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



........................................................... QQQ

Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)



........................................................... RRR

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)