野球 - baseball

子供らの　球を追う声　枯木立

shouts of children echoes /

while they play baseball /

over withered trees ///

手作りケーキ - hand made cake

娘から　手作り菓子の　生誕日

daughter has grown up enough/
celebrate Christmas day/
with her hand made cake///

歳終わり - year ending

吹き抜けし冬風　青空　川　都心

Winter wind has blown /

blue sky, river and tall buildings /

remains at year end ///

　

冬雲 - winter cloud

冬深く　会議も果てず　雲流る

Discussions on the future haven't fixed /

no conclusion won't appear /

only cloud afloat outside ///

富士 - Mt. Fuji

外套の　襟立て眺む　遠き富士

Turned up the collar of my overcoat /

see the Mt. Fuji with snow /

on its head from a distance ///

永代橋 - The Eitai (Eternal generation) bridge

永代の　光を映して　川流る

Reflecting illumination /

of the Eitai -eternal generation bridge /

the river flows ///

出漁 ‐ go fishing

寒き朝　漁師背屈め　川下る

In a cold morning /

a fisherman goes down the river /

with his back bended ///

冬日あくび - flower pot

冬日さし　盛り花かすか　あくびかな

under warm winter sun shower /

hear pleasant flowers yawn /

in a big pot ///

電飾兎- illumination rabbits

留め置かれ　電飾兎　夢を得ず

Set and fixed there /

Illumination rabbits cannot /

dream as they used to be ///

手帳 Pocket notebook

落葉と　ともに手帳も　年替わり

As fallen leaves /

Changing the pocket notebook /

with gratitude at usual year end ///

鵂（みみずく）－Horned owls in daylight

鵂も　冬日を迎え　四苦忘る

Horned owls are relaxing /

under warm winter sunshine /

to forget four major worries ///

切先 - Skyline

緩やかな　冬日も切り分く　ビルの先　

even warm winter sunshine /
was divided sharply /
at the edge of the skyline ///

箱崎 TCAT

箱崎の　人行き交いし　年の暮れ

　

At Tokyo City Air Turminal, Hakosaki /

don't know where people come and go /

year end is approaching ///

凍てる月 - Cold moon

凍てつきつ　ビル屹立し　統べる月

　

In frozen air /

skyscrapers stand up /

The moon has been governing those ///

残り柿 - persimmons

残り柿　師走の雨にも　耐えに耐え

　

A few persimmons left on branches /

try to keep themselves as it is /

against rainfall in December ///

仮の森－artificial forest

秋惜しみ　紅葉留まる　仮の森

End of autumn /

red leaves would like to stay here longer /

even in an artificial forest ///