Just the right size
for an old couple -
a small watermelon

Kakusei Matsumoto (Tokyo)

Town’s summer festival
miniature shrine carried along
familiar faces of fish and vegetable shop owners

Yaso Ikuta (Yokohama City)

A summer sea fog
covered the cape’s tip
and then ran away

Kakusei Matsumoto (Tokyo)

Beneath the flaming sun
the umpire’s hand raised firmly
the game’s decisive moment

Hiroichi Tasaki (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Children’s cheerful laughter
overflows from the pool
the atomic bombing memorial day

Shinjiro Baba (Kanagawa Prefecture)

Summer course
the same old campus
as my youthful days

Kakyo Sakasai (Chiba Prefecture)

Old black cat
after five years' interval
the summer palace in Alhambra

Hiromi Yoshclassa (Mie Prefecture)

Thunder and lightening
frozen time
motionless airport

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

A close match
sudden rain showers
upon the tennis court

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

A sitting frog
perfectly still
waiting for something perhaps

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

In fashionable clothing
looking twenty years younger
on a summer resort

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

With a gentle move
the concertmaster wiped
the glistening sweat

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

Slivers of green chili
added to the green salad
a secret revenge

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

Customs inspection
few waiting in line
summer’s end

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)