glimpse of white
shedding winter snow
fuji san
Mount Fuji seen from across Lake Hakone. At the top of that wooded mountain in the middle foreground one looks down across a valley to the city of Gotemba nestled at the base of Fuji and then your eyes are drawn upwards to the majesty of that Japanese icon. More images of that view at sunset will come.
food frenzy
pampered sacred carp
eat float swim
At shrines and historic places in Japan a strategically placed pond of carp are often a a highlight for visitors.
Coloured Carp have a cultural significance, especially golden ones, signifying regal importance as seen in
the first image, and white with large red dots signifying the national flag. This pond of feeding carp was at
the Glover Museum in Nagasaki that we visited in 1990. I have been scanning my way through our slide
collection and will share more Haibun across the year.
Haiku hound 