Comments on: On Writing About Rain in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: owwls http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-2402 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:51:50 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-2402 No idea, I found it on a clip art website.

]]> By: Theodore http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-2401 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:40:59 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-2401 Who did this illustration?!?!?

]]> By: On Turning on the Japanese Air Conditioner | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-1580 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:47:01 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-1580 [...] had rainy season here, including large landslides and evacuations from nearby Oita prefecture, and when the sun [...]

]]> By: On Forgetting Your Umbrella in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-1507 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:20:03 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-1507 [...] don’t use a f–king umbrella, because we can wear rain coats and walk to a car. It’s rainy season in Japan, and because I’ve swapped cars for legs and trains, I’ve found that rain coats become [...]

]]> By: japanaustralia http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-1468 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:53:42 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-1468 I love how a group of experts determines the dates for the rainy season in Japan. One year, a weather forecaster announced on TV “The rain you are now experiencing is not the rain season rain – the rainy season rain will start as soon as this rain finishes”. Very funny stuff :)

]]> By: owwls http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-1467 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:25:11 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-1467 I find the secret is to not take them very seriously. Because they’re an old art form from Asia, a lot of people approach them as if they’re super mystical. Some of them are pretty intense, but a lot of them are just meant to be funny or what we’d call “quirky” these days.

Let me know if you find any you like!

]]> By: Didem Aydin http://thisjapaneselife.org/2012/06/20/rainy-season-haiku/#comment-1466 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:22:39 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1310#comment-1466 I was never quite interested about haiku, but after reading this brilliantly written article (like all your others), I think I might check it out.

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