Sollars Elementary School News Today

Students from Department of Defense Education Activity schools in Japan are showcasing their musical talents at the Jazz and Modern Music Festival, which is returning after a two-year hiatus.

She howls at the vanishing moon a rebirth--Bona M. Santos (Los Angeles, California)

Edgren Middle/High School opens its doors Wednesday to 350 students.

Departed souls white magnolias The warming climate coaxed the arrival of a cherry blossom on March 26 in Kyoto. That is the earliest ever recorded since 1409. The date of the first Japanese cherry blossom to appear at Jisho Shrine, Kiyomizu Temple, in Kyoto has been tracked for 732 times since the year 812. This long and complete seasonal record serves as proxy evidence that phenologists use to study seasons and that haikuists can use to compare traditional and modern haiku. Subir Ningthouja aw...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next issues of the Asahi Haikuist Network appear Jan. 1, 15, and 29, 2021. Readers are invited to send haiku for New Year’s, the Year of the Ox, or a wolf howling at the cold moon, on a postcard to David McMurray at the International University of Kagoshima, Sakanoue 8-34-1, Kagoshima, 891-0197, Japan, or by e-mail to (mcmurray@fka.att.ne.jp). * * * David McMurray has been writing the Asahi Haikuist Network column...