With more than 6000 haiku translated
Thank you for visiting and sharing.
Fay Aoyagi
January 2026
San Francisco, CA
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In January 2009, I started translating tanka from “Gendai Tanka no Kansho 101” (Apreciation of Modern Tanka 101), an anthology written and edited by Ken Kodaka. It took longer than I thought, but I am happy to announce that the mission was completed at last!
Since I do not write tanka and some poets use classic Japanese, I found tanka translation more difficult than haiku translation. From now on (at least for a while), this blog will concentrate on haiku.
I appreciate your support and encouragement in the past 3 years!
Fay Aoyagi
November 30, 2011, San Francisco
鹿鳴いて空気のうすき展望台 岡田由季
shika naite kūki no usuki tenbōdai
deer cries
thin air
at the viewing deck
Yuki Okada
from Gendai Haiku, #735, October 2026 Issue, Gendai Haiku Kyokai, Tokyo, Japan
いつせいに雁翔つ空の重さかな 高久清美
issei ni kari tatsu sora no omosa kana
geese depart
all together
the weight of the sky…
Kiyomi Takaku
from Seika (Blue Blossoms), a haiku collection of Kiyomi Takaku, Honami Shoten, Tokyo, 2010
晩秋の梢が空を撫づや夜 百瀬一兎
banshū no kozue ga sora o nazu ya yoru
late autumn
a branch does stroke
a night
Itto Momose
from Gendai Haiku, #723, November 2025 Issue, Gendai Haiku Kyokai, Tokyo, Japan
英語教室よりハロウィンの魔女どつと 千葉喬子
eigo-kyōshitsu yori harowin no majo dotto
from an ESL school
Halloween witches
pouring out
Kyoko Chiba
from Haiku Shiki (Haiku Four Seasons), December 2024 Issue, Tokyo Shiki Shuppan, Tokyo
知るまでの秘密の重みほど柘榴 安達昌代
shiru made no himitsu no omomi hodo zakuro
as heavy as a secret
until I know
… a pomegranate
Masayo Adachi
from Magao (Serious Look), a haiku collection of Masayo Adachi, Furansu-do, Tokyo, 2024
