So many people around the world enjoy reading and creating haiku poems. Here is an innovative idea from the hometown of haiku master Shiki Masaoka, Matsuyama City on the island of Shikoku:
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
EU commissioner posts two haiku
Jiji
BRUSSELS — An EU commissioner Wednesday put two haiku about last year's March 11 disasters in a mailbox set up in Brussels by the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.
The haiku are:
When I came in spring
The land was in great turmoil
Together we heal
And:
Met Japan's heroes
Saw fortitude and courage
Has inspired my life
Matsuyama placed the mailbox in the Belgian capital in a bid to boost tourism. Matsuyama is the hometown of renowned haiku poet Shiki Masaoka. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, a haiku fan, and others have put their haiku in the mailbox, the first such box installed overseas by the city.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.