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Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and other warm things.

Uejima Onitsura (1660-1738) Ueshima Onitsura

Hermit, Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人

History of Japanese Saijiki

Rice , Basmati Rice, INDIA

Rice Plants, Ine Japan

Rape blossoms (na no hana)

Kikaku, the poet

Poor Monk (dooshinboo) 道心坊. ドウシンボウ

Dawn moon (ariakezuki)

Kiken Castle (kikenjoo）

Bedtime quilt (yogi)

Hosomi Ayako

Tea Ceremony: Charcoal setting (sumi temae) Japan

Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan

Mother in Law Day. Mother-in-LawWorldwide

Hawk (taka) Japan. with more related kigo

Shadow (kage) Worldwide

Eros DayWorldwide

Zen and Haiku Worldwide

Haiku Riddles The real, the irreal, the surrea, phantasy, methapysics ... you name it
also Ego and Haiku

Yabu no uchi tea ceremony Japan , yabunouchi 薮ノ内燕庵と古田織部, 藪内流. Mongaku (1139-1203 文覚 )

God of One Word (Hitokotonushi) Japan, Mt. Katsuragi (Kazuragi)

Takagi Noo 薪能 Noo-Performance at night Noh Performance, Yugen (yuugen 幽玄) Japan

Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan


Wisteria (fuji) Japan. wisteria trellis, fujidana and more kigo

Willow robes (yanagi goromo, aoyagi) Japan. and more related spring cloths kigo (haru goromo)

Willow tree (yanagi)Japan. Many kigo throughout the seasons

Hassaku Harvest Festival, Hassaku sai, Hassaku no Iwai Japan
with many related kigo

Hassaku orange (hassaku kan) Japan

Moxabustion on the second day (futsuka no kyuu)Japan. February and August.

Jeepney Philippines

Maple Syrup North America

Sugar Moon / Sap Moon Full Worm - March Moon. Maple Moon.
North America and Canada. Making Maple Syrup.

Hosomi Ayako 細見綾子(1907～1997)

Today (kyoo), tomorrow (asu)Japan. This morning (kesa)

Ati-Atihan Festival Philippines

Spring at the beach (haru no umi) Japan. Related kigo:cherryblossom shrimp, sakura ebi.crabs of spring, shiomaneki. firefly squid, hotaru ika. gathering shellfish at low tide, shiohigari. poles for growing seaweed, norisoda.

Dog (inu)Japan. Various related kigo

Ego and Haiku Riddles and Haiku

The Gods of Japan and Haiku (kami to hotoke)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide

Beans and Peas (mame) Soybeans, Adzuki beans, broad beans (daizu, azuki, edamame, soramame)

Yin and Yang, Duality, Judgement a worldwide haiku topic

Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan

Form One entrants and monolisationKenya

Torch Fire Festival (Otomatsuri) Japan


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Backup A to J

Backup January 2007 only

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.................................................... AAA

Advent Christian Communities

.. .. .. .. African Haiku

AIDS, World AIDS Day Kenya, worldwide

.. .. .. .. Alaska Kiyose

Alberta Family Day, Canada
All Saints’ Day
All Souls' Day
Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Amida Prayer (Namu Amida Butsu) Japan. Amitabha

Anemone
Angelus Prayer (Catholic Communities)
Anklets (payal) India, Bracelets, Bangles
Ant, ants (ari)Japan, worldwide. Termites, fire ants

Apple (ringo) Japan. Including candy apple, apple pie and many more

April (shigatsu) 　　　　　　　　　　
..... April Fool (shigatsu baka) Japan. Worldwide

Armistice Day Europe (Poppy Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day)

..... Aroma, Smell, Fragrance in various kigo

Ash Wednesday

Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India

..... Australian Seasons, Australian Saijiki
Autumn (aki, Japan)
. Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan)
. Autumn Equinox (aki higan) Japan
. Autumn Festival (aki matsuri) Japan
. Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves
. Autumn Melancholy Europe

Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa) Kenya

Azalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki



........................................................... BBB

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

BAMBOO .. An Asian Plant
Bhagavad Gita (India)
Banyan Tree (India)
Bargain SalesWorldwide
Baseball Playoff USA (05)
..... Baseball Winter Meetings, USA

Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) Japan

Battledore (hagoita) Japan

Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan)
Bee (mitsubachi)
Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Bell, Temple Bell (kane, tsurigane, waniguchi, dootaku) Japan
..... Bell, Temple Bell in India

Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan

Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) Cold War (Kalter Krieg), Iron Curtain (eiserner Vorhang). Germany
Between the Years (zwischen den Jahren, Germany)
Bhagavad Gita (India)

........ Haiku in Bhutan

Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan

Birds of Winter Japan
Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori), "birds and wind", torikaze Japan.
..... Including "tori ni kumo" birds and clouds. flower haze, hanagumori. herring clouds, nishingumori.
Bird droppings Worldkide

Blackthorn (Europa)
Blinds, summer curtains (sudare)Japan. Inclucing bamboo blinds, seating mats (goza), rattan chairs (too isu) and a few more summer items for the home.

Blowfish (fugu, Japan) .. Puffer, Globefish, Swellfish

Bodhidarma, Daruma san in Japan
Bombax (Chorisia Tree) Kenya

Bon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan.
..... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance
..... Bon Boats for Souls (shooryoobune) (05) Japan
..... Bon Flowers (bonbana) (05) Japan
..... Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
..... Bon Stove (bongama) (05) Japan
..... Bon of Wind (kaze no bon) (05) Japan

Bonifacio Day Philippines

Bowing, bow (o-jigi, ojigi) Japanese greeting etiquette

Bread (pan) Worldwide
Briar Berry Briar Berries
Bridge (hashi) Japan Worldwide
Brigid's Day (Ireland) St. Brigid

Buckwheat (soba), Buckwheat flowers Japan

Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
Buddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan
Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, shuuni-e, hahamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan)

.. .. .. .. Buddhist Ceremonies and Events, a topical Saijiki Festivals of Japan

Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

..... Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Butterbur sprouts (fuki no too) and butterbur (fuki) Japan

Butterfly (choo)Japan. Worldwide
..... Butterfly in Winter(fuyu no choo) Japan including frozen/freezing butterfly (itechoo)

"Buy Nothing Day" Worldwide



........................................................... CCC

Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics

..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.

Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubaki

..... ..... Canada Saijiki

Candle Night (Japan)
Card Games (karuta) Japan

Carnation, Nelke Japan. Wild Carnation (nadeshiko)
Carneval (Carnival) see also Shrovetide
Carp Streamers (koinobori, Japan)
Cassia Blossom (Kenya)
Cat (neko, Japan)

Caterpillars worldwide
..... Including : hairy caterpillar, woolybear, kemushi　
..... looper, inchworm, shakutori
..... ..... Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar of Kenya

Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ... and many related kigo

..... ..... Chesapeake Bay Saijiki (USA)

Chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri) Japan

Chidambaram Dance Festival India, Tamil Nadu
Child, Children (kodomo) of all kinds

Chimney Sweeping, chimney sweep, Schornsteinfeger England, Germany

Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan) India

Christmas
... Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) Weihnachtskaktus
...Christmas Moon
...Christmas Tree

Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)
..... Wild Chrysantheumu (nogiku) Japan
Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)

Cicada (semi) Japan, other areas
Clear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious sky
Cloud, clouds(kumo) Japan, worldwide. Various Kigo.

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Cold (samusa, samui), cold wave, cold spell (kanpa, kanpa) Japan, worldwide
..... Cold Dew (kanro) Japan

..... Colors in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), Europa Butterbur Dandelion, fuki tanpopo (Japan)

Coolness (suzushi) 　 Japan. Cool breeze (ryoofuu) and many more.
..... including: Coolness in Autumn (aki suzushi)　
Cool dry season Kenya

Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan
Corpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam)

Cosmos Flowers (Japan)

Cotton ly (watamushi) Japan. Snow fly (yukimushi), snow firefly (yuki hotaru, yukibotaru)
Cottonwood Populus deltoides (Midwestern US)
Cotton rose, Rose-Mallow (fuyoo, fuyo, fuyoh) Hibiscus mutabilis. Japan

Couple’s Day (fuufu no hi, Japan) February 2

Cow, Oxen (ushi) Japan
..... Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
..... Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany)

Crab (kani) Japan. Chesapeake Bay, USA King Crab (tarabagani), Queen Crab (zuwaigani), swamp crab (zawagani)
Crane, Grus japonensis (tsuru) Japan
Crape myrtle (sarusuberi) Japan, North America
Crappie (Pomoxis), North America
Cricket (koorogi)Japan 　 and other autumn insects　　　
Crisp, cool autumn weather .. sawayaka, Japan
Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
Crow, Raven karasu (Japan)

Cuckoo (kankodori), little cuckoo (hototogisu) Japan


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Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western Japan
Dance (odori, buyoo, mai) a haiku topic
..... Dance in India
Dandelion (tanpopo) Japan
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant

Daruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazensoo, Japan
Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, Japan

Day of Desolation .. Yom haShoah (Israel)
Day of the African Child 　Kenya, Africa, worldwide

Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwide

Dead body, deceased person, corpse (hotoke) Japan Death Poems, Death Haiku

December
..... December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan

Deer (shika)　 Japan, other areas
Desires, Worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Devil's Claw (Southern USA) Teufelskralle
Dew, dewdrops (tsuyu) Japan heavy with dew, tsuyukeshi, tsuyukesa.beads of dew, tsuyu no tama.white dew, shiratsuyu, hakuro .. and many more

Divali (Diwali, India)

Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) Hundstage
Dog Winterberry (inu umemodoki)Japan. Ilex serrata.
Dogwood (Cornus family) .. (USA) yamabooshi (yamaboshi) Japan

Dollarbird (buppoosoo) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl
Doll Festival (hina matsuri) Japan Peach Festival, Girl's Festival
Donkey (roba). Mule 　Japan, other regions　　
Dragon, a non-seasonal topic of Eastern Art
Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan
Drought (hideri, Japan)

Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities


........................................................... EEE

Eagle(washi) Japan ..... including other birds of winter, fuyu no tori

Earth Day Worldwide
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku) 　 Japan
　　
Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and more

Edo, the flourishing town of Edo (hana no O-Edo)Japan. "Blossom Capital" flourishing town (hana no miyako)

Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan

Elephant (zoo) (India, Africa)

Embankment, dike, levee (dote, teiboo) Japan Worldwide
Emperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities

........ ......................................... Erika Schwalm, - In Memoriam

..... EUROPA Saijiki

Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening Shower (yuudachi) Japan


........................................................... FFF

Fallen leaves (ochiba) Japan
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Father's Day

February
Fern (shida) Japan Farnkraut

Festival (matsuri) Japan.Introduction
..... Festivals and Ceremonies of Japan Topical Saijiki
..... Festivals of India They are all kigo.

http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/12/latest-additions.html

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
Fig, Figs, Ficus carica Turkey

Fireflies (hotaru) (Japan)
Firework Display (hanabi, Japan)

..... First Ceremonies of the New Year (Japan)
... More Details about First Ceremonies in Japan
First Dream (hatsu yume, Japan)
... First Haiku 2007
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.
First Sun, First Sunrise (hatsuhi, hatsuhi no de) Japan

First Things (hatsumono) in Japan

First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, tropical areas
First Snow (hatsuyuki) Japan

.. .. .. .. .. ..... FISH as a kigo
... ... ... ... Fish from Russia

Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Fleas (nomi) 　 Japan. Including lice (shirami)
　　　
.. .. .. .. .. Flower, Cherry Blossom and Hana 花の話.

Flower Trump (hanafuda) Japan

Flute (fue, yokobue) 　Japan

Fly, Flies (hae) 　Japan, worldwide　　
Fly-swatter (haetataki) Japan ... fly catcher, haetori-ki.fly-catching paper, haetorigami.

.. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more

Food from India
Food from Japan (washoku) Sweets from Japan (wagashi)

Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)rengyoo Also : wax forsythia
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji worldwide

Fox (kitsune) Japan
... including Fox God Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)

Frangipani, PlumeriaKenya, Australia, India
Freezing, frozen (itsuru, kooru) Japan. Iced, under ice and more

Fringed orchid, "Egret plant, Heron plant" (sagisoo) Japan

Frog (kawazu, kaeru) (Japan) toad, green frog, tree frog, kajika and more

Frost (shimo, Japan) , Late Frost
..... Frost in India, a season of its own

Fruit Cricket. Prayer Gong Cricket (kanetataki) Japan
Fruit Harvest (Romania)


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Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Ganesh The Elephant-headed God, (India)
..... Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Ganges, the Holy River Ganga (India)

Geminid Meteor Shower
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany
.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose

Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)
Girl Scout Cookies USA

Goa Carnival India
Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
Gods are absent (kami no rusu)Japan. Old lunar 10. month (now November)

Goldenrod (seitaka awadachisoo) Japan
Gorse, Ginster enishida (Japan)

Grackle Bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) Oklahoma, USA Great-tailed grackle, boat-tail grackle

Graduation (sotsugyoo, Japan) Abitur, Schulabschluss
..... Graduation Ceremony, Kenya
Grapefruit League , Cactus League, USA
Grapes and Grape Harvest, Vendanges budoo (Japan)
Grape Festival (Winzerfest, Wine Festival) (Europe)
Grape Hyacinth, Europa muscari, Lampenputzer

Grave (haka) Japan, worldwide
Grave marker (sotoba) Japan

Great Cold (daikan, Japan)
Grebe Bird (Alaska) kaitsuburi, nio (Japan)

Green in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: midori, aoi
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Grey (gray) in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: nezumi iro, hai iro
Groundhog Day North America, Europe

Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan)
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan


........................................................... HHH

Hail (hyoo) Japan , also arare, snow pellets . worldwide

Hakama, the formal trouser-skirtJapan
..... Wearing the hakama for the first time, hakamagi　
..... Noh-Performance in Hakama, hakama noo

Halloween, Hallowe’en North America
Hammock (worldwide)

..... Harvest and its various kigo 　
Harvest Festival (niiname no matsuri)　 Japan
Harvest Thanksgiving (Christian communities) Harvest Festival, Erntedankfest
Harvest Moon, North America

Hat, Straw hat, hood (kasa, zukin, booshi) Japan Worldwide
..... Hawaii Saijiki
Hawaiian Spirit

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan

Henna (mehandi) India. mehendi, (mehndi) Heena
Heron (aosagi) Japan

Himalaya Mountains, India
Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
Hickory Nuts (Carya Fruits) North America

Holly Tree
Holocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau Day
Holy Innocents Celebration　 Christian Catholic Communities
Homeland, Hometown (furusato) Japan Heimat, Fatherland, Motherland

Honey (hachimitsu) worldwide. Honey wine, mead
Honey Spas 　 Russia. Also Apple Spas, Linen Spas. Honey Saviour.

Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Wiedehopf India

Horse (uma) Japan
..... Including various kigo such as plough horse, foal,cooling horses, fatten a horse, horse market, autumn colt, autumn pony, horses standing in the cold.

Horse chestnut (tochi) Japan ..... Horse Chestnut (Part 2)
.. .. .. Hot Drinks, a List
Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)

Hula Dance and the Goddess Laka 　Hawaii

Humidity, steaming hot, sultry (shikke, mushiatsushi) Japan
Humid Southern wind (shippuu) Japan

..... Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Hunger Moon (North America)
Hungry Demons, Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan
Hunter's Moon England
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas


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Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)
Ice, Icicle (koori, tsurara) (Japan)
Iced Coffee, aisu-koohii (Japan) Hot Coffee
Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) Kenya. Eid Al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr

Ikebana Flower Arrangement (Japan)
Independence Day worldwide
..... Independence Day (India)

..... ..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI
.. .. Indian Food (India)
Indian Summer koharubi Japan
Insects (mushi) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan. Including grashoppers, locusts, crickets, praying mantiss and many more.
Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)

..... ..... ..... IRELAND, IRISH SAIJIKI

Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata
.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words


........................................................... JJJ

Jacaranda (tropical tree) Kenya
Jamhuri Day Kenya
January Worldwide ... January in Japan (ichigatsu)
January Sale Ireland

.. .. .. .. .. JAPANESE Saijiki, Univ. of Virginia. Most extensive !
.. .. .. .. .. Japanese 500 Season Words

Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆
Juggernaut Festival (India)

June (rokugatsu)

Backup Index from K to M

........................................................... KK KK

Kagura Dance (Japan)
Kale, cabbage (sukumawiki) Kenya
Kamehameha Day Hawaii

.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki

..... ..... Keywords, non-seasonal topics / LIST

Khadi handspun cotton (India)

"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics

Kite flying, India and Pakistan

Koel, Koil, Kuil, a Bird (Eudynamys scolopacea) India. oni kakkoo (Japan).
Kokuseki-Ji Naked Festival Japan
Komodo Dragon Indonesia

... ... ... Korean Haiku Sijo

Kotatsu, heated Table (Japan)

Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela FestivalIndia


........................................................... LLL

Labour Day, USA
Labour Thanksgiving Day (kinroo kansha no hi) Japan

Labyrinth, Maze
Ladakh : Haiku and Kigo 　 India
Ladybird (tentoomushi) Ladybug, Glückskäfer
Lampionflower (hoozuki, Japan)
Last Ceremonies of the year (Japan)
Last Day of the Year (oomisoka, Japan)
..... Last Fudo Ceremony of a year(osame-Fudo) (Japan)
..... Last Daishi Ceremony of a year (osame no Daishi) (Japan)

Laughter, laughing, first laughter (hatsu warai) Japan. Ebisu.

Leaf Watching momijigari Japan
.......... Part 1: Leaf watching, leaf peeping (momijigari )
Leaves on the hair, leafy hair (ko no ha gami, ko-no-ha-gami) Japan

Lent (Europe)
Leonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor Shower
Light offerings afloat (tooroo nagashi) (05) mukaebi, okuribi (Japan)
Lightning (inazuma) Japan
Lingering Heat (zanshoo) 　Japan

Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan
Long days (hinaga), long nights (nagaki yo)
Long Rains, a season (Kenya)

Lotus(hasu, renge) Japan
..... Lotus (padma) India

Love and Kigo

Love-Bug (Southern US)



........................................................... MMM

Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle) Kenya, Nairobi
Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo) Japan
Magnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan)
Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya

Manatee North America
Mandala Worldwide
Mandarin Ducks (oshidori) Japan. Duck (kamo)

Mango (Kenya)
..... Mango Blossoms, India

Marathon Kenya, worldwide. Marathon Runner. Paralympics, special olympics.
March
Martisor (Amulet) (Romania)
May (gogatsu) 　

Medical Kigo, seasonal affections and disorders 　SAD, the FLU ...　　　　　　　
Meditation (dhyana) (India)
Melon (uri) Japan. Watermelon (suika). Snake gourd (karasu uri).
Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA

Migrating Birds (wataridori) (Japan)
Missing Children's Day International
Mistletoe (yadogiri) Japan

Monkey, Hanuman, Langur (India) saru (Japan)

.. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..
..... Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai) India
Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)

Morning-Glory (asagao) Japan
..... Bindweed (hirugao). Evening Face (yorugao)

Mortality, dying, death (shi ni yuku) Japan Worldwide

Mosquitoes (ka, Japan)
..... Mosquitoes in Kenya

Moss (koke) Japan
Moss pink (shibazakura) Japan

Mother (o-fukuro) Japan
... ... Mother's Day
... ... Mothering Sunday, Laetare (Europe)
... ... Mother Goddess in all cultures

Moths, Tiger Moth, various typesJapan. "Summer insects" natsu no mushi

Mountain, peak, hill (yama, gake, oka) Japan Worldwide.
Mountains sleep yama nemuru, mountains smile (yama warau ) Japan
Mourning Kenya, worldwide

Mu, Shunyata : void, nothingness Japan, India, worldwide

Mud (Swahili : matope) Kenya
..... including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) in Kenya
..... Spring Mud, haru no doro, shundei in Japan
Mud snails, paddy snails (tanishi) Japan

Mugwort, Artemisia princeps (yomogi) Japan

Mulled wine (gloegg, Gluehwein)
Mushrooms (kinoko, Japan ki no ko, take

Music of India
..... Music: Raagam
..... Music: Shruthi


........................................................... NNN

Nairobi Bomb Day (Kenya)
Nairobi Int. Trade Fair (Kenya)

Naked Festivals (hadaka matsuri) Japan

Nandina (Nanten, Japan)

Needle, Sewing needle memorial service (hari kuyoo) Japan

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Memorial Day, Children's Day India
..... Nepal, Haiku Information INDIA SAIJIKI

New Year (shinnen, shin nen) Worldwide
..... New Year Ceremonies of Japan A topical Saijiki
..... New Year's Day (ganjitsu) Japan
..... New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan

..... New Zealand and Tasmania Haiku "Kiwi Haiku"

Nightingale, bush warbler (uguisu) Japan
Nine Eleven 2001, USA 9/11. September Eleven
Nirvana Ceremony Nehan-E, Jooraku-E (Japan)

Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Noodle Soup (kama-age udon) Japan

..... North America Saijiki Introduction

Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan



........................................................... OOO

Oktoberfest (Germany)
Olympics, Olympic Games Worldwide. Special Olympics, Paralympics.
O-Mizutori, Omizutori Ceremony） Shuni-E Ceremony Nara, Japan

Oranges, Mandarin Oranges, Tangerines　Kenya. Mikan (Japan)
Owl (fukuroo) mimizuku. Snowy Owl (Japan) Eule, Uhu
Oysters (kaki) Japan Including Pearls (shinju) and mother-of-pearl


........................................................... PPP

Paddy, Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam) India
Papaya fruit. Carica papaya India

Parade of the bands (Trinidad and Tobago)
Parang .. Serenaders (Trinidad and Tobago)

Parasol
Parrots Southern California

Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's Day

Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan, peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Pelican Australia, Kenya
Pemmican (Romania)
Peony (botan, Japan Winter Peony (kan botan)

..... Periods of Japanese History Reference Material
..... Periods and eras of Japanese History (nengoo, Nengô) Reference Material

Persimmon (Japan) (kaki, hoshigaki)

Pheasant (kiji) Japan, worldwide
Pheasant's Eye (fukujusoo) (Japan)

..... Philippines Saijiki

..... Philosophical Haiku India

Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato) Japan dove whistling (hatobue)

Pilgrimage (henro) Part 1 (Japan) .. Pilgrimage Part 2
Pine (matsu, Japan)
Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) Peepul or Bo tree. Fig Tree, figs (ichijiku) Japan.

Plover (chidori) Japan
Plum blossom (ume) Japan
Plumbago <> KIGO

Poacher's Moon
Poinsettia
Polar Night Polar Circle
Pottery, Pots and Plates (yakimono) Japan
Poui Tree (Tropics)

Pounding Rice (mochi tsuki) Japan, Philippines
..... New Year's Rice Dumplings (toshi no mochi, kagamimochi, zoonimochi) and a few more
..... The Hare/Rabbit in the Moon

Power Stone, Strenght Stone (chikara ishi, Japan) weight lifting competition

Prayer FlagsWorldwide
Praying Mantis, Mantid (Japan) kamakiri,tooroo

.. .. .. Prairie : North American Prairie Saijiki

Prickly Pear (North America, Opuntia Family)

..... Provinces of Old and Prefectures of Modern Japan Reference Material



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Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)



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Radish (daikon) Japan. Pickled radish, takuan.

.. .. .. .. Rain in various KIGO (Japan)
... Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan
... Rainbow (niji) Japan
... Rain Gutters Cleaning 　North America
... Rain Rituals (amagoi) Japan. Rain Dance, Rain Prayer, Regenzauber
... Rainy Season (tsuyu) Japan

Rakugo, comic storytelling performances Japan

Ramadan
..... Ramazan, Berat Kandil Turkey 　 Leylatul Berat, Laylatul Barat　
..... -- Ramadhan in Kenya 　　
..... Ramadan ends (Idd ul Fitr) Kenya

Reformation Day (Reformationsfest, Germany)
Republic Day January 26 (India)
Rice wine (ricewine) sake, Japan Reiswein
River(kawa) Japan, worldwide

Rollerskates (India, worldwide) Rollerblades

.. .. .. .. .. Romanian Saijiki

Rumpot (Rumtopf) Germany
Running of the Bulls (El Encierro) SPAIN
Ryokan Day .. Ryokan-ki, Ryokan Memorial Day (Japan)

Backup Index from S

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Safflower, saffron flower (benibana, beni no hana) Japan. Carthamus tinctorius

Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) safuron, safuran, Safran

Sage, Salbei, Salvia splendens et al. (sarubeea, seeji) Japan

Samurai, bushi, buke, tsuwamono, Daimyoo Japan

.. .. Saints: Their Memorial Days Links to the Saints

Salmon (sake) Japan
Salmonberry (North America, Southeast Alaska)

Sand (suna) Japan, worldwide
Sandalwood (chandan) India
Sanja Festival at Asakusa Kannon (Japan)
Santa Claus St. Nikolaus, Santa san . Worldwide
Santoka Memorial Day (Santooka ki) Japan

Sari Dress for Ladies, India
Saury Fish (sanma, Japan) Pacific Saury

Scarecrow (kakashi) Vogelscheuche Japan, worldwide. Bird rattles, bird scarers and more
Schoolyear begins Worldwide

.. .. .. Seasons and Categories General Points

Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan Including laver (nori), kelp (wakame), duckweed (mo) and agar agar (tengusa)
Secret Buddha Statues (hibutsu) Japan
Senior Citizen's Day. Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi) Japan Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics
Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India (Snake Festival)
Sesame (til, tila, gingili) India goma, goma no hana (Japan)
Setsubun (Japan) .. Bean Throwing Festival, February 3
Seven Herbs of Spring (haru no nanakusa) (Japan)

Seven Five Seven (shichigosan) Japan. Celebrating seven, five and three year old children

Shamisen (a musical instrument) Japan. sheperd's purse (shamisengusa)
Sheperds Winter (Romania)
Sheep (hitsuji) Kenya
Shiitake Mushrooms Japan
Short day (tanjitsu), short night (mijika yo) 　 Japan

.. .. .. .. Shinto Ceremonies in Japan A topical Saijiki.
Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja, miya, guu) Japan see also : TEMPLE
Shrine day (shanichi) Japan. For the God of the Earth (tsuchi no kami)

Shiva Ratri Night, Festival India, Nepal, Hindu Communities

..... Short Rains, a Haiku Season in Kenya

Shrovetide Maslenitsa (Russia)

Sierra Nevada, High Sierra North America

Silence (maun) (India) . Shizukesa, Japan. Quietude, Stillness
...... Silence by Narayanan
..... Silence and Stones
..... Continue to ... Silence and Haiga

Sleet, rain mixed with snow, cold rain, wy drizzle (shigure) 　 Japan, other areas
..... including
"village shower", passing winter shower, mura shigure. scattered winter showers, kata shigure. nightly sleet shower, sayo shigure. drizzling, sleet is falling, shigururu. / ice-rain (hi-same), rain in the cold (kan no ame)and many many more

Sliding paper doors (fusuma) Japan
Sliding doors (shooji) Japan. Also folding screens (byoobu, byobu)
Slippers, Toilet Slippers (surippaa, Hausschuhe) Japan and worldwide

Skunk Cabbage (Alaska) (Mizu-Bashoo, Japanese Skunk Cabbage)

..... Smell, Aroma, Fragrance in various kigo (koo, ka, nioi, kusai) smelling, sweetfish, fragrance of rice, mildew, perfume and more

Smelt, Osmerus mordax Fish in America, Cucumber Fish, kyuuri uo (Japan)
Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan
Snake Gourd (karasu-uri, Japan) see also: sponge gourd (hechima)
Snapper in Australia

Snow (yuki) Japan . Many kigo related to snow.
Snowdrops Schneeglocken
Snow Geese (hakugan, kari, wataridori) Japan. Migratory birds.
Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)
Snow melting (yukidoke, Japan) thawing, thaw, defrost. Schneeschmelze

Soap bubbles (shabondama)　 Japan. Seifenblasen
Soccer, Football, Fussball. Europe Including other Winter Sport Kigo, such as Rugby, American Football, Bob Sley, Skiing, Skating, Ice Hockey

..... ..... ..... Sonoran Saijiki, USA
Sorrel, Hibiscus (Tropics)
Sound of Water (mizu no oto) Japan Translation Problems

..... Southern Cross Haiku Information about the Southern Hemisphere

Sparrow (suzume, Japan)
.. ... SPICES from India
Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne
Spider Lilies, cluster amaryllis (higanbana, manjushage, Japan)

Sponge gourd (hechima) Japan, also Masaoka Shiki Memorial Day, Hechima-ki

Spring (haru, Japan)
... Spring equinox, vernal equinox Japan
... Spring at the Zoo , also Bird's Nest
... Spring Peace Mild spring weather (nodoka, Japan)
... Spring light, spring shining (shunkoo) Japan
..... wind shining (kaze hikaru) Japan

Sprinkling Water (uchimizu, Japan)
Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan)
Start of School Year, School Year starts(Kenya)
Stephen’s Day Europe, christian communities
Stepping on a Christian image (fumi-e, ebumi) Japan
Stone Lantern (ishidooroo) Japan
Storm, Gales Europa

Strawberries Cranberries
Straw hat, hat, cap, hood (kasa, booshi, zukin (Japan)

Summer (natsu, Japan)
..... Summer in India Kigo Collection
..... Summer sash (natsu obi, natsuobi) Japan
..... Summer Solstice (geshi) Worldwide

Sunset (yuuhi) Japan Worldwide
Surfer, Surfing, Surf Hawaii, worldwide
Swallow (tsubame, Japan)

Sweets from Japan (wagashi)
Sweetfish

Swift, Mauerseegler Germany
Swing (buranko) Japan

Backup Index from T to Z

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Tagore Memorial Day 　 　Rabindranath Tagore, India　　
Tamarack, Larch (karamatsu)
Tansen The Musician, India
Target (mato) Japan. Bull's Eye. Including Bow, Arrow, Archery.

..... Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記 Japan
Tea, Black Tea from Kenya India
New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea (fukucha) Japan

Teacher's Day, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Day India

Teeth strengthening (hagatame) Japan
..... rice cakes for strengthening the teeth, hagatame no mochi

Temple, Buddhist Temple (tera, -ji) Japan
..... TempleIndia

Thanksgiving
Three Kings Day, Epiphany
Thunder (kaminari) (05) also Lightning (inazuma) Japan

Tiger Dance (Huli Vesha, Puli Vesha) India,
..... ..... including Tiger as animal

Tipu tree (Tipuana tipu) Kenya
Tiruppavai of Andal Tamizhnadu, Tamil Nadu, India

Toadlily, Tricyrtis hirta (hototogisu) Japan
Tofu, toofu (hot, yudoofu) Japan
Toilet, outhouse (benjo, toire) Japan, worldwide

Travel, Traveler's Sky (tabi, tabi no sora) Japan, worldwide
Trekking (Trecking) Trek (India, worldwide). Backpacking

Trumpet Creeper (noozenkazura) (05) Japan, Campsis grandiflora
Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory, Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.

Tulip
Tukaram Celebrations India
Tumeric (ukon) (India) Kurkuma, Curcuma, Gelbwurz

... ... ... ... Kiyose for Turkey

Typhoon (Japan) Hurricane Typhoon, Hurricane Part II


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Umbrella (Kenya)

Umewaka Memorial Day and Temple Mokubo-Ji (Umewaka Ki) Japan
..... Great Amida Prayer Ceremony (Mokuboji dainenbutsu )


........................................................... VVV

Vailankanni (Velankanni), Festival in Chennai, India
Valentine’s Day Japan, worldwide
Veronica, field speedwell, Europa inufuguri (Japan)
Vog (Volcanic Smog) (Hawaii, Big Island)
..... Voices of an Animal (xx no koe) Japan. Many examples and translation possibilities.


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Wading Pool, Spray Park Canada
Walnut (kurumi) Japan
Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) Walpurgisnacht (Germany)
War and Peace (sensoo to heiwa) 　

..... Warm Things to keep you warm in Winter in Japan A KIGO list.
..... ..... Including furniture, clothing and food.

Wasabi, Japanese horseradish Japan

..... Water in various kigo
including: water birds, water lily, water melon and many more
Water clears, clear water (mizu sumu) Japan. Water in Autumn (aki no mizu)
Water Shortage (Tropics)
Water Strider, water boatman, water spider, water horse (amenbo 水馬) Japan
..... also whirligig beetles, mizusumashi 水澄

Wattle in Bloom
Weasel (itachi) Japan
Weeds (zassoo) worldwide
Welch Onion Head (negi boozu) (Japan) Leek, Green Onion, Spring Onion

Whales, kujira (Japan)

..... WHITE in Haiku (shiroi, haku) Japan
... White Day Japan
... White Night Polar Circle
Wild Boar (inoshishi) Japan
Wildflowers (kusa no hana), wild flowers in the fields (hana no) Japan
Wild Roses (ibara, nobara) Japan

Wimbledon Tennis Tournament ... collecting

.. .. .. .. .. WIND in various kigo (05)
Wind Chimes (fuurin)Japan
Window (mado) Japan

Winter (fuyu, Japan)
..... Winter Cherry Blossoms (fuyuzakura)(Japan)
..... Winter drizzle, sleet (shigure) Japan. Many more related kigo.
..... Winter in India
..... . Winter Seclusion fuyugomori Japan
..... . Winter Solstice (tooji, Japan)
Wintersweet (roobai) Japan

Wisteria Cutting Ceremony (Fuji Kiri Eshiki)Japan Wisteria (fuji)

Withered fields, rice paddies (kareno, karita) Japan
Withered plants, withered weeds (karekusa, kusagare) Withering plants. Japan
Withering Wind, Cold Gale (kogarashi) Japan

Wolf (ookami) Japan
Women's Day International Women's Day, Mimosa Day (Russia)
Woodpecker (kistutsuki, kera, kitataki ) Japan

..... World Days ..... a growing list
World AIDS Day Kenya, worldwide
World Music Day India, worldwide
World Peace Day International Day of Peace. Ahimsa: India, worldwide. Weltfriedenstag
World Youth Day (Weltjugendtag). Italy, Germany, worldwide



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Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki, Japan)
Yellow Sand (koosa, kosa)(Japan, China)
Yew Tree (ichi i, ichii, ichi-i)Japan. Taxus cuspida

Yoga India
Yom haShoah (Day of Desolation) (Israel)
Young leaves (wakaba, Japan)
Yuzu (Japan) a ctiron fruit


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Zinnia, hyakunichisoo (one hundred days flower) Zinnia elegans Japan


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