North of Kamakura station, the mountain temple, Hase Dera, with shrine after shrine and a view of the beach. It's built on top of a hill. I came here with my father three years ago. It's early July and the hydrangeas have started to brown, but on some shaded slopes, they are still blooming.
coming back to Hase Dera
hydrangeas
linger in the shade
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trees, apartment blocks, whole towns
in a green blur
Kamakura to Tokyo
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At the Meguro haiku group we talked about the upcoming conference. I suggested I talk about ways to link ideas in haiku and when that didn't fly, I suggested talking about Hass' Essential Haiku as the most popular English language haiku volume. That didn't fly either. Midori's idea is that I talk about kigo (season markers) and why foreigners don't understand their importance. Everyone seemed to think that would be fascinating.
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