Study of Japanese art and gardens would complement the lesson, too. Basically you need to be attuned to your senses and the world around you. When you write a haiku, you are sharing an event or an ...

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In this 5-lesson plan unit, students will be introduced to the culture of Japan through its food, clothing, art, entertainment, and literature with a literary focus on Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book, the ...

I’ve been in Japan for less than 24 hours and somehow, I’ve found myself in a ruby-red basement bar watching an 89-year-old ...

Ringed by mountains and edged with islands, it is where the poet who coined the term and modernised the art form, Masaoka Shiki, was born. One of Japan’s four haiku masters, Shiki nailed the art ...