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Names and Months,
24 solar sections and 72 seasonal points
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Names of old Japanese months and their meanings
Dates accordng to the Gregorian Calendar
Japan has been using the Gregorian calendar since 1874.
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quote from
Time in Saijiki
by Hasegawa Kai
In the old calendar,
spring was from the first month through the third month,
summer from the fourth month through the sixth,
autumn from the seventh month through the ninth, and
winter from the tenth month through the twelfth.
Since every month had a full moon falling on the fifteenth in the old calendar, the Bon Festival always fell on the day of the full moon.
According to the solar calendar, however, the fifteenth day of the seventh month is close to the end of the rainy season when summer is at its climax.
... people in rural communities decided to observe the Bon Festival one month later, according to the solar calendar, on 15 August.
Mid-August is not exactly the same as the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, but it is close.
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Even after 1873, new saijiki were edited one after another. The saijiki of the new era, however, could not just attach the season words to similar dates of the solar calendar, so that, for example, an observance of the ninth day of the ninth month (old style) would be attached to 9 September (new style). Events and customs that were firmly bound tothe old calendar still remained throughout the country.
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The biggest problem caused by the change of calendar was the one-month discrepancy in correspondences of the four seasons and the twelve months.
Seasonal festivals are important annual events today as in the past. There are five in all: jinjitsu 人日(or nanakusa 七草, Seven Herbs) on the seventh day of the first month, jooshi 上巳(or hinamatsuri 雛祭り, Doll Festival) on the third day of the third month, tango 端午(Boy’s Festival) on the fifth of day of the fifth month, tanabata 七夕[ (Star Festival) on the seventh day of the seventh month, and chooyoo 重陽(Chrysanthemum Festival) on the ninth day of the ninth month.
All dates fall on the odd days in the odd months, and further, the day and month have the same number except jinjitsu.
When these seasonal festivals are moved to the “same” dates in the solar calendar, the seasons come about one month early.
In the provinces, beyond the jurisdiction of the government, people started to celebrate seasonal festivals a month late. This habit still remains in various places around the country, such as in Sho¯nai in Yamagata prefecture, where the Doll Festival is held in April, or Sendai, where the Star Festival is held in early August.
How would it be if these names for months were all moved back by one?
Shin saijiki (New Saijiki) by Kyoshi 虚子adopted this method. ... Shiwasu winds up being called January. But to call January Shiwasu (literally, “priests running,” a reference to end-of-the-year busyness) does not work. For this reason, Shin saijiki associates Shiwasu with December.
Read an interesting discussion here
source : Time in Saijiki
by Hasegawa Kai
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the HAIKU SEASONS
spring begins, February 4, risshun 立春
summer begins, May 6, rikka 立夏
autumn begins, August 8, risshuu 立秋
winter begins, November 7, rittoo 立冬
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Shoogatsu, the New Year
January 1 till 15, the first half of the first month
It used to co-incide with no-moon till full moon on the 15th of the first lunar month.
Therefore it was also the first month of spring in the old system.
Many kigo of this "early spring / new year / January as late winter" time bracket need to be checked carefully.
When the new saijiki were compiled according to the solar calendar, a fifth season, the NEW YEAR was introduced to avoid these complications. Many of the preparations for the New Year, done in December, are also problematic with respect to the season.
1.Mutsuki 睦月 (むつき) - Sociable Month
4 Feb – 5 Mar
The old name for January. Also read "Mutsubizuki". Etymological word was unknown but in poetry, it always means the month of affection when members of family, relatives and friends join to celebrate the New Year.
2.Kisaragi 如月 (きさらぎ)- More-Clothes
6 Mar – 4 Apr
The archaic name for February. Etymological word was said to be (Kisaragi) means the rebirth of plants and trees, or (Kinusaragi or Kisaragi) means putting more clothes against the cold weather. (In Japan, February is the coldest month of the year.)
3.Yayoi 弥生 (やよい) - Growth
5 Apr – 5 May
The archaic name for March. Etymological word was said that it was transformed from (ya-oi) means the thickly growth. The word (ya or iya) is a prefix, sometime it means "many".
4.Uzuki - Deutzia Month
6 May – 5 Jun
The archaic name for April. It means the month in which (U no Hana 卯の花) or the flower of Deutzia blooms.
5.Satsuki - Swamp Month
6 Jun – 6 Jul
The archaic name for May. The word "Sa", is omitted from (Sanaezuki 早苗月), means the month of planting rice shoots. Sometime it also can be written as (Satsuki 皐月). The word is a prefix, no meaning. For another example : (Sa-otome)
6.Minazuki - Waterless Month
7 Jul – 7 Aug
The archaic name for June. Also read as "Minatsuki". Although literally, it means the "waterless month", etymological word has various views. Some said that "Mi" refers to water and "Na" is a word added for euphony. So, the original meaning may be "Mi no tsuki" or "Month of water". (June is the month which has the most rain of the year).
7.Fumizuki - Literary Month
8 Aug – 7 Sep
The archaic name for July. Also read as "Fuzuki" or archaic, "Funzuki". Literally, "month of letter". It has various views on etymology. Some peoplementioned that the original was from the late Heian period (794-1192) which said that July was the month for writing a letter with casual language. Some people that because of Tanabata Festival (on July 7), people wrote poems in Chinese characters. So it can be said that it was the month of poetry.
8.Hazuki - Leaf Month
8 Sep – 7 Oct
The archaic name for August. Also read as "Hatsuki". Etymological word was unknown, but It refers to the month of falling leaves. In an ancient story, it said that around this time, leaves on the moon changed into light yellow which made the moon became more delight. The full moon on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar was also called "Bright Moon of Taro".
9.Nagatsuki - Long Month
8 Oct – 6 Nov
The archaic name for September. Also read as "Nagazuki". Literally, "Long month", or sometime refers to "Long moon". Because poets appreciated the beauty of full moon through out long nights of the spring.
10.Kannazuki - Month without Gods
7 Nov – 6 Dec
The archaic name for October. Also read as "Kaminazuki" or "Kamunazuki". Literally, "godless month". The legend said that large numbers (Yao-yorozu)of gods from places in Japan, leave their homes to assemble at Izumo Taisha or the Grand shrine of Izumo (now located in Shimane Prefecture) to match soul mates for human. So, there were no gods remains in local shrines. In Izumo, people called this month (Kami-arizuki) or "month of gods".
Large Number, in this case, is the word (Yao-yorozu). Although literally means 8 million, in Archaic Japanese, the word "Ya" means "many". So, the word Yao-yorozu should means "great numbers".
11.Shimotsuki - Frost Month
7 Dec – 4 Jan
The archaic name for November. Literally, "month of frost", because in Japan, winter begins at early November. Dew becomes frozen from the northeast of Japan. It was named to reminds farmers to get ready for winter.
12.Shiwasu - Rushing About, Busy Month
5 Jan – 3 Feb
The archaic name for December. Also called (Gokugetsu) or (Gokutsuki). The word "Shi" refers to a priest, literally, "running priests". It always means to "month of busy priests". In the past, it was a custom that priests must went to houses to attend religious services to Buddhists. Around the end of a year, priests would be busy going to places and it also showed how people be busy at the end of a year.
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24 Sekki ... the 24 solar sections 二十四節気
Risshun (立春): February 4—Beginning of spring
Usui (雨水): February 19—Rain water
Keichitsu (啓蟄): March 5—awakening of hibernated (insects)
Shunbun (春分): March 20—Vernal equinox, middle of spring
Seimei (清明): April 5—Clear and bright
Kokuu (穀雨): April 20—Grain rain
Rikka (立夏): May 5—Beginning of summer
Shōman (小満): May 21—Grain full
Bōshu (芒種): June 6—Grain in ear
Geshi (夏至): June 21—Summer solstice, middle of summer
Shōsho (小暑): July 7—Small heat
Taisho (大暑): July 23—Large heat
Risshū (立秋): August 7—Beginning of autumn
Shosho (処暑): August 23—Limit of heat
Hakuro (白露): September 7—White dew
Shūbun (秋分): September 23—Autumnal equinox, middle of autumn
Kanro (寒露): October 8—Cold dew
Sōkō (霜降): October 23—Frost descent
Rittō (立冬): November 7—Beginning of winter
Shōsetsu (小雪): November 22—Small snow
Taisetsu (大雪): December 7—Large snow
Tōji (冬至): December 22—Winter solstice, middle of winter
Shokan (小寒): January 5 Small Cold— a.k.a.
. . . . 寒の入り (Kan no iri) entrance of the cold
Daikan (大寒): January 20—Major cold
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72 seasons, seasonal points
shichijuuni koo, shichinuniko 七十二候(しちじゅうにこう)
Shichijūni kō
made by dividing the 24 Sekki of a year further by three sections.
Dates are from the year 2010
There is a difference in naming from China and Japan.
Here I list the ones which are used as KIGO.
. . . . . SPRING
uo hi ni noboru 魚氷に上る (うおひにのぼる)
fish climb on ice
(うおこおりにあがる)
until February 14
kawauso uo o matsuru
獺魚を祭る (かわうそうおをまつる)
otter festival
oso no matsuri 獺の祭(おそのまつり)
..... dassai 獺祭(だっさい)
..... dassaigyo 獺祭魚(だっさいぎょ)
within the 24 section of
Usui (雨水): February 19—Rain water, in Japan also called
土脉潤起 / 土が潤い起る
. Dassai Ki 獺祭忌(だっさいき)Dassai memorial day
Otter Festival Anniversary
memorial day for Masaoka Shiki
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taka kashite hato to naru
鷹化して 鳩と為る (たかかしてはととなる)
the hawk changes into a dove
last of keichitsu.
around March 16 to 20
More TAKA haiku in Japanese
http://www.shigaku.or.jp/hanapoem/00.3.23.htm
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denso kashite uzura to naru
田鼠化して鴽となる (でんそかしてうずらとなる /
田鼠化為鴽)
moles come out and change into quails
second point of seimei , now around April 10 - 14.
late spring
also called
雁が北へ渡って行く geese flying north
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. . . . . SUMMER
fusoo hotaru to naru 腐草蛍となる (ふそうほたるとなる)
compost leaves become fireflies
second point in Bōshu (芒種): June 6—Grain in ear
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hangeshoo 半夏生 (はんげしょう)
eleventh day after the summer solstice
hange 半夏(はんげ)
hange ame 半夏雨(はんげあめ)
The rice planting should be finished by this time. It is the last bit of the rainy season.
There are a lot of regional ways to celebrate this day, some with special food.
. WASHOKU
hagesshoomochi 小麦餅(はげっしょう餅 )from Nara
and Wakayama
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. . . . . AUTUMN
mizu hajimete karu 水始めて涸る (みずはじめてかる)
water dries out for the first time
third section after the autumn equinox
day 3 and 4 of the 10th solar month
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kigo for late autumn
ookami kemono o matsuru
豺獣を祭る おおかみけものをまつる
wolf offers wild animals
..... ookami no matsuri 狼の祭(おおかみのまつり)
..... sai no matsuri 豺の祭(さいのまつり)
first section of the ninth month
Wolves are seen to make an offering of their prey.
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suzume hamaguri to naru
雀蛤となる (すずめはまぐりとなる)
sparrow becomes a clam
suzume umi ni iri hamaguri to naru
雀大水に入り蛤となる(すずめうみにいりはまぐりとなる)
suzume ka shite hamaguri to naru
雀化して蛤となる(すずめけしてはまぐりとなる)
second section of the ninth month
All things that can fly will now change. The color of the wings of a sparrow and the color of the shell of a hamaguri are seen as similar.
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. . . . . WINTER
mizu hajimete kooru 水始めて氷る (みずはじめてこおる)
water freezes for the first time
first point of ritto
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kigo for late winter
kan no iri 寒の入 (かんのいり) "cold period begins"
..... kaniri 寒入り(かんいり)
kan no uchi 寒の内 (かんのうち)
"within the cold period"
between shokan and daikan, see above the 24 solar sections
(Now the thirty days from about January 5 until February 3. This is the opposite of the doyoo hot period of summer.)
kan 寒(かん)cold
kanchuu 寒中(かんちゅう)
kanshiroo 寒四郎(かんしろう)"fourth son of the cold"
The fourth day of the COLD period.
kanku 寒九(かんく)"nineth day of COLD period"
kan doyoo 寒土用 (かんどよう) doyoo period of the cold
doyoo refers to the part, when the season is "at its best", in this case, the most cold.
. . . . WINTER
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The 72 annual spells in Japan
Susan Delany from Texas has made a list, comparing the 72 seasonal spells to events of Texas.
How to make the 72 Seasonal Spells
Shokan Tadashi Kondo
2007, a PDF-file
Backup File in our library
. 72 spells in Tokyo and in Plano, Texas
By Susan Delphine Delaney, MD
more is here n Japanese : koyomi8.com !
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垂乳根の奪衣婆にいま半夏生
tarachine no datsueba ni ima hangeshoo
the old hag of hell
with sagging breasts celebrates
11 days after the solstice
Tomita Naoji 富田直治 (1922 -
Datsueba (Datsue ba 奪衣婆 or 脱衣婆 the ood hag of hell
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Haiku Clubs of Kayole, Kenya Meeting November 2006
Court Rituals for the New Year Japan
Teeth strengthening Ceremony (hagatame) Japan
..... rice cakes for strengthening the teeth, hagatame no mochi
First Water, "young water" (wakamizu) Japan. Including more kigo of this ceremony.
Binzuru, Ceremony for the Arhat Binzuru (Binzuru mawashi) Japan
Haiku Teahouse, Haiku Chaya for Pilgrims in Shikoku Japan
Tea, Black Tea from Kenya Coffee from Kenya
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan
..... Including kigo for all seasons in the fields.
Flute (fue, yokobue) Japan
Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) safuron, safuran, Safran Japan
Trumpet Flower (datura) Korean Morning Glory, Mandala Flower (mandarage). Angel's Trumpet Flower. Japan, North America.
Hashidate Festival, Ama no Hashidate Matsuri Japan
Ebisu, the God of Wealth and Prosperity Japan
Ramadan in Kenya
Cold wave (kanpa, kampa) Japan, worldwide
Ganjin Memorial Day (Ganjin Ki) Japan
December Singers, Twelfth Month Singers (sekizoro) Japan
First rainfall, imminent rain Kenya, Tropics
..... Calendar Systems, Asian Lunar Calendar, 12 Zodiac Animals, 24 Seasons
Helpful reference to understand Japanese Haiku Seasons.
Bellows Festival (fuigo matsuri) Japan
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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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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
........................................................... DDD
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)
........................................................... GGG
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)
.. .. .. .. Alphabetical Index - World Kigo Database
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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
........................................................... DDD
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)
........................................................... GGG
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
........................................................... III 200509
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
........................................................... 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)
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)
Backup Index from S
........................................................... SSS
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
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
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