bamboo leaves fall : take no aki

There is my favorite place in Kamakura city.
It is a "Hokokuji" temple, and is called "Bamboo temple" because of its bamboo garden.
I went there last week for the first time in the last 5years.

Bamboo leaves fall in Spring when the bamboo shoots glow up.
We call it "take no aki" and it is a kigo of Spring though we use the word aki(=autamn).

I love both digging bamboo shoots and the silence of bamboo grove.


Brothers gone too soon from this grove
Return to ordinary life
Bamboo leaves fall

（はらからはすでに還俗竹の秋）

hazakura : cherry trees in leaves

Spring is almost go away with sakura petals.
After full bloom of sakura, their leaves are now lushing.
We call that trees "hazakura", and "hazakura" tells early summer is coming.

And also, a breeze blowing through green leaves is called "ao-arashi" means "blue storm".
This is a symbol of a fresh early summer and young generation.

Walking into cherry trees in leaves,
I wonder where I can find you
Cherry trees know that?

（葉桜をどこまで行けば人に逢える）

photo: Meguro River