.................................................... AAA 200501Advent.. .. .. .. Alaska KiyoseAll Saints’ Day .. Hallowe’enAll Souls' Day Anemone (05)Ant (ari) (05) Japan, worldwideApple (ringo)(05) JapanApril Fool .. (shigatsu baka, Japan) Worldwide Part 2 (05)Armistice Day Europe (Poppy Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day) .. .. .. Part 2 Ash Wednesday Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India.. .. .. .. Australian Seasons, kiyose Autumn (aki, Japan) . Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan). Autumn Equinox (Part 1) (higan, Japan). Autumn Festival (aki matsuri, Japan) . Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves. Autumn Melancholy EuropeAzalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki........................................................... BBB 200502BAMBOO .. An Asian PlantBaseball Playoff USA (05)Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) JapanBattledore Hagoita Japan Part 1 .. .. Battledore Part 2 Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan) Bee (mitsubachi) Between the Years (zwischen den Jahren, Germany)Blackthorn (Europa) (05)Blowfish (fugu, Japan) .. Puffer, Globefish, SwellfishBombax (Chorisia Tree) KenyaBon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan...... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance.... Bon Boats for Souls (shooryoobune) (05) Japan..... Bon Flowers (bonbana) (05) Japan..... Bon Stove (bongama) (05) Japan..... Bon of Wind (kaze no bon) (05) JapanBonifacio Day PhilippinesBrigid's Day (Ireland) St. BrigidBuckwheat flowers (soba no hana) Part 1 .. .. Buckwheat (Part 2 ) JapanBuddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan.. .. .. .. Buddhist Ceremonies and Events, a topical Saijiki Butterfly (choochoo, Japan) Part 1 . .. .. Butterfly .. Part 2........................................................... CCC 200503Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubakiCandle Night (Japan) (05)Card Games (karuta) JapanCarneval > also ShrovetideCarp Streamers (koinobori, Japan) Cassia Blossom (Kenya) Cat (neko, Japan) Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ... and many related kigoChristmas . Christmas Moon . Christmas Tree Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)Cicada (semi) (05) Japan, other areasClear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious skyCorpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam) (05)Cold Dew (kanro) JapanCottonwood Populus deltoides (Midwestern US) (05)Couple’s Day (fuufu no hi, Japan) February 2Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany) Crape myrtle (sarusuberi) (05) Japan, North AmericaCrappie (Pomoxis), North America (05)Crisp, cool autumn weather .. sawayaka, JapanCrow, Raven karasu (Japan)........................................................... DDD 200504Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western JapanDaphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) PlantDaruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazensoo, Japan (05)Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, JapanDay of Desolation .. Yom haShoah (Israel)Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwideDecemberDevil's Claw (Southern USA) TeufelskralleDivali (Diwali, India) Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) HundstageDogwood (Cornus family) .. (USA) yamabooshi (yamaboshi) JapanDollarbird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-OwlDragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan (05)Drought (hideri, Japan) ........................................................... EEE 200505Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and moreEgg NogEmperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)Evening Shower (yuudachi) (05) Japan........................................................... FFF 200506Fallen leaves (ochiba) JapanFan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan) Father's Day February Festival (matsuri) (05) JapanFireflies (hotaru) (05) (Japan)Firework Display (hanabi, Japan)First Ceremonies of the year (05) (Japan)First Dream (hatsu yume, Japan) First Snow (hatsuyuki, Japan) First Sun, First Sunrise (hatsuhi, hatsuhi no de, Japan).. .. .. .. .. Flower and Hana 花の話.. .. .. .. .. Flower Trump Hanafuda (05).. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more Frog (kawazu, kaeru) (Japan) toad, green frog, tree frog, kajika and more (05)Frost (shimo, Japan) , Late FrostFruit Cricket. Prayer Gong Cricket (kanetataki) (05) Japan........................................................... GGG 200507Gadfly .(abu, Japan) Geminid Meteor Shower.. .. .. .. .. German Kiyose Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)Gorse, Ginster enishida (Japan)Graduation (sotsugyoo, Japan) Abitur, SchulabschlussGrapefruit League , Cactus League, USA (05)Grapes and Grape Harvest, Vendanges budoo (Japan)Grape Festival (Winzerfest, Wine Festival) (Europe)Great Cold (daikan, Japan) Grebe Bird (Alaska) kaitsuburi, nio (Japan)Groundhog Day North America, Europe........................................................... HHH 200508Halloween, Hallowe’en North AmericaHarvest Thanksgiving (Europe) Harvest Festival, ErntedankfestHarvest Moon, North AmericaHiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan (05)Holly TreeHolocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau DayHorse chestnut (tochi) Japan ..... Horse Chestnut (Part 2) .. .. .. Hot Drinks, a List Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)Hunger Moon (North America) (05)Hunter's Moon England........................................................... III 200509Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)Iced Coffee, aisu-koohii (Japan) Hot CoffeeIkebana Flower Arrangement (Japan)Independence Day (worldwide) (05)..... ..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI (under construction)Indian Summer koharubi JapanInsects (mushi) (05) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan. Including grashoppers, locusts, crickets, praying mantiss and many more.Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words ........................................................... JJJ 200510Jacaranda (tropical tree) KenyaJamhuri Day KenyaJanuary Worldwide .. .. .. .. .. JAPANESE Virginia University Saijiki .. .. .. .. .. Japanese 500 Season Words Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) (05) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)Juggernaut Festival (India)
........................................................... KKKK .. 200511.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki Kokuseki-Ji Naked Festival Japan (05)Kotatsu, heated Table .. .. Japan........................................................... LLL 200512Labour Day (America) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fLabyrinth, Maze Ladybird (tentoomushi) (05) Ladybug, GlückskäferLampionflower (hoozuki, Japan) Last Ceremonies of the year (05) (Japan)Last Day of the Year (oomisoka, Japan) Leaf Watching momijigari Japan Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fLeonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor ShowerLight offerings afloat (tooroo nagashi) (05) mukaebi, okuribi (Japan)Lightning (inazuma) Japan (05) Lotus （hasu, renge) Japan (05)Love-Bug (Southern US) (05)........................................................... MMM 200601Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo) JapanMagnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan) (05)Manatee North AmericaMandala Mango (Kenya) March Martisor (Amulet) (Romania) (05)Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA Missing Children's Day International (05)Mistletoe .. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)Mosquitoes (ka, Japan) Moss pink (shibazakura) (05) JapanMother's Day Mountains sleep yama nemuru, mountains smile (yama warau ) JapanMulled wine (gloegg, Gluehwein) ........................................................... NNN .. 200602Nairobi Bomb Day (Kenya)Nairobi Int. Trade Fair (Kenya)Nandina (Nanten, Japan) (05)New Year (Part 1) ... New Year Part 2Nine-Eleven 9/11 2001 http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fNirvana Ceremony Nehan-E, Jooraku-E (Japan (05)Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan (05)........................................................... OOO .. 200603Oktoberfest (Germany) ........................................................... PPP 200604Parang .. Serenaders (Trinidad and Tobago)Parasol Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's DayPeony (botan, Japan Winter Peony (kan botan)Persimmon (Japan) (kaki, hoshigaki)Pilgrimage (henro) Part 1 (Japan) .. Pilgrimage Part 2 (05)Pine (matsu, Japan) Plum blossom (ume) Japan Poacher's MoonPoinsettia Polar Night (05) Polar CirclePoui Tree (Tropics) Pounding Rice (mochi tsuki) Japan, Philippines.. .. .. Prairie : North American Prairie Saijiki Prickly Pear (USA, Southern parts) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8f........................................................... QQQ .. 200605Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)........................................................... RRR ...200606.. .. .. .. Rain in various KIGO (Japan) Rain Rituals (amagoi) (05) Japan. Rain Dance, Rain Prayer, RegenzauberRainy Season (tsuyu) Japan (05)Reformation Day, Reformationstag (Germany) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fRice wine (ricewine) sake (05)Japan Reiswein.. .. .. .. .. Romanian Kiyose (05) (under construction)Rumpot (Rumtopf) Germany Running of the Bulls (Spain) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fRyokan Day .. Ryokan-ki, Ryokan Memorial Day (Japan)........................................................... SSS 200607.. .. Saints: Their Memorial Days Links to the SaintsSalmonberry, Part 1 .. .. Part 2 (North America, Southeast Alaska)Sanja Festival at Asakusa Kannon (Japan)Santa Claus St. Nikolaus, Santa sanSaury Fish (sanma, Japan) Pacific Saury.. .. .. Seasons and Categories General PointsSetsubun (Japan) .. Bean Throwing Festival, February 3Shrovetide Maslenitsa (Russia)Skunk Cabbage (Alaska) (Mizu-Bashoo, Japanese Skunk Cabbage)Snake Gourd (karasu-uri, Japan) Sponge Gourd (hechima); Shiki’s Death Anniversary (hechima-ki)Snow (yuki) Japan . Many kigo related to snow.Snowdrops SchneeglockenSnow Geese (hakugan, kari, wataridori) Japan. Migratory birds.Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)Snow melting (yukidoke, Japan) thawing, thaw, defrost. SchneeschmelzeSorrel, Hibiscus (Tropics) Sparrow (suzume, Japan) (05)Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne (05)Spider Lily Part 1... ... Spider Lilies Part 2 (higanbana, manjushage, Japan)Spring (haru, Japan) ... Spring at the Zoo , also Bird's Nest... Spring Peace Mild spring weather (nodoka, Japan)Sprinkling Water (uchimizu, Japan) Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan) Strawberries CranberriesSummer (natsu, Japan) .. Summer Solstice (geshi) Swallow (tsubame, Japan) Swing (buranko, Japan) ........................................................... TTT 200608Tamarack, Larch (karamatsu)Thanksgiving Thunder (kaminari) (05) also Lightning (inazuma) JapanTrumpet Creeper (noozenkazura) (05) Japan, Campsis grandifloraTulip (05)Typhoon (Japan) Hurricane Typhoon, Hurricane Part II........................................................... UUUUmbrella (Kenya)........................................................... VVV .. 200610Valentine’s Day Japan, worldwide........................................................... WWW 200611Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) Walpurgisnacht (Germany)Water Shortage (Tropics) Welch Onion Head (negi boozu) (05) (Japan) Leek, Green Onion, Spring OnionWhite Day (Japan)White Night (05) Polar CircleWild Boar (inoshishi) (05) Japan.. .. .. .. .. WIND in various kigo (05)Wind Chimes (fuurin, Japan) Part 1.. .. .. Wind Chimes Part 2Winter (fuyu, Japan) . Winter Seclusion fuyugomori Japan. Winter Solstice (tooji, Japan) Wolf (ookami) (05) JapanWomen's Day International Women's Day, Mimosa Day (Russia)........................................................... XXX .. 200611........................................................... YYY .. 200611Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki, Japan) (05)Yom haShoah (Day of Desolation) (Israel)Young leaves (wakaba, Japan) Yuzu (Japan) a ctiron fruit
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