On Silver Week 2012, I went hiking in Kamikochi, heading on a relatively easy path to Myojin-ike (明神池).
Posts Tagged ‘Ryokan’
Mirror Pond: Myojin-ike
Posted in Hiking, Nagano, Photography, tagged autumn, fall, Hiking, japan, Japanese poetry, Myojin-dake, Myojin-ike, Nagano, photography, poetry, Ryokan, September, waka, Zen on 2013/09/11| 2 Comments »
Separated from me by miles of mountain and rivers
Posted in Blog, tagged japan, John Stevens, Kanazawa, moving, poetry, Ryokan, Translation, US on 2013/05/26| 6 Comments »
…Suddenly I thought of an old friend
Separated from me by miles of mountain and rivers.
Will we ever meet again?
I gaze toward the sky,
Tears streaming down my cheeks.-Taigu Ryôkan (1758-1831), translated by John Stevens (Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf)