shizukasa ya / iwa ni shimiiru / semi no koe
Hear the quietness
Entering into the rocks
cicada refrain
Matsuo Bashō, Summer, 1689 Matsushima (translated by Andrew Fitzsimons in Bashō - The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō).
Our tour ended at Yamagata where Anne, Lisa, Elly and I spend the night after visiting nearby Yamadera (and doing some laundry!). Cicadas song accompanied us on the Kiso Road and as we walked in Bashō's footsteps - though in Japan, they do sing in Japanese!
Left to right... Elly, Bashō, me, Anne and Lisa (Yamadera).
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