It had been three or four years since the last time I visited Kyoto’s famous shrine for the famous Setsubun Festival.  As expected, due to the huge crowds, I just got exhausted.

Letter, haiku, calligraphy/

All of them are people themselves/

O, driving away demons/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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3年か4年ぶりだったかと思いますが、京都の有名な節分大祭に行ってきました。やはり大変な人混みで疲れてしまいました。

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Because today marks the first day of February, I would like to post my work of a haiku of the month.

Oh, February/

Bird cuts the space/

So beautifully/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今日から2月なので、2月を題材にした俳句です。

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The sun that returned on the winter solstice last December 22nd is steadily gaining strength.  It is still very cold, though.

Little by little/

Days are getting longer after the winter solstice/

Still, it is snowing/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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昨年12月22日の冬至に復活した太陽は確実に力を増しています。まだまだとても寒いですが。

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The weather forecast has been saying it all along, and apparently, this is the biggest cold snap of the season.

Cold wave has come/
Like a sheet of silver leaf/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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天気予報ではずっと言っていましたが、今季最大の寒波だそうです。

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I go visit the famous shrine in Osaka for this big festival every year, which is very well known and popular.  All the people there, that is, the visitors, people serving on deity, peddlers of the stalls on the approach, were smiling happily.

My whole body receives/

Chi from the gods/

Oh, the grand vernal festival/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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毎年お詣りします。大変な人気を誇るお祭りで、参詣の人たちも迎える神社の人たちも、参道で露天を営む人たちも皆楽しそうに笑っています。

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The white Japanese apricot flowers I arranged to adorn my entrance for the New Year are still blooming beautifully.

O, white Japanese apricot blossoms/

Moon is waxing gradually/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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お正月のために玄関に活けておいた梅の花はまだ綺麗です。

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Over the past several days, I have been feeling the New Year’s happy feeling because it is time to celebrate.  After getting carried away feeling like this for a while, however, I can’t help but wonder if this is really okay.  Maybe the cold weather is making my mood feel cold again.

An interpretation of this haiku simplifies, expressing a cold, cosmic loneliness where even the eternal may crumble under prolonged gloom.

In a long, depressed feeling/

Frozen star may be smashed to smithereens/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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新年だ、お祝いだ、と浮かれた気分でいると、こんな感じでいいのかしらとちょっと思ってしまいます。寒さのせいで気分も寒くなるのかな。

この句の解説には、長く続く鬱屈の中で、永遠に見えるものさえ崩れ去るかもしれない、という冷たい宇宙的孤独感も感じるとあります。

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The year has started cold, but I went to the local shrine for my first formal visit of the year.

First shrine visit of the year/

Kyoto’s bone-chilling cold/

Tucked into my sleeves/

Calligraphy and translation by Chio

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今年のお正月はいきなり寒いですが、近所のお宮さんに初詣に行きました。

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