Pond

Last year, I visited the Fuji Five Lakes. Between those lakes are villages turning to be tourist attractions as well. One of them is Oshino Hakkai (忍野八海). I haven't heard about it until a friend invited to join the bus tour.

i paint crystal dreams

shattered by a selfish wish

a beggar's last coin 

/totomai 

The village is quite a throwback to previous Japanese eras. There were eight ponds but I am not sure if I found them all during my visit. I read some related literature about the place and found the story very interesting. Allow me to quote some part of it. 

Mt. Fuji World Cultural Heritage Site Asset (registered in June 2013) revered as the "spring of the gods" since long ago, many legends have been told about this site. There are eight springs at Oshino Hakkai Springs. At one time, what we now know as Oshino-mura used to be a lake. Mt. Fuji erupted many times, gradually filling the space between Fujisusono and Mt. Misaka. This abraded and drained the area so that, over long period of time, the lake finally dried up. However, some springs that received water from Mt. Fuji's underground water reservoir remained. Oshino Hakkai is one of the representatives of those springs. more here 

The haiku I wrote above is inspired by Matsuo Basho's famous pond haiku (translated by Robert Aiken). I haven't completed reading all of his haiku in Basho : The Complete Haiku but he is definitely inspires me to fine tune my style in writing one. I will have to avoid the abstract terms though.

                                          Furu ike ya                                        Old pond! 

kawazu tobikomu                              frog jumps in 

mizu no oto                                        water’s sound 

/totomai 

2016/07/17

Photo taken with 

      Nikon D7000 lens used : 

      Nikkor 10.5 mm