Author Archives: JimWoodhull

days fall like leaves cell phone screams out its warning no day off for you! (Jim version) 大仕事電話が叫ぶ休みない おおしごと　でんわがさけぶ　やすみない (Michiko version) 電話鳴りボスの懇願休み飛ぶ でんわなり　ボスのこんがん　やすみとぶ Lately at my job there has been only two Japanese speakers so even though it is not … Continue reading →

my morning routine searching through the morning light ahh my Fuji san! (Jim version) 荷物積む見えるでしょうかああ富士山 にもつつむ　みえるでしょうか　ああふじさん （Kiko version) 暑き日に木陰に入り富士仰ぐ あつきひに　こかげ に はいり　ふじあおぐ (Shuzo version) 富士山を今日も見たくて家を出る ふじさんを　きょうも みたくて　いえをでる One of my favorite memories of living and working in Hadano was that … Continue reading →

leaving Tokyo gracefully winding river Hadano calls me flowers gently fall cicadas screech and scream thick blankets of heat (Jim version) 秦野呼ぶ土手の緑に蝉の声 はだのよぶ　どてのみどり に　せみのこえ (Kiko　version) 風そよぐ我を招くは秦野路へ かぜそよぐ　われをまねくは　はだのじ へ (Kiko　version) 蝉しぐれ花舞う川面霞かな せみしぐれ　はなまうかわも　かすみかな Even though I really liked living in Tokyo, at … Continue reading →

screaming in delight riding in the ocean’s hand private limousine サーフィンに乗れば延々別世界 サーフィン に　のれば えんえん　べっせかい The summer is coming to Hawaii and when that happens the south side of the island starts to have summer swells and that means that there … Continue reading →

echoes of laughter the ocean welcomes her queen forgotten glory 笑い声栄えた船の浮き沈み わらいごえ　さかえた ふね の　うきしずみ In Honolulu Harbor there are some boats that nobody uses. They stay at the dock never to be taken out again. It is very sad because … Continue reading →

breath taking beauty boiling water screams in rage nature’s cruel balance 海たぎる絶景砕く唸り声 うみ たぎる　ぜっけい くだく　うなりごえ Sometimes in my job I will leave before the submarine in our skiff, which is like a speed boat to set up everything for the … Continue reading →

run away train wingless birds fill the skyline paradise sighs 楽園に羽のない鶴暴走車 らくえん に　はね の ない つる　ぼうそうしゃ In the last two years there has been a lot of construction in the Waikiki and Kakaako area. I can only watch as buildings … Continue reading →

lightning fast feathers knives slicing through butter taming the waves　　　　　　　　 風遊び大波を彫るスワンかな かぜ あそび　おおなみ を ほる　スワン かな 切れる波脇目も振らず風遊び きれる なみ　わきめも ふらず　かぜ あそび Whenever I see the sail boat races they all look so light and graceful and the big sales can … Continue reading →

free light show spilled orange juice a soft sigh Jim version 溜息や焼けている空また明日 ためいきや　やけている そら　また あした Michiko version 夢ごこち雲間を染めるライトショー ゆめごこち　くもま を そめる　らいとしょー On the end of January I had to work overtime on the shuttle boat as we were having pictures … Continue reading →

blank paper bright desires brand new chance Jim version ブランクメモ明るい希望新機会 ブランク メモ　あかるい きぼう　しん きかい Michiko version 年新た期待膨らむ可能性 とし あらた　きたい ふくらむ　かのうせい Since a new year has begun I was thinking of a Haiku poem that would show the idea of ” … Continue reading →