JAPAN (日本)
To capture three years in Japan in a concise internet blurb would not do justice to Nippon, the reader, or myself. But I shall offer this:
Japan
LOCATIONS
Tokyo, Kyoto, Zao Onsen, Arashiyama, Kamikochi, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoko, Shibuya, Shinjuku
DATE
Aug 2014
Kigo (季語 ``season word``) is a phrase associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.
HARU (春 –Spring)
Sakura (桜, cherry blossom)
Hanami (花見, lit “flower viewing”)
NATSU (夏 – Summer)
Semi (蝉 , cicada cries)
Matsuri (祭り, summer festival)
AKI (秋 – Autumn)
Taifū – (台風, typhoon)
Momiji – (紅葉, colored leaves)
FUYU (冬 – Winter)
Yuki – (雪, snow)
Onsen – (温泉, hot springs)