hemisphere

Australian Saijiki A New Edition !

Ibis in Australia

Komodo Dragon Indonesia

Papaya India

Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan

Demolitions in Patanisho, Nairobi Kenya

..... Food from Japan (washoku)

..... Sweets from Japan (wagashi)

Shiitake Mushrooms Japan

Samurai, bushi, buke, tsuwamono Japan

Gods are absent (kami no rusu)Japan. Old lunar 10. month (now November)

Mosquitoes in Kenya

Flies, Fly, Housefly, Fruitfly Kenya

BUTTERFLY Haiku Club, Kenya

World Handicap Day, Black Day for the Blind Worldwide

Safflower, saffron flower (benibana, beni no hana) Japan

Hot Drinks to keep you warm in Winter worldwide A KIGO list.

Warm Things to keep you warm in Winter in Japan A KIGO list.
.....Including furniture, clothing and food.

Shichi-Go-San (Celebrating Seven-Five-Three Years for Children) Japan

Trouser-skirt (hakama) Formal wear in Japan

Pulling Pine Seedlings (komatsu hiki)　 Japan
..... First Day of the Rat (hatsune)

Koel, Koil, Kuil, a Bird (Eudynamys scolopacea)India. "Demon cuckoo" oni kakkoo (Japan)


..................................................................... November 2006

Haiku Clubs of Kayole, Kenya Meeting November 2006

Court Rituals for the New Year Japan

Teeth strengthening Ceremony (hagatame) Japan
..... rice cakes for strengthening the teeth, hagatame no mochi

First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.

Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan

Haiku Teahouse, Haiku Chaya for Pilgrims in Shikoku Japan

Tea, Black Tea from Kenya Coffee from Kenya

Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
..... Including kigo for all seasons in the fields.

Flute (fue, yokobue) 　 Japan

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) safuron, safuran, Safran Japan

Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory, Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.

Hashidate Festival, Ama no Hashidate Matsuri Japan

Ebisu, the God of Wealth and Prosperity Japan

Ramadan in Kenya

Cold wave (kanpa, kampa) Japan, worldwide

Ganjin Memorial Day (Ganjin Ki) Japan

December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan

First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, Tropics

..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.

Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan

Bread (pan) Worldwide

Yew Tree (ichi i, ichii, ichi-i)Japan

Rakugo, comic storytelling Japan


..................................................................... October 2006

Marathon Kenya, worldwide.
..... Including Olympics, Olympic Games. Special Olympics, Paralympics.

Umewaka Memorial Day (Umewaka Ki) and Temple Mokubo-JiJapan

Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide

Mother Goddess in all cultures

Day of the African Child (16 June)　Kenya, Africa, worldwide

Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan

Chestnut (kuri) Japan

Walnut (kurumi) Japan

Hickory nuts Carya Fruits

Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities

Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.

Moss (koke) Japan

Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri) Japan. First day of the horse, hatsu uma

Fox (kitsune) Japan

Sierra Nevada North America


..................................................................... September 2006

..... World Days and Weeks a growing collection
.. .. World Deaf Day, World Mother-in-Law's Day and many more

..... Harvest and its various kigo 　

Sage, Salbei, Salvia splendens et al. (sarubeea, seeji) Japan

Weeds (zassoo) worldwide !

Wild Chrysanthemum (nogiku) Japan

Zinnia (hyakunichisoo) Japan

Toad Lily (hototogisu) Japan

Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya

Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Candle (roosoku) Japan. With a discussion about translating Japanese haiku.

Heart Pond (kokoro no ike) 　 Japan

Maize : Green Maize, Corn on the Cob 　 Kenya

Rain Gutters Cleaning 　North America

Ladakh : Haiku and Kigo 　

Kamehameha Day 　Hawaii

Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka 　Hawaii

Long day, short day, long night, short night 　Japan. nagaki hi, tanjitsu, nagaki yo, mijika yo

Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) India Peepul or Bo tree
..... figs (ichijiku) Japan

Oranges, mandarin oranges, tangerines 　Kenya. mikan (Japan)

Santoka and Sake Haiku 　

Matsuyama and Masaoka Shiki 　

Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets

Winter drizzle, sleet (shigure) 　 Japan. With many more related kigo.

World Peace Day International Day of Peace. Ahimsa. India, worldwide

World Music Day India, worldwide

Teacher's Day, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day India

Summer Purification Ceremony (nagoshi, natsu no harae) Japan
..... including many related Japanese kigo

Coolness (suzushi) Japan. cool breeze (ryoofuu) and more about the Tea Ceremony
..... including "coolness in autumn"

Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
..... including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) in Kenya
..... Spring Mud, haru no doro, shundei in Japan

Figs (Ficus carica) 　 Turkey. Ichijiku, toogaki, hororoishi in Japan.

Ramadan, Berat Kandil (Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat) 　 Turkey　　　

Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, Gandhi Jayanthi Day India

Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori) Japan. Also "flower haze", cherry blossom haze (hanagumori) and "herring haze" (nishingumori).
..... Birds and Clouds .. kumo ni tori .. 雲に鳥

Voices of Animals From Russia

Spring Equinox, vernal equinox (haru higan) Japan


..................................................................... August 2006

Holy Innocents Celebration Christian Catholic Communities

Deer (shika) 　 Japan

Tagore Memorial Day 　 　Rabindranath Tagore, India, August 17

Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan
..... Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics.

Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan
　　　
Soap bubbles (shabondama) 　 Japan

Honey Spas, Apple Spas, Linen Spas Russia . Honey Saviour.

Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan

Monkey, Hanuman India. saru (Japan)

Peace and War (heiwa to sensoo) Worldwide


..................................................................... July 2006

Grave marker (sotoba) Japan

Voice of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Various examples and translation possibilities.

Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more

Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya

"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics Japan

..... Child, Children (kodomo) Read Haiku about Children and from Chilren. A new Forum of the World Kigo Database!

"Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya

Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada

First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan

Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan ..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)

Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan

TempleIndia

Temple, Buddhist Temple(tera) Japan

Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) Japan

Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India

Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan

Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle

Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ... collecting


..................................................................... June 2006

Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan

Cool dry season 　Kenya, tropical areas
　　　　　　　　　
Desires, worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan

Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan Yamanashi Prefecture

Dew, Dewdrop (tsuyu, ro) Japan Worldwide

Mortality (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide

Soccer, Football. Europe
..... Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey

Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan
..... including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)

Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan

Dead body, deceased person (hotoke) Japan

Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan
..... frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)

Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)

Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan

Sunset (yuuhi) Japan

Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation problems and more

Oysters (kaki) Japan
..... Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl

Sponge gourd, loofah, luffa (hechima, ito-uri) Japan
..... Including the Memorial day for Masaoka Shiki, Hechima-Ki

Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan

Ginkoo in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)

Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.

Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany

..................................................................... May 2006

Sliding paper doors (fusuma), Japan

Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan. Including showing them (kaichoo), substitute statues (maedachi, kakebotoke)

Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam). India

Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan

Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan Buddhist Communities

..... Dance, a haiku topic Japan

Dance in India

The color GREEN in Haiku (midori, ao) Japan

The color GREY (GRAY)in Haiku (hyaku nezumi, hai iro) Japan

The color WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan

..... ..... World Kigo Database : Canada Saijiki

World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag)Italy, Germany, worldwide

Sand (suna)Japan, Worldwide. On the Beach, in the Desert ... Yellow Sand (koosa)

Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer)Germany. Including the Iron Curtain, Eiserner Vorhang.

Elephant (zoo)Africa, India, in the Zoo

Rainbow (niji)Japan

River (kawa) Japan

Bridge (hashi) Japan

Embankment, dike (dote) Japan, worldwide

Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan

Mother (o-fukuro) Japan

New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan

Hat, Straw hat, hood ...(kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas

Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay.
..... Including King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani) and many more.

Window (mado) Japan

Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan

Chesapeake Saijiki - SPRING USA


..................................................................... April 2006

Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄

Grave (haka) Japan

Cloud (kumo) Japan

LIST of Non-seasonal Haiku Topics

Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye
..... Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.
..... First Arrow, First Archery Competition. Archery on horseback (yabusame).

Earth Day Worldwide

Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan
..... Including Marigold (kujakusoo), fruit flies (kujakubae) and the peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)

Pheasant (kiji) Japan

..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki, USA

Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji

God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan

Mourning Kenya, worldwide

Patrick Wafula, Kenya

LORNA Haiku Club, Kenya

OAKS Haiku Club, Kenya

PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya

SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya

Long Rains (Kenya)

Lent (Europe)

Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)

... ... SPICES from India

Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)

Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms, Usuzumizakura 薄墨桜　Japan

Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets


..................................................................... March 2006

Weasel (itachi) Japan

Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Tukaram Celebrations India

Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art

Eagle(washi) Japan
..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori
Water birds (mizudori　水鳥) ; Hawk (taka　鷹), Winter wild goose (fuyu no kari　冬の雁) , Winter skylark (fuyu hibari　冬雲雀), Midwinter sparrow (kan suzume　寒雀) , Midwinter crow (kan garasu　寒烏) Owl (fukuroo　梟) , Duck (kamo　鴨), Plover (Chidori　千鳥) , Hooded gull (miyakodori, yurikamome　ユリカモメ), Winter gull (fuyu kamome　冬鴎), Wren (misosazai　ミソサザイ), Crane (tsuru　鶴)
Swan (hakuchou　白鳥) , Grebe (Kaitsuburi　カイツブリ)

Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) (Japan)

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)

Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer

Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan

Kite flying, India and Pakistan

Haiku in Bhutan INDIA SAIJIKI

Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa

Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan

Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)

Girl Scout Cookies USA

Bahati Haiku Club Meeting, March 2006 Kenya

Bahati Haiku Club Records since January 2006 Kenya

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆

Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... including Coming of Age and Fire Rituals, Sagichoo 左義長

O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony, お水取り） Shuni-E Ceremony 修二会 Nara, Japan
..... Including "Sending off Water from Wakasa" Wakasa no O-Mizu Okuri.

Hawaiian Spirit

Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India

Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival

Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide

Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland


..................................................................... February 2006

Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan. Peach Festival, Girl's Festival.

Haiku Situation in Nepal

Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India

Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities

Goa Carnival India

Shivaji's forts India

Panchatantra, a Fable India

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Memorial Day, Children's Day India

Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi

Summer in India Kigo Collection

Yoga India

Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India

Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)

Haiku from Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki
Haiku from Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Alberta Family Day, Canada

Crocus (Europe, worldwide)

Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition

Poetry and Literature of Kenya

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Writer, Kenya

Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya

Festivals of India They are all kigo.

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India

Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India
.... Including TIGER, the animal as non-seasonal topic.

Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India

Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan

Wintersweet (roobai) Japan

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Second Meeting Kenya


..................................................................... January 2006

Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including
hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi　
looper, inchworm, shakutori

Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)

..... Kaniparambil Ramesh Poet from India

Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
..... Including
form one (form 1), new term, new textbooks, school fees, new uniform

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

..... Hawaii Saijiki

..... EUROPA Saijiki

Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan) 05.
.................... Two flowers with the same name !

Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) (Japan) 05
..... Including Seri (Japanese parsley or dropwort), Nazuna (shepherd's purse), Gogyou (cottonweed), Hakobera (chickweed), Hotoke-no-za (Japanese nipplewort), Suzuna (Japanese turnip), Suzushiro (Japanese radish)

Fern (shida)(Japan) 05

Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan) 05

Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)

New Year's Day (ganjitsu)Japan, Worldwide. First day of the Year, January 1.

..... Korean Haiku

..... African Haiku

Kagura Dance (Japan)

Graduation Ceremony, Kenya

Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)

Whales, kujira (Japan)

Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India

Bhagavad Gita (India)


Number of Entries December 2005 : 328

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