Shinjirarenai

I don't believe it -
In the corner of the bus
Mushrooms are sprouting!

Haiku Workshop: Kyoto Hibikiai Forum in Autumn

Full moon/Over Arashiyama/Who hunts in its light? (JW, Notre Dame Univ.)
pace of the river/where it divides/october moon (GS, Haiku Soc. Am.)
a cockroach/on the run -/in Osaka Station (HM, Br. Haiku Soc.)

Dates & Time: 3rd Thursdays of 3 autumn months. 18:15 - 19:45
Sep. 21: Instructor: Hisashi Miyazaki - selected topics of Japanese & English haiku, including “Insects in Haiku”. Bring‘ENHAIKLOPEDIA’, please.
Oct. 19: Instructor: Jane Wieman
Nov. 16: Instructor: Gerald Staggers
In the two latter workshops, your own haiku (previously submitted) will be polished and anonymously discussed. Topics about the structure and techniques of expression in English haiku will be also presented.

Place: Falafel Garden (3-16, Tanaka-Shimoyanagimachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. 100 meters east from Demachi-Yanagi Station. Tel. 075-712-1856)

Fee: 2,000 yen/workshop, or 5,000 yen prepayment/3 workshops. (Please buy your drink and/or food separately in Falafel.)

All are welcome to attend these workshops! Both English and Japanese will be used.
For more information, contact Jane W. (in English), Keiko Y. (in Japanese) or use the COMMENT key under this post.

Of Friends Gone Overseas

In April, I visited the Adelaide area and met up with ex-Hailstone, Valerie Matsumoto and her musician husband, Montz. While they were still living in Kyoto, some of you will remember that we once held a rengakai in their house near Ryoanji. Here is a photo of the two of them on a walk in the local woods. The kangaroos are wild, of course! Valerie told me she wasn't writing much these days. When or if she does so, though, perhaps we'll see something of it here?

Then, in July, while visiting the London area, I saw ex-Hailstone and 'Hotspot' contributor, Jonathan Gott in his hometown of St. Albans. A brief account of our ginko has already been posted and Jon has recently shared with us several of his new haiku. The photo above was taken in the Cathedral. Quiet, please ... Sssshh!