A Fortune Dharma
still with one eye
the year ending

Josu Hara (Chiba)

The last haiku of the year
put down in red ink in the last page of my diary
the year ending

Ryoho Matsuura (Chiba)

Mother washes daikon
her back
surprisingly small

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

An image of Kannon
put in the field of debris
in the freezing cold of winter

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

A planet like our Earth
must be somewhere
among the winter constellations

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

The doctor’s desk
a pile of　carte fallen down
the year-end bustle

Shinae Sakurada (Chiba)

White frost on Yagiri ferry
the first service of the day
about to leave

Shoshu Miura (Tokyo)

Sweeping up dead leaves
Principal
in front

Suiun Nuruki (Chiba)

Class reunion-
the memory of my faint first love
an Indian summer day

Hyakiro Ueno (Chiba)

Falling leaves
toll of a temple somewhere
Ueno Hill at dusk

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

Susuki grasses tied
on the handlebars of their bicycles
the boys leaving the baseball field

Hanichi Katagiri　(Chiba)

Fresh eggs on the table
source of vigor
winter morning

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

Hot air balloon -
a column of flames groans in the sky
of late autumn

Masataka Tsuji (Tokyo)

Swollen sparrows
round in shape
preparation for winter

Jiro Kanechika (Tokyo)

A balmy autumn day
sound of hammers echoing lively
a seaside town

Yoshie Okuzawa (Chiba)

The magician’s bag
made of aluminum –
winter setting in

Hiroichi Tasaki (Kanagawa)

A sharp curve line-
clear view of the mountain ridge
in winter

Ryoho Matsuura (Chiba)

Kujuhkushima Islands
on the shiny turquoise sea
A mild winter day

Hisato Nakajima (Chiba)

Colored leaves
at the foot of Mt. Asama –
a patchwork of nature

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

Military uniforms
hung in a second hand clothing store
a potted chrysanthemum beside

Ryota Uchiumi (Chiba)

Mackerel sky
cows are going back
in a line

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

Vivid starlight –
I fall asleep
my cell phone in hand

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

A cat having a nap
in a temple corridor
the gardeners trim pine trees

Hiroichi Tasaki (Kanagawa)

Wife not in home
no messages left
crickets chirping

Seigo Watanabe (Kanagawa)

A pack of apples
sent from my hometown
its weight felt deep in heart

Misasa Ando (Tokyo)

The wadaiko played by children
at the nursing home
on a day of autumn festival

Kuniko Kita (Chiba)

Waiting for the first train
a red feather pinned on my suit
badge of small donation

Misako Arimoto (Hyogo)

Cosmoses blooming
clouds are floating across the sky
on my arrival in Azumino

Riichi Doi (Chiba)

Fragrant olives blooming
schoolgirls on their way home
chatting cheerfully

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

A shower has cooled down
the lingering summer heat
completely

Kakusei Matsumoto (Tokyo)

Crickets’chirping like a ringing bell–
the first star in the evening
twinkles

Yoshie Okuzawa (Chiba)

A regatta–
the boats under the bridge
move like water striders

Shigeyuki Iriyama (Osaka)

Through the clouds
the gondola has arrived at
the autumn flower fields

Misako Arimoto (Hyogo)

Chirping of crickets
in the daytime-
a restored pit dwelling

Taiga Oku (Chiba)

Fires on boats to lure fish
the clear ridge line of the far mountain
the new moon

Chikuri Takezawa (Chiba)

Silver tips of blooming pampas grass–
the clip-clop of wooden geta
on the Engetsu Bridge with crescent shaped roof

Shoshu Miura (Tokyo)

Gently folding the fan
Mother seems older
autumn afternoon

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

Autumn moon on the wane
a deadhead train
twinkles of taillights

Hanichi Katagiri (Chiba)

A potted petit apple
getting reddish
day by bay

Akemi Izawa (Chiba)

Morning dewdrop-
a creaky sound of
a rowboat pulling out

Tozan Iikura (Chiba)

Big scarecrows
of the female soccer team Nadeshiko's members
Mt. Chokai rises

Shoshu Miura (Tokyo)

Far end of the field of clouds
a faint light
heralds a glorious morning

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

Every guest served sake
a get-togather for the moon viewing
an enjoyable night in autumn

Takashi Nakagawa (Chiba)

A chorus of cicadas
suddenly louder
the rain stopping

Masue Hattori (Kanagawa)

Peaches riped on dish
sweetening the room
with their fragrance

Misasa Ando (Tokyo)

Bon dancing accompanied with flute and drum
the moonlight joins
the dancers’circle

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

A shooting star
vanished away before I make
a wish

Ryoho Matsuura (Chiba)

The squash balsam pears
ripened
in Gogh’s yellow color

Ryota Uchiumi (Chiba)

A boy's chasing black swallowtails
Their wings are bigger
than his palms

Kannna Hirako (Tokyo)

Crickets chorus–
a smell of perfume lingers
in the dark

Jiro Kanechika (Tokyo)

A rattling tramcar ran away
Through the old town of Tokyo
Autumn breeze floated around

Chikuri Takezawa (Chiba)

A small jump
of a Kyogen actor on the stage -
Autumn starting

Ryota Uchiumi (Chiba)

Cloudy autumn sky-
farmers’daily work of milking
have never bothered by the earthquake

Kannna Hirako (Tokyo)

Fresh air of autumn-
a light touch of the paint brushes
for watercolor

Misasa Ando (Tokyo)

Red dragonflies
light and swift
in the sky of glorious sunset

Ryoho Matsuura (Chiba)

A grapevine trellis
let it grow
at Ohito line platform

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

A sparrow
hid himself
in summer grass

Suiun Nuruki (Chiba)

An alley cat
instantly woke up and ran
in the evening shower

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

Two boys walking two puppies-
both are brothers
summer vacation

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

A red dragonfly-
eyes moving quickly
wings resting still

Jiro Kanechika (Tokyo)

Mt. Iwaki, the Fuji of Tsugaru
is seen from the airplane window
passing through the summer clouds

Shinae Sakurada (Chiba)

Pinks
kindle
with the morning sunshine

Masue Hattori (Kanagawa)

Cathrine wheels
sold by piece
at the corner grocery

Ryota Uchiumi (Chiba)

A brood of swallows
under the eaves
looking down the lake

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

Fireflies glow
dearest but
ephemeral

Kakusei Matsumoto (Tokyo)

Sound of sand falling
in a sandglass
the French Revolution Anniversary

Gozan Nishio (Tokyo)

A large dog
breathing fast under a tree
high summer

Taiga Oku (Chiba)

A swallow -
top of the castle
under the blue sky

Hiroichi Tasaki (Kanagawa)

The snow ravine-
a cloud staying still
over the Mt. Tsurugi

Shoshu Miura (Tokyo)

A summer hat-
I can sense color and scent
of breeze

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

A fountain in a mythical forest
water isgushing out
with a rush

Ryoho Matsuura (Chiba)

A black electric fan
is buzzing
in the secondhand bookstore

Shigeyuki Iriyama (Osaka)

Round kneecaps
side by side
Chipped ice

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

Driving wild horses
the old event for a thousand years
a long and deep prayer

Shoshu Miura (Tokyo)

Hong Lou (Red castle) in Taiwan
the great sunset bathed
the sky in red light

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

A rainbow in the sky
no flaws at all
in color or shape

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

When a toad jumped on it
a lotus leaf
sank in part

Ryota Uchiumi (Chiba)

Fireflies
complete darkness made us nestle
up to each other

Misako Arimoto (Hyogo)

The green rice field –
an egret’s head
is moving ahead

Hisato Nakajima (Chiba)

Cape in early summer –
an old box
for haiku contribution

Josu Hara (Chiba)

Spattering the ground with water
a wind from the Japan Alps
started to blow

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

A sharp sound of a grass whistle
spreads toward the Mt. Asama
far in front

Tosei Nakamura (Tokyo)

A sunny day in the rainy season-
all doors are kept open
at the Noh theater

Kimie Asai (Tokyo)

Brooding heavy clouds-
a firefly is wafting along
for the first time in this summer

Yoka Noji (Tokyo)

Sharpening my sickle-
a smell of dokudami
attached to it

Taiga Oku (Chiba)

A cultivator
goes into the rice field
trampling the irises

Hisato Nakajima (Chiba)

A sticky rice cake flavored with herb-
Mother and daughter having
a women’s talk

Shigeyuki Iriyama (Osaka)

A hot spring in iris leaves –
my three-day travel is ending
tomorrow

Josu Hara (Chiba)

A gale
goes up the terraced fields
swaying the fresh leaves

Misako Arimoto (Hyogo)

Welcoming
a boy from Nepal
Spring just around the corner

Hyakiro Ueno (Chiba)

Spring salt breeze
just reached the first plane
in early morning

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)

A letter and
a paper doll for girls' festival
in an mail pack for the overseas friend

Gagyu Kohno (Kanagawa)

A feeling of gloom
somehow gone on the day
we all changed clothes for summer

Iwato Shimizu (Chiba)

Wearing long sleeves
once put away in the closet-
a cool day in rainy season

Mayumi Matsukage (Tokyo)

Matoryosicas
for sale on plastic sheets -
violets cheering the square

Kanna Hirako (Tokyo)