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Welcome to the World Kigo Database !


The World Kigo Database is collecting words from all over the world that may be used as seasonal words (kigo　季語) for haiku of the respective areas. It is based on the concept of a Japanese Dictionary of Seasonal Words (saijiki　歳時記), but addresses all cultures, areas and regions of the world, where people are now writing haiku in languages other than Japanese.
Every haiku poet is welcome to contribute !

................. It is truly a GLOBAL project.

NOTE:
sajiki is a misspelling of SAIJIKI.


world haiku...
one man's kigo,
is another's topic

~Vaughn Seward [CAN.AB] May 2006

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A big THANK YOU to Susumu Takiguchi and the many active members of the . World Haiku Club . for their kind support of this database.

And a big THANK YOU to all the many other haiku poets who help dilligently to make this database grow!

You do not need to be a member of any haiku club to contribute your kigo to the database.
.. Contact Gabi Greve ..


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Caution !
Not all words in the following list are KIGO.
Some are haiku TOPICS (keywords) to be used during the whole year.
Check each entry carefully !



This list is not yet complete!
Please contact me if you want to confirm a kigo!


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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. General Items

To Submit your Haiku or Kigo, click here. It's easy !


KIGO – Its use in haiku
The basics and the use of two or more kigo.

Seasons and Categories Learn the Basics of World Kigo.

Translating Haiku Kumarajiva, the Translator 　鳩摩羅什

USEFUL LINKS

General Information Essays about kigo.

Basic Haiku Theories

Encourageing LOCALISM in your haiku !


the KIGO HOTLINE discussion forum !

AKS any question about kigo !


WAITINGLIST .. Check here for more pending kigo.


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Any copyright material mirrored on these pages is intended for the private personal study of haiku poets only. This is a non-commercial site. To have material removed (if they should so desire), copyright owners should please contact me here:
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.. .. .. .. .. Regional Kigo Lists and Saijiki

Alaska Saijiki
WKD : Australian Saijiki
WKD : Canada Saijiki
WKD : Chesapeake Bay Saijiki
WKD : Europa Saijiki
WKD : German Saijiki
WKD : Hawaii Saijiki
WKD : India Saijiki
WKD : Ireland Saijiki
ISSA and the Seasons
WKD : Kenya and Tropical Saijiki
WKD : North American Saijiki Projects
WKD : Romanian Saijiki
WKD : Philippines Saijiki
WKD : Sonoran Saijiki, USA
WKD : Southern Hemisphere, below the Southern Cross
WKD: Trinidad and Tobago Saijiki
WKD: Turkey Saijiki
WKD Yemen Saijiki

List of Season Words, from The SHIKI Haiku Salon


.. .. .. .. Saijiki about special topics

Bird Saijiki

Ceremonies and Festivals Saijiki
Buddhist, Shinto and other Japanese Events Saijiki

Kyoto Saijiki (Japanese) 京都歳時記

Memorial Days of Famous People, Celebrities .....
WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide

Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記　

WKD .. .. Lists of Non-Seasonal Haiku Topics
(Keywords, mu-ki) !!!!!

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Introducing Japanese Haiku Poets　

Introducing Japanese Culture through Haiku

by Gabi Greve

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.. .. .. .. Other useful references

JAPANESE : University of Virginia Saijiki
Translation from the Japanese

JAPANESE 500 Season Words Higginson et al.


SEASONS … All about the Seasons of the world
.........................by Waverly Fitzgerald

Phenology : Measurable Events in the Seasons


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THE HAIKU DATABASE
is an attempt to put into a searchable, sortable, electronic database all important haiku that have appeared in English. I began working on the project in September 1998 and so far (March 2004) have captured 98,500 haiku.

Contact Charles Trumbull for more haiku with special kigo at
THE HAIKU DATABASE PROJECT　 　　　

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… Please sign our GUESTBOOK …



The World Kigo Database
An interview with Gabi Greve by Flueraşu Petre, 2007


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A final thought about Japanese and English Haiku before we start :

If you take a tom cat,
cut off his head (kigo),
cut off his four legs (5-7-5),
cut off his tail (kire-ji) and
present this creature to the world,
what would it be called?

Gabi Greve
haikku
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世界俳句クラブ　－　世界季語データベース

Worldkigo YAHOO 360 ...Worldkigo Archives 2007
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Index A - C

.. .. .. .. Alphabetical Index - World Kigo Database

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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
Alzheimer's Day

Ambedkar Jayanti, Memorial Day India

Amida Prayer (Namu Amida Butsu) Japan. Amitabha. Nenbutsu, Nembutsu.

Amihan and Habagat Monsoon Philippines

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

Apricot blossoms (anzu no hana) Japan

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

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

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

Arrowroot flower, Kudzu flower (kuzu no hana) Japan

Asama Mountain in Shinano Mount Asama. Japan
Ash Wednesday
Ashigara Mountain and the Kintaro Legend Japan
Aso, Mount Aso Kyushu, Japan

Ati-Atihan Festival Philippines

Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India

August (hachigatsu) "leaf month" (hazuki) ... Japan
August First (hassaku) Japan. August Second.

..... Australian Seasons, Australian Saijiki

Autumn (aki) Japan, worldwide
Autumn begins .. Japan. Many related kigo
Autumn comes to an end .. Japan. Many related kigo
. Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan)
Autumn deepens (aki fukashi) Japan. Basho's famous haiku translations
. Autumn dusk, autumn twilight (aki no kure) 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

Ayurveda and Herbal Massage India

Azalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki



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Bagworm (minomushi - "straw raincoat bug") Japan. Case moth, basketworm

..... Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, Kenya

Bali IslandIndonesia
Balls, decorative hand balls (temari) Japan. Ball catching song, ball bouncing song (temari uta)
baloon flower, Chinese bellflower (kikyoo) Japan. Platycodon grandiflorus

BAMBOO .. An Asian Plant
..... "Bamboo Wife" (chiku fujin) Asia. Bamboo sleeping companion.

Bhagavad Gita (India)
Banana Kenya. Banana (bashoo 芭蕉) in Japan

..... Bangladesh Haiku from Bangladesh

Banyan Tree (India)
Bargain SalesWorldwide
Barley (mugi) and related kigo Japan
Baseball Playoff USA, also: Opening Day
..... Baseball Winter Meetings, USA

Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) Japan

Bat (koomori, kawahori) Japan
Battledore (hagoita) Japan

BeachWorldwide. Surfing.
Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan)
Beans and Peas (mame) Soybeans, Adzuki beans, broad beans (daizu, azuki, edamame, soramame). Many human activities involved in growing the beans.
Beans in autumn kigo ... the plants

Bear (kuma)Japan. Bear hunters (matagi), Iomante Festival and many more

Beaver (Castor canadensis) Canada
Bee (mitsubachi)
Beech tree / Fagus sylvatica Ireland, Europe
Begonia (shuukaidoo, shukaido) Japan

Belgian National Day (Fête nationale de la Belgique)

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)

........ BHUTAN .. Haiku in Bhutan

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

BIRD SAIJIKI ..... Birds of all seasons
Look here for a Bird Name not listed in this ABC index.

Bird Haze in Spring (torigumori), "birds and wind", torikaze Japan.
..... Including "tori ni kumo" birds and clouds. flower haze, hanagumori. herring haze, nishingumori.
..... Small birds (kotori)
Bird droppings Worldkide
Bishamonten, Tamonten (Vaishravana) Japan. Bishamonten Festival, Messenger of Bishamonten

Blackthorn (Europa)
Blanket (moofu) Japan. Quilt and other warm things.
Blind Woman from Echigo (Echigo goze) Japan
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
Bog grasses Ireland
Boma Homesteads Kenya
Bombax (Chorisia Tree) Kenya

Bon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan.
..... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance. Yosakoi Dance of Kochi.
..... 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

Boneset (fujibakama) Japan. Eupatorium fortunei

Bonifacio Day Philippines
Boomerang,bomerang, bommerang, bomring, boomereng, boomering, bumerang .. Australia

Botamochi Rice Cakes (Botamochi) Japan
Botamochi Ceremony (Botamochi Eshiki) and Nichiren

Bowing, bow (o-jigi, ojigi) Japanese greeting etiquette
Bowls, begging bowls, singing bowls
Boxing Day Australia, New Zealand, UK. Christmas Box.

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

Buckwheat (soba), Buckwheat flowers Japan

Bud of trees, treebuds (ko no me, konome) Japan

Buddha Statues and Haiku ... Daibutsu and Hotoke
Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka India, Japan
Buddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan
Buddha's Birthday, Flower Festival, Flower Hall (kanbutsu-e, kambutsu-e, shuuni-e, hanamatsuri, hana midoo 　 Japan. sweet tea (amacha) and more
Buddha's Seat (hotoke no za)(Japan)

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

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers
Bulbul (hiyodori) Japan
Bullfinch (uso) Japan.
Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People Kenya

..... Bulgaria Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Bull Fighting (toogyuu), bull festival (ushi matsuri) Japan. Jallikattu, India

Bunting bird (kashiradaka) Japan
Burma, Union of Myanmar

Bush clover (hagi) Japan
Bushfire, wildfire Australia
Buson Memorial Day (Buson Ki) Japan

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



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Cactus (saboten) Dry areas

Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics

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

Calla lily (karaa) Japan. Zantedeschia family
Calligraphy (shodoo)

Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubaki

..... ..... Canada Saijiki
Canada Day, July 1
Canadian Thanksgiving

Candle (roosoku) Japan, worldwide
..... Candle Night Japan

Card Games (karuta) Japan

Carnation, Nelke Japan. Wild Carnation (nadeshiko)
Carneval (Carnival) see also Shrovetide
Carp (higoi, koi) family Cyprinidae fish Japan
Carp Streamers (koinobori, Japan)
Cassia Blossoms (Cassia afrofistula) Kenya. (Cassia fistula) India . Golden Shower Tree
Castle (shiro) Mountain Castle (yamashiro)Japan
Cat (neko, Japan)

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

Cease Fire Day (shuusen kinenbi) Japan. End of WW II
Cemetery Sunday Ireland (Roman Catholic parishes)

Centipede, Millipede (mukade) Japan

Cheese Europe, worldwide

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

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

Chestnut, sweet chestnut (kuri) Japan. Castanea sativa
..... Horse Chestnut (tochi) Aesculus hippocastanum

Chidambaram Dance Festival India, Tamil Nadu

Child, Children (kodomo) of all kinds
..... Chigo (temple acolytes) Japan. Temple Children.

Chill, chill wind worldwide
Chimney Sweeping, chimney sweep, Schornsteinfeger England, Germany
Chirping, twittering, warbling of spring birds (saezuri) Japan

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)

Church, Cathedral, Chapel (Dom) worldwide

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

Cock fighting ritual (tori awase) Japan. also ritual bull fighting (toogyuu), ritual nightingale singing competition (uguisu awase)
Cockroach (gokiburi, aburamushi) Japan
..... and more summer insects and little animals ... gnat, slug, leech ...
Cockscomb (keitoo) Japan
Coconut, Coconut palms Philippines, India

Coins, Money (zeni) Japan Worldwide

Cold (samusa, samui), cold wave, cold spell (kanpa, kanpa) Japan, worldwide
..... Cold in Spring, Cold in Autumn and other COLD kigo combinations
..... Cold Dew (kanro) Japan
..... "Cold Mountain", Han Shan, Kanzan and Jittoku Zen Hermits

..... Colors in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors

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

Comets (suisei) Comet McNaught ...
Common cold and flu (kaze) coughing, sneezing, God of the Cold. Japan, worldwide
Computers and Haiku

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

Coral berries (manryoo :Ardisia crenata, senryoo : Sarcandra glabra,) Japan. kind of Japanese laurel (aoki no mi) and more red berries
Coral Tree Blossoms (Erythrina indica) Tiger's claw, Sunshine Tree. India
Cormorant Ireland
Cormorant fishing (ukai) Japan
Cornflower Ireland, Europe

Corpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam)

Cosmos Flowers (Japan)

Cotoneaster Ireland
Cotton fly (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

Cucumber (kyuuri) Japan
..... also: see cucumber (namako)

Index from D to J

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Dace, fish of the Gobiidae) family (haze) Japan.
Daffodil, Narcissus and Jonquils Europa
Dalia, Dahlia (daria) Japan, India
Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western Japan
Dainichi Nyorai, a Buddha ... Ceremonies and kigo
Dance (odori, buyoo, mai) a haiku topic
..... Dance in India
Dandelion (tanpopo) Japan
Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant

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

Dates, ripe dates from the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Yemen
Dates (Months and Days) used in Haiku
Dawn moon in autumn (ariakezuki)Japan. mist in the morning, ariake gasumi.
Dawn in spring, Spring morning light (shungyoo, haru no akebono)
Spring morning (haru no asa) and others

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

Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwide
Daylily, daylilies (kanzoo)

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

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

Deer (shika)　 Japan, other areas

Definitions ... ... What is HAIKU ?

Desert, sand desert Yemen
Desert rose (Adenium obesum). Yemen
Desires, Worldly desires, illusions, delusions (bonno) Japan
Deutzia blossoms (u no hana, unohana) 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 (inu) Japan, worldwide
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 ... Dragon climbing to heaven: a kigo
"Dragon Jewel", dragon berry (ryuu no tama, Ophiopogon japonicus) Japan. Snakebeard, Mondo grass

Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan
Drifting ice (ryuuhyoo) .. melting ice (koori toku) . . . . . Kigo about ice in spring
Drought (hideri, Japan)

Duck (kamo) Japan
Dussera, Dasara, Dussehra: Day Of Victory　India
..... Navarati : Nine Nights Of Festivities

Dust (Swahili : tifutifu) Kenya. hokori, Japan. Sandstorm


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

Earth Day Worldwide
Earthquake (jishin) Japan, India, worldwide
Earthworms's song (mimizu naku) 　 Japan
　　
Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and more
..... Easter Bonnet Trinidad and Tobago

Echigo Province Japan
Eclipse (gesshoku) Japan. Worldwide.

Edo, The City That Became TokyoJapan
..... Edo and Kyoto, Capitals of JapanJapan. "Blossom Capital" flourishing town (hana no miyako)

Eggplant, aubergine (nasu) (Japan. Eggplant Horse decorations (nasu uma) for o-Bon.
Egg Nog
Egret (shirasagi) Japan

Eid Al-Kabir, Aid Al Kabir Yemen

Election Day, Polling Day Trinidad and Tobago, worldwide
Elephant (zoo) (India, Africa)
Emancipation Day Trinidad and Tobago

Embankment, dike, levee (dote, teiboo) Japan Worldwide

Emma, Enma, the King of HellJapan. Various kigo. Ten Kings of Hell (juu oo)

Emotions and feelings expressed in haiku

Emperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)
End of Year Activities ... ... a KIGO LIST
Epiphany, Three Kings DayEurope, Christian communities

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

Eros Day Cupid, Aphrodite, Amor, Sex

Europe Day

..... EUROPA Saijiki Europe Saijiki

Evening at home, nightwork (yonabe) Japan, worldwide
Evening Shower (yuudachi) Japan
Exams, school exams Kenya



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... Faith and prayer, expressed in haiku .. Join the Discussion !

Falcon (hayabusa)Japan. Buzzard (nosuri), marsh harrier (chuuhi), kestrel (choohooboo), sparrow hawk (tsumi) and more
Fallen leaves (ochiba) Japan
Fan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan)
Fart, farting (he) Furz Japan, worldwide
..... fart-bug, stinkbug (he-kiri mushi)
Fate, my life circumstances, my life (mi no ue) Japan
Father's Day
Fatsia japonica blossoms (yatsude no hana) Japan, Japanese Aralia

February
Fern (shida) Japan Farnkraut

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

Fields, rice paddies (ta, hatake) Japan

Fig, Figs, Ficus carica Turkey
Finch, finches in all seasons

Fire (kaji)Worldwide. Bushfire, wildfire, lookout for fire (hi no ban) and many other related kigo
..... Fire Festivals, Rituals and Ceremonies (hi matsuri)Japan, worldwide
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 Fire Brigade Parade (dezome shiki) Japan
... First Haiku 2007
First Kick-Ball Game (kemari hajime) Japan
First Spring (hatsu haru) and more kigo of the New Year season
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
..... Fish Market Philippines. Also FISH from the Philippines.

Flamboyant Tree (Delonix regia) Kenya
Flamingo Yemen
Fleas and lice (nomi, shirami)
　　　

. . . . . Flowers, Cherry Blossom and translating "Hana" ...

Flowering and blossoming ... use of verbs in SPRING KIGO

"Flower Heart" (hana gokoro, kokoro no hana) Japan

Flower Trump (hanafuda) Japan


Flute (fue, yokobue) 　Japan. Bamboo flute (shakuhachi)

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

Flycatcher, many birds in all seasons (bitaki family) Japan

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

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

Forget-me-nots (wasurenagusa)Japan, Europa, Alaska
Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)rengyoo Also : wax forsythia
Fortune cookies; "Haikookies", O-Mikuji worldwide
Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South

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

FRANCE , French Haiku

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 descends (sookoo)Japan.
..... Frost in India, a season of its own

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

Fuchsia and tyrolean lamp Japan. フクシア, チロリアンランプ　‘Swing Bell’

Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujisan Mount Fuji, Japan


Fulling block (kinuta) Japan.Pounding cloth. Mallet for beating straw (wara kinuta) and more



........................................................... GGG

Gadfly .(abu, Japan)
Galley worm, house centipede (gejigeji) Japan
Gambling (bakuchi) Japan
Ganesh The Elephant-headed God, (India)
..... Ganesh Chaturthi Festival India
Ganges, the Holy River Ganga (India)
Garden (niwa), Park (teien, tei-en) Japanese Garden, Zen Garden ...
Garlic chives (nira) and its blossoms (nira no hana) Japan

Geminid Meteor Shower

Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 Japan
Gentle breeze, soft breeze (Linde Lüfte) Germany

.. .. .. .. .. German Saijiki and Kiyose

Geta, wooden Japanses sandals Japan. Straw sandals (zoori)

Ghosts, monsters, demons (yookai, bakemono) Japan

Gioo, Memorial Day for Gio the Dancer Japan
Ginger (shooga) Hawaii, India, Japan. Hajikami pickles.
Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)
Girl Scout Cookies USA

Global warming, climate changes and related topics

Go, a board game, igo 囲碁 (Japan)
Goa Carnival India
Goats and Goat Meat Kenya

Gods of Japan (kami to hotoke)General introduction
God of the Rice Paddies (ta no kami) Japan
God of One Word (Hitokotonushi) Japan, Mt. Katsuragi (Kazuragi)
Gods are absent (kami no rusu)Japan. Old lunar 10. month (now November)
Golden Week (oogon shuukan, gorudien uiiku )Japan

Goose, geese (kari, gan) . Japan, other areas
Gooseberry, Gooseberries Ireland

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

Grains, the five grains (gokoku) Japan
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 Week, Greenery Day (midori no shuukan, midori no hi Japan
Green Caterpillar "green insect" (aomushi, namushi) Japan Kenya

Grey (gray) in Haiku Traditional Japanese Colors: nezumi iro, hai iro

Groundbreaking ceremony (jichinsai, jimatsuri) Japan
Groundhog Day North America, Europe
Grouse, snow grouse, "Thunderbird" (raichoo) Japan

Gull, gulls in all seasons
Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan)
Gutsy Radish (dokonjoo daikon) Japan


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

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

Haiku Day (haiku no hi) August 19 Japan. Including haiku about "haiku" and "kigo"

Haiku Sweets (haika) Japan. Sweets and snacks named after famous haiku !

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

Hassaku Harvest Festival, Hassaku sai, Hassaku no Iwai Japan. August first. With many related kigo.
Hassaku orange (hassaku kan) Japan

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

Hawk (taka) Japan. with more related kigo

Hazel, hazelnut (hashibami) Japan
Hazel catkins Ireland

Heat shimmers (kageroo) Japan. Mirage (shinkiroo) and more.
Heather, Erika Europa.
Helen Keller
Henna (mehandi) India. mehendi, (mehndi) Heena
Herbs, medical or culinary or otherwise
Hermit, Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人 Japan
Heron (aosagi) Japan
Herring (nishin) Japan. Koorai Iwashi

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

Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai and Haiga Japan
Holi Festival.. Dol Yatra (the Swing Festival)India. Also introducing Chillum and Bhang.
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). Kastanie Japan. Aesculus hippocastanum

.. .. .. 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

HummingbirdSonora North America

..... Hungary Collection of the Europa Saijiki

Hunger Moon (North America)
Hungry Demons, Hungry Ghosts (gaki) Japan
Hunter's Moon England

Hurricane, Typhoon, Cyclone Worldwide
Hurricane Warning Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, other areas

Husky = chien de traîneau (ou « husky ») Canada

Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Europe, Japan, other areas

Hydrangea (ajisai) Japan. Hortensia.


........................................................... III

I, the first person (ware, watakushi, ore) used in haiku Japan

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). Bonsai
Illness, disease and haiku Hospital Stay.

..... Imagination in Haiku ... Theory

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.
..... Insects awaken, insects come out (keichitsu) Japan. bugs come out, bugs wake up, insects appear again, insects stir

Incense (India) senkoo (Japan)

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

Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata

Ishiyamadera, a temple and fireflies (ishiyamabotaru) Japan

.. .. .. 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

Jasmine (matsurika, jasumin) Japan
Jay bird (kashidori) Japan

Jeepney Philippines
Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)
Jelly strips (tokoroten) Japanese Food

Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) Jizô bosatsu, Japan
Jizobon, Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆

Jouvert (Carneval) Trinidad and Tobago
Joy, pleasure (ureshisa, tanoshisa) Japan. kigo and topic
Juggernaut Festival (India)

July (shichigatsu)
June (rokugatsu)

Index from K to M

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

Kabuki TheaterJapan. also : Kyogen (kyoogen)
Kagura Dance (Japan)
Kale, cabbage (sukumawiki) Kenya
... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan
Kamehameha Day Hawaii
Kamikaze, Divine Wind Japan
Kappa Memorial Day Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Gaki Memorial Day.

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

Kettle, tea kettle (kama, chagama, tetsubin) Japan. Water kettle, water pot.

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

Khadi handspun cotton (India)
Khat, Catha edulis, chewing khat Yemen

"Kigo" and "haiku" as Haiku Topics

..... Kimono, Traditional Japanese Robes A kigo list

Kingfisher bird (kawasemi) Japan. various types

Kite flying, India and Pakistan

Kite, black kite, Milan noir (tobi, tombi) Japan. Milvus migrans

Kobo Daishi Kukai (Kooboo Daishi Kuukai) and Esoteric Buddhism Japan
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)

Lamplight in various seasons Japan.

Lapwing (keri) Japan. family Charadriidae
Lark (hibari) 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)

Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai) First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki). Japan. Ebisu, Good of Good Luck.
Laundry day Philippines

Leaf, leaves (ha, happa) ... and related kigo during all seasons
Leaf Watching momijigari Japan
.......... Part 1: Leaf watching, leaf peeping (momijigari )

Leap day, leap year (2008) February 29
Leaves on the hair, leafy hair (ko no ha gami, ko-no-ha-gami) Japan

Lent (Europe)
Leonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor Shower

Licorice, liquorice (kanzoo) Japan
Light offerings afloat (tooroo nagashi) (05) mukaebi, okuribi (Japan)
Lightning (inazuma) Japan
Lily, Lilies (yuri) Japan. Many types of lilies.
Lingering Heat (zanshoo) 　Japan
Lion Dance (shishimai) Japan. Dancing Monkeys (maizaru)

Loincloth (fundoshi) Japan
... Loneliness, sadness, melancholy and other emotions Sabishisa, kanashisa and more
Long days (hinaga), long nights (nagaki yo)
Long Rains, a season (Kenya)

Loon Birds (Gavia fam.) North America

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)
Magpie (kasasagi) Japan
Maize (toomorokoshi, tookibi), Corn (koon), Millet (kibi) Japan Kenya

..... Malaysia HaikuInformation about Haiku from Malaysia
Mallet for good luck (fuku tsuchi) Japan. Mallet for pounding cloth (kinuta)

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

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

Manzai (New Year's Comic Performance) Japan

Maple leaves, red autumn leaves (momiji) Japan, other regions
Maple Syrup North America

Marathon Kenya, worldwide. Marathon Runner. Paralympics, special olympics.
March
Martisor (Amulet) (Romania)
Matonge Festival Belgium. (Fête du Quartier Matonge, Brussels)
Matsushima 松島Japan
May (gogatsu) 　worldwide

Meadowsweet Ireland

..... Medical Kigo, seasonal affections and disorders 　SAD, the FLU ...
Medicine Day (kusuri no hi)Japan. Medicine-related kigo. Chinese Medicine.
　　　　　　　
Meditation (dhyana) (India)
Meisetsu, Naito Meisetsu Memorial DayJapan
Melon (uri) Japan. Watermelon (suika). Snake gourd (karasu uri).

Memorial Days of Famous People ..... SAIJIKI

Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA

Migrating Birds (wataridori) (Japan)
Milkfish (Chanos chanos) also called Bangus. Boneless Bangus. Philippines
Millet (awa, hie) Japan
Missing Children's Day International
Mistletoe (yadogiri) Japan

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

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

Moorhen (ban) Japan.
Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)

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

Morning star (myoojoo), evening star, venus Japan, worldwide

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
... ... Mother in Law Day. Mother-in-LawWorldwide
... ... 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
Mountain ranger, forest warden (yamamori) Japan
Mountain temple (yamadera) Japan. Tempel with mountains (tera yama)
Mountain Lion Sonora, North America

Mourning Kenya, worldwide
Mouse, Year of the Mouse / Rat ! Japan in 2008
Moxabustion on the second day (futsuka no kyuu)Japan. February and August.

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

Mulberry, mulbery, kuwa 桑（くわ), kuwa no mi Japan. Many related kigo.

Mulled wine (gloegg, Gluehwein)
Museum Haiku about Paintings
Mushrooms (kinoko, Japan ki no ko, take

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

My country, my province (waga kuni, wagakuni) Japan

Index from N to R

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

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

Naked Festivals (hadaka matsuri) Japan

Nandina (Nanten, Japan)
Nantaisan, Mount Nantai ... and its festival. Japan
National Holidays of Japan

Needle, Sewing needle memorial service (hari kuyoo) Japan
Neem blossoms, neem tree, magosa (Azadirachta indica) India. And Ugadi Pachadi

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
..... Ancestors New Year (Hotoke Shoogatsu) Japan
.....Little New Year .. ko shoogatsu (January 15) Japan. Women's New Year (onna shoogatsu, me shoogatsu)
..... New Year's Day (ganjitsu) Japan
..... New Year's Soup (zooni)
..... New Year's Tea, Good Luck Tea, lucky tea (fukucha) Japan

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

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

Nobel Prize Europe, worldwide
Noh-Performance at night (Takagi Noo)Japan. yugen (yuugen).
Noodle Soup (kama-age udon) Japan

..... North America Saijiki Introduction

November (juuichigatsu) Japan. Worldwide.
Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan

. . . . . Numbers used in Kigo Japan
Numbers .. used in Japanese Haiku



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

October (juugatsu)

Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)

Oden hodgepodge stew Japan

..... Oklahoma Saijiki

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

Onomatopoetic Words used in Haiku

Opera ball (Opernball) Germany, Austria

Oranges, Mandarin Oranges, Tangerines　Kenya. Mikan (Japan)
Origami, folding paper Japan, worldwide

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
Pain (itami), suffering Japan

. . . . . Pakistan ... Haiku in Pakistan

Palanquin, sedan chair (kago) Japan
Palm Tree Yemen
Palm Sunday Kenya, Europe
Pampas grass (susuki) during the year Japan
Panchatantra, a Fable India
Pansy, Pansies Europe, sanshoku sumire (Japan)
Papad Bread (papadam, poppadom, papadum, and appalam) India
Papaya fruit. Carica papaya India, Yemen

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

Parasol
Parrots Southern California

Passion Flower (tokeisoo) Japan. Other regions.

Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's Day
Paulownia flowers (kiri no hana) Japan. P. tomentosa

Peace (Swahili : Amani) Kenya
Peach blossoms (momo no hana)Japan
Peacock, Kujaku and Haiku Japan, peacock butterfly (kujakuchoo)
Peanuts Japan, Philippines
Pelican Australia, Kenya
Pemmican (Romania)
Peony (botan, Japan Winter Peony (kan botan)

..... Persia

Personification (gijinka), anthropomorphism and KIGO

Perilla, beefsteak plant (shiso) Japan

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

Persimmon (kaki, hoshigaki) Japan

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

..... Philippines Saijiki

..... Philosophical Haiku India

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

Pilgrimage(henro, junrei)Pilgrims. Japan and worldwide

Pine (matsu, Japan)
..... Pulling Pine Seedlings (komatsu hiki) Japan

Pinewood Derby North America

Pink, fringed pink (nadeshiko). Wild carnation Japan. Rock Carnation (ganpi)

Pipal tree (Ficus religiosa) Peepul or Bo tree. Fig Tree, figs (ichijiku) Japan.
Pissing, pee, pipi (shooben) Japan and worldwide

..... PLACE NAMES used in Haiku Japan and Worldwide

Planting, harvesting and picking food in SPRING kigo

Platanus (sycamore) Europe, other areas. Momijiba-suzukake (London plane tree)
Plover (chidori) Japan
plowing (tagayashi)Japan

Plum blossoms (ume) Japan. Dried plums (ume boshi) and any related UME kigo.
..... Plum blossom fragrance (ume ga ka) Japan
Plum fruits and ripe peaches Kenya

Plumbago <> KIGO

Poacher's Moon
Poinsettia
Polar bear = ours polaire (ou « ours blanc » ) Canada
Polar Night Polar Circle
Poppy flowers (keshi no hana) Japan. Poppy Day.
Portions, large food portions (yamamori, oomori) Japan
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 failure, power cut, electricity rationing, blackout ... Kenya
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 Cactus, Opuntia FamilyYemen, North America

Primula, Japanese primrose (sakura-soo) Japan

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



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

Quail (uzura) Japan

Quilt coat, bedtime coat (yogi) Japan
Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)



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

Radish (daikon) Japan. Pickled radish, takuan.
Rail, water rail (kuina) Japan. Rallus aquaticus
Railway Haiku Train station, Platform ... related words.

.. .. .. .. Rain in various KIGO (Japan)
... Rain on Cherry Blossoms (hana no ame) Japan
... Rainbow (niji) Japan
... Rain Gutters Cleaning 　North America. (eavestroughs)
... 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

Rapeseed blossoms (na no hana) Japan

Raw fish, sashimi, sushi and .. rice balls (onigiri) Japan

Redcurants Ireland, Europe
Reed cutting (ashikari) Japan
Reed warbler (yoshikiri, gyoogyooshi) Japan
Reformation Day (Reformationsfest, Germany)
Republic Day January 26 (India)

Rhododendron (shakunage, sekinan ) Japan

..... Rice plants (ine) Japan. A list of kigo. New rice (shinmai)
Rice fields(tanbo, tanada) Japan. A list of kigo.