I remember picking bamboo leaves, making them boat-shaped, and throwing them into a nearby small river to race with neighborhood kids when growing up.

This children’s play is seldom seen these days.

Kids competed racing with their boat-shaped bamboo leaves/

Grown-up young ayu sweetfish ascend streams/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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Requests for Chio’s calligraphy are accepted at chio_art@yushokai.com.

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幼い日、近所の友だちと家の近くで笹の葉を摘んで、笹舟にして近くの小川で流して遊んだのを覚えています。

近頃では滅多に見かけない子供の遊びです。

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知櫻の書のご依頼は、<chio_art@yushokai.com>までお願いいたします。

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