万博の一日惜しむや揚花火

(banpaku-no hito-hi-oshimu-ya agehanabi)

                           （薫風士）

display of fireworks_

unwilling to leave

the site of EXPO 2025

                           (Lovee)

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大暑とて対処を思案民の為

(taisho-tote taisho-o-shian tami-no-tame)

             　　　（薫風士）

the midsummer-day_

consider political course of action

for the people

                               (Lovee)

　　
These pictures partially show NHK-TV news which Kunpūshi saw on July 22 & 23, 2025.

石破政権には老害とも言うべき長老に潰されず、少数与党のメリットを活かし、ポピュリズム的な野党の声も是々非々で聞き入れて、与党ならではの善政を推進してくれることを期待しています。

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海の日や平和願ひてペンクラブ

(uminohi-ya heiwa-negaite penkurabu)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

Marine Day_

wishing for world peace,

I’ll join the Japan Pen Club.

                              (Lovee)

This picture shows the first page of Vol. 469 of P.E.N.

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海の日や散骨望み逝きし人

(uminohi-ya sankotsu-nozomi yukishi-hito)

                                 （薫風士）

Marine Day_

recollecting her who passed away

wishing for the scattering of her ashes

                                    (Lovee)

This picture shows some of her essays.

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This picture shows a partial portion of NHK-TV news which Kunpūshi saw in the morning on July 20, 2025.

参院選投票の帰路鰻買う

(saninsen  tōhyō-no-kiro unagi-kau)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

wanting to buy a broiled eel

on the way home

after voting for House of Councillors

　　　　　　　(Lovee)

The source of the last picture is self-explanatory.

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翔平のデコピン描き稲茂る

(shōhei-no dekopin-egaki ine-shigeru)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

a portrait of

Shōhei’s dog “Decoy”_

drawn by luxuriating rice-plants

                         (Lovee)

These pictures partially show some of NHK-TV news which Kunpūshi saw on July 14 & 19, 2025.

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風涼し夢洲駅へ九十九折

(kaze-suzushi yumeshima-eki-e tsuzuraori)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

refreshing winds_

zigzag way toward

Yumeshima Station

                    (Lovee)

(Note)

It was required for us to go through the zigzag way toward Yumeshima-Station in order to avoid congestion in the subway station.

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パビリオンどこも入れず帰路暑し

(pabirion dokomo-hairezu kiro-atsushi)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

sweltering_

way back,

entering none of pavilions

                          (Lovee)

(Note)

It was required for us to go through the zigzag way toward Yumeshima-Station in order to avoid congestion in the subway station.

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炎天の曲芸飛行拍手呼ぶ

(enten-no kyokugei-hikō hakushu-yobu)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）　

Blue Impulses caused applause_

acrobatic performances

in the sky of blazing sun

                               (Lovee)

This picture shows a part of scenery of acrobatic performances by Blue Impulses in the sky over an EXPO 2025 plaza on July 13, 2025.

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ブルーインパルス桜を描くや炎天に

(burūinparusu sakura-o-kaku-ya enten-ni)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

on the sky of blazing sun

a Blue Impulse drew

cherry blossoms

                          (Lovee)

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炎天下万博ゲート人の渦

(entenka banpaku-gēto hito-no-uzu)

           　　　（薫風士）

under the blazing sun

rows of crowd at the gate_

EXPO 2025

                      (Lovee)

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炎天に大ハート描くインパルス

(enten-ni ōhāto-kaku inparusu)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

great heart drawn by

a Blue Impulse_　　

sky of blazing sun

                               (Lovee)

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炎天下アメリカ館へ列長蛇

(entenka amerikakan-e retsu-chōda)

 　　　　　　　（薫風士）

under blazing sun

long rows toward

the US pavilion

                           (Lovee)

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夏蝶飛来アメリカ館の映像へ

(natsuchō-hirai amerikakan-no-eizō-e)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

a summer butterfly

strayed into the wall-display_

the US pavilion

                             (Lovee)

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万博のドローンショー愛で夕涼み

(banpaku-no dorōn-shō-mede yūsuzumi)

 　　　　　　　（薫風士）

evening cool;

enjoying displays of drone show

EXPO 2025

                                (Lovee)

This picture shows a scenery viewed from the grand ring roof of EXPO 2025 on July 9, 2025.

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牡丹百二百三百門一つ

(botan-hyaku nihyaku-sanbyaku mon-hitotsu)

                       （阿波野青畝）

peony flowers_

one-hundred two-hundred three-hundred

one-gate

                                  (Translated by Lovee)

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大夕立手作り庭を見とれけり

(ōyudachi tezukuri-niwa-o mitore-keri)

　　　　　　　（薫風士）

heavy shower

enchanted me to gaze at

the garden of my own making

                               (Lovee)

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火の奥に牡丹崩るるさまを見つ

(hi-no-oku-ni botan-kuzururu sama-o-mitsu)

             　　（加藤楸邨） 

looking back at the peony flowers 

crumbling beyond (air-raid) fires

(burning our home)

　　(Translated by Lovee)

(Note)

In the above translation, the words in parentheses are supplemented by considering Shūson’s prefatory note on this haiku to the following effect:

“May 23, at midnight, air raids by large formation, with my wife I carried my sick brother on my back and looked for Michiko and Akio all night through the flames.”

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白牡丹といふといへども紅ほのか

(hakubotan-to yūto-iedomo ko- honoka)

                        （高浜虚子）

white rose,

so called, but

slightely tinged with red

　　(Translated by Lovee)

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