Higan Festival

For the full text for this prompt click here. Here are some of the inspirational material for this post:

“fair weather by Spring’s Equinox”
so they say …
liars! © Issa

Here are some haiku about Higan to inspire you:

walking on and on
among the endless
blooming higan flowers © Santoka Taneda

a lone crow
pensive on its perch
spring equinox © 2010 Bandit William Sorlien

Near my great grand parents, grandmother and infant aunt’s graves

family reunion

on the banks of the river

ohagi bouquets

To learn more of the Higan Festival, click here.

Thanks to Chèvrefeuille and Paloma for daily prompts on

Originally published at jadcock.blogspot.com on March 19, 2015.