Hailstone Haiku Circle held its 5th Haiga Walk in Kyoto at the Four Seasons Hotel. The hotel allowed us to spend time taking in the views of its 積水園 Shakusui-en, an 800-year-old garden pond which was once part of war lord Taira no Shigemori’s mountain villa. This circuit-style garden is one of the few created at the end of the Heian period (794-1185). Eight people took part, and later gathered in the garden’s tea house (Shakusui-tei) to share haiku, sketches, photos, and haiga inspired by the stroll.
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Drawing: Hitomi Suzuki
Haiku: Duro Jaiye
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Haipho: Mayumi Kawaharada
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Haiga: Branko Manojlovic
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Haiga: Ursula Maierl
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Haipho: Tito
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Haiga: Kyoko Nozaki
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Haiga: Duro Jaiye
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Drawing: Kyoko Nozaki
Haiku: Hitomi Suzuki
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Haipho: Mayumi Kawaharada
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Haiga: Julie Stacker
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Photo: Mayumi Kawaharada
Haiku: Hitomi Suzuki
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The report is very sensitively done by G. Thanks. It is a nice commemoration of a good creative day. I especially enjoyed the pair of ducks getting ready for spring and Mayumi’s straw zouri (sandals) picture.