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Keywords, non-seasonal haiku topics, all year topics, all season topics, miscellaneous
no season, muki 無季、無期 ...


Two new services for your convenience!
September 2007

KIGO HOTLINE
Discussion Forum

HAIKU INFORMATION BOARD
Current Events

Memorial Days of Famous People
..... WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

BIRD SAIJIKI .. for all seasons !


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..................................................................... May 2008

New Year Arrow (hamaya) Japan

Trillium family of flowers (kinugasa soo) .. Japan. North America

Delhi, Old Delhi, New Delhi. India

Bombay, Mumbai . India

Lucknow . India

Kumano Road (Kumano Kodo Japan

Saga Dawa / Vesak Celebrations Buddhist Communities

Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

Shimabara no taiyuu no doochuu ... 　Shimabara Geisha Procession (Kyoto)
Shimabara taiyuu no doochuu

Miyako Odori .. "Dance of the Capital" in Kyoto

Naniwa Odori ... Naniwa Dance in Osaka

Haru Matsuri .. Spring Festival. General

Azuma Odori .. Azuma Dance, Tokyo Dance

Kamogawa Odori .. Kamogawa Dance in Kyoto
Garden (niwa), Park (teien, tei-en) Japanese Garden, Zen Garden ...

Storehouse, warehouse (kura, dozoo) Japan

Masahide, Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)

Shushiki (Shuushiki 秋色) (1668-1725)

Hi no Oka Pass (Hi no Oka Tooge) Japan

Sand skiing, dune skiing Yemen

Pinewood Derby North America

Barangay Fiesta Philippines. and The Santacruzan

Haiku Sweets (haika 俳菓) Japan

Ghosts (yookai, bakemono) Japan

Imagination in Haiku ... Theory

San Miguel Beer Philippines

Straw hats (dholas, kofias and hadrami) Yemen

Sunflower (himawari) Japan. Europa. North America

Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South

Dontaku .. Dontaku Festival in Hakata, Japan

Go, a board game, igo 囲碁 (Japan)

Green Week, Greenery Day (midori no shuukan, midori no hi) Japan

Cassia blossoms (Cassia fistula) India. ... amaltaas, bendra lathi, aragvadha and other names

Cockroach (gokiburi, aburamushi) Japan
..... and more summer insects and little animals ...

Turtle, turtoise (kame) Japan

Grains, the five grains (gokoku) Japan

Deutzia blossoms (u no hana, unohana) Japan

Bataan Beach, Bataan Day Philippines

Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, kambutsu-e, shuuni-e, hanamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan. sweet tea (amacha) and more

Utamakura, Place Names in Japanese Poetry "Poetry Pillow Words", makurakotoba

PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide


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Nozawa Boncho 野沢 凡兆 (Nozawa Bonchoo, 1640? - 1714) and his wife Tome, Ukoo 羽紅

Bulbul bird (hiyodori) Japan, Yemen, Kenya and other regions

Grouse, snow grouse, "Thunderbird" (raichoo) Japan

Fish Market Philippines

Airlie Beach Australia

Olympic Games Olympics

Malaysia Haiku

Tourist, sightseer, traveller, visitor ... worldwide

Larks, various types Yemen

Beans in autumn kigo ... the plants also Peanuts plants. Ingen Mame.

Taal Lake Philippines

Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) Philippines

Peanuts Japan, Philippines

Scilla, Siberian Squill (Scilla Sibirica) Russia, Europe.

Coconuts, Coconut palms Philippines, India

Higashiyama Culture and Haiku

Japanese Culture Week, 2008 Kenya

Ageing ... Kenya

Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines

Flamingo Yemen

Snack served with tea (cha no ko, o-cha no ko) Japan

Botamochi Rice Cakes (Botamochi) Japan
Botamochi Ceremony

Water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii Australia


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Herring (nishin) Japan. Koorai Iwashi

Flame of the Forest (Butea monosperma, Delonix regia) Two Trees with orange blossoms

Tibet

Migrant fishermen (watari gyofu) Hokkaido, Japan

Irrigation Ceremony (minakuchi matsuri, nawashiro matsuri) Japan

Will-o'-the-wisp (kitsunebi, onibi) Japan

Groundbreaking ceremony (jichinsai, jimatsuri) Japan

Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa, haru no akatsuki) and others

Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.

Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food

Blind Woman from Echigo (Echigo goze) Japan. Introducing haiku from Echigo

Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan

Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada. Eisbär

Husky = chien de traîneau (ou « husky ») Canada

Kuroda Momoko 黒田杏子 Haiku Poetess

Chichibu Festival (Chichibu Matsuri
Chichibu Night Festival (Chichibu Yomatsuri)

Kobo Daishi Kukai (Kooboo Daishi Kuukai) and Esoteric Buddhism Japan

Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

Saigyo Hoshi Memorial Day (Saigyoo Ki) Japan. Saigyoo Hooshi

Nightingale singing competition (uguisu awase) Japan.

Arii Shokyu-Ni(1713-1781) "the Nun Shokyu". Nagamatsu Nami, Kohakuan.
Kohakuan Fufuu, Arii Fufuu (1702 - 1762), her husband
Chomu (Choomu) 蝶夢 (1732 - 1796), a Buddhist priest shookyuuni shokyuuni shokyu ni

Kite, black kite, Milan noir (tobi, tombi) Japan. Milvus migrans

Amihan and Habagat Monsoon Philippines

Boomerang Australia

Insects awaken, insects come out, bugs come out, bugs wake up, insects appear again, insects stir (keichitsu) Insects wake up. Japan
..... Frost descends (sookoo)

Matsushima 松島Japan

Leap day, leap year (2008) February 29

Bud of trees, treebuds (ko no me, konome) Japan

Bat (koomori, kawahori) Japan

Stone wall (stonewall) (ishigaki) Japan


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Wheat and Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan

Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree. India

Common cold and flu (kaze) coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide

Water tank (As-Saharieg) Yemen

Desert rose (Adenium obesum). Yemen

Utsu no Yama, Mount Utsu, Mt. Utsu near Okabe in Shizuoka, Japan

Three treasures of Haiku and ISSA

Temple Saimyo-Ji and Issa

I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan

Donald Keene

Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Family . Yemen, North America

. . . . . Pakistan ... Haiku in Pakistan

Desert, sand desert Yemen

Canna lily Yemen

Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen

Eid Al-Kabir, Aid Al Kabir Yemen

Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen


..................................................................... January 2008

YEMEN SAIJIKI

Jasmine Yemen

Oleander (kyoochikutoo) Japan. Yemen

Rose of Sharon (mukuge) / Hibiscus (bussooge) Japan. Yemen

Toribeno Cemetery in Kyoto Japan

Sumidagawa River Tokyo, Japan

Tao Yuanming To Enmei, Chinese poet 365 - 427 陶淵明

Takeda Butsugai Fusen ... 1795～1867

Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan

Dalia (daria) Japan, India

Salt (shio) and salted winter food Japan

Issa and the God of Poverty (bimbogami)

Naito Joso (Naito Joosoo 内藤丈草) (1662 - 1704)

Tattoo, Tatoo (irezumi, horimono) Japan

Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan

Balls, decorative hand balls (temari) Japan. Ball catching song, ball bouncing song (temari uta)

KAMASU : straw back, tobacco pouch, Pacific sandeel (Ammodytes personatus) Japan

Swan (hakuchoo) Japan

Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia

Iida Ryuta (Iida Ryouta) 1920-2007
Iida Dakotsu, his father (1885 - 1962)

Buddha Dainichi Nyorai Ceremonies and kigo

First Day of the Tiger (Hatsu Tora ) Japan. visit to Kurama Temple in Kyoto on the first day of the tiger: Kurama hatsu tora mairi .. and related kigo

Pongal Spring Festival India. Kolam decorations.

Boma Homesteads Kenya

Juuni Shinshoo 十二神将　Twelve Heavenly Generals, 12 Warrior Generals

Bishamonten, Tamonten (Vaishravana) Japan. Bishamonten Festival, Messenger of Bishamonten

Song, singing (uta) Japan. A list of kigo.

First Poetry Meeting at court(utakai hajime)

Eid Al-kabir on the pilgrimage to Mekka

Lotus Temple Delhi

Issa and O-Take Nyorai お竹如来

... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan

Flamingo Gulf of Aden

Night work (yonabe) Japan

Mallet for good luck (fuku tsuchi) Japan. Mallet for pounding cloth (kinuta)

Fulling block (kinuta) Japan.Pounding cloth. Mallet for beating straw (wara kinuta) and more

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Boxing Day Australia, New Zealand, UK

Basho and the Ukimido Floating Hall, Lake Biwa

Australian Seasons ...

Seasons Beginning ... Japan, a KIGO list

Long Life Ceremony (enjusai ) Japan

Inahata Teiko (1931 -)
President of the Japan Traditional Haiku Association



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..................................................................... December 2007

Year coming to an end . activities ... ... with many KIGO
preparations for the New Year, toshi yooi
cleaning at the end of the year, kure no sooji
cleaning off soot, susu harai
party to forget the old year, boonenkai
giving Year End presents, seibo iwai
paying the last tax money, nengu osame
"holidays for the Year End", nenmatsu kyuuka
.......... and many many more

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers wordwide

Computer and Haiku

Ships, boats (fune) ... Japan. A KIGO list

Pain (itami) Japan

Haiku in Bangladesh

Verbs used in SPRING KIGO ... A long list

Verbs used in Haiku ... Some theory

Poppy flowers (keshi no hana) Japan

Woman, Women and related KIGO

Numbers used in Kigo Japan

Little New Year .. ko shoogatsu (January 15) Japan. Women's New Year (onna shoogatsu, me shoogatsu)

Ancestors New Year (Hotoke Shoogatsu) Japan

Cheese Europe, worldwide

Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai) First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki). Japan

Aso, Mount Aso Kyushu, Japan

Trees as haiku topics ... ... and kigo with trees

Inoue Shiro, Haiku Poet 1742 - 1812. Japan

Pissing (shooben) Japan and worldwide

Beech tree / Fagus sylvatica Ireland, Europe

Ogawa Haritsu (1663～1747) . Haiku Poet and Artist

Tomiyasu Fusei (Fuusei) (1885 - 1979)

Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku .. Join the Discussion !

Illness, disease and haiku

MOUSE, Year of the Mouse / Rat ! Japan in 2008


..................................................................... November 2007

Mitsuhashi Toshio (1920–2001)

Snipe (shigi) birds Japan

Sato KorokuHaiku Poet of Japan. (1874 - 1949)

Yugiri Memorial Day (Yuugiri Ki) and the Tale of Genji Japan

Kitamura Kigin Day

Bojo Toshiki 坊城俊樹 (Haiku Poet)

Railway Haiku Train station, Platform ... related words.

Numbers used in Haiku Japan. From ONE to NINE and then onward.

Gioo, Memorial Day for Gio the Dancer (Gioo Ki) Japan

Naito Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪 Memorial Day (Meisetsu Ki), Japan

Mitsuhashi Takajo 三橋鷹女 (1899-1972)

Memorial Days of Famous People ..... WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

Museum Haiku about Paintings and Painters

. Autumn dusk, autumn twilight (aki no kure) Japan

Autumn deepens (aki fukashi)

Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan

Robin, the Bird American Robin (Turdus migratorius) . European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Millet (awa, hie) Japan. Foxtail millet (awa) and barn millet (hie)

Seven Herbs of Autumn (aki no nanakusa)Japan. Seven Flowers of Autumn, Seven Grasses of Autumn

Platanus (sycamore) Europe, other areas. Momijiba-suzukake (London plane tree)

Election Day, Polling Day Trinidad and Tobago, worldwide

Ishida Hakyo (Ishida Hakyoo) (1913-1969)

Autumn deepens (aki fukashi) Japan. Basho's famous haiku translations

Tatami floor mats Japan

Oden hodgepodge stew Japan

Pampas grass (susuki) during the year Japan



..................................................................... October 2007

Church worldwide

Nio, Deva Kings

Cold weather in autumn, winter and spring . . KIGO LIST

Kasamori Inari Fox God, mud dumplings and the smallpox Japan

Winter Ascetic Practises (kangyoo) Japan

Lamplight in various seasons Japan

Fudo Myo-O, the Wisdom King

Summer clothing .. a KIGO list !
light underwear, short pants, aloha shirts, summer dresses, yukata, you name it ...

Sweet Osmanthus (kinmokisei, ginmokusei ) Japan. Sweet Olive, Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive. (Osmanthus fragrans)

Chill, chill wind worldwide

Canadian Thanksgiving

Arusha Tanzania

Hell’s Gate National Park Kenya

Ashigara Mountain and the Kintaro Legend Japan

Wabi and Sabi (wabi sabi) Japanese Aesthetics of Solitude

Kanji Characters and Studying Haiku

DEFINITIONS ... Trying to define HAIKU ...

Canada Day, July 1

Sugita Hisajo (1890-1946)

Footnotes - for translations and regional haiku

Tachibana Hokushi (1665-1718)


KIGO HOTLINE
Discussion Forum !!!!!


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Current Events !!!!!


NEW Saijiki for Japanese Festivals and Ceremonies




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