three weeks
since my travels
still unpacking
my memories
Category: Japan
beat
evening walk
my steps in time
with cicadas
Nakasendo Trail [4]
without the guidebook
this
is all mine
Nakasendo Trail [3]
wayside inn
tea
and woodsmoke
Nakasendo Trail [2]
my path
straight through
the towering pines
Nakasendo Trail [1]
leaving my suitcase
I follow
the old post road
right now
sitting
writing about
sitting
on the breeze
traffic
and jazz —
night music
roof top terrace
evening doze
beer cool against
my feet
very much inspired by the classic haiku from Basho, one of the first I ever read:
noon doze
wall cool against
my feet
payback
dusk
the earth returns
the heat
raw
morning heat —
sushi
for breakfast
busiest pedestrian crossing in the world
Shibuya Crossing
traffic
of people
slippered
slipping
into Japanese customs
I take off my shoes
kindness
unexpected rain
an umbrella
gifted
pilgrimage
from temple
to temple
my growing blister
Golden Gai*
grilled skewers of meat
I share a drink
with a stranger
* a delightful area of Tokyo with hundreds of tiny restaurants and bars
sakura*
cherry trees
in summer
ah, the shade
*sakura is Japanese word for the famous cherry blossom which blooms every spring, but the trees provide much needed shade in summer too
obscured
to not see Mt Fuji
the sleeping head
of a passenger
relief
in the queue
for shaved ice
a shared umbrella
bullet train
shinkansen
Tokyo to Osaka
neither here nor there
hot spring
butterfly
at the onsen
I flit
from pool to pool
Haiku Gravy 