evening cool--
Kobayashi Issa
evening cool--
with my feet counting
the mountains of Shinano
Shinano, present-day Nagano Prefecture, was Issa's home province. It is known for its long, cold winters and late springs. Cherry trees are supposed to bloom in the springtime, but in Shinano (in the poem) they bloom in Fifth Month: mid-summer by the old Japanese calendar.
Main Location:
Lizuna Kogen - Iizuna Kogen Ski Area, Ageya, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture 380-0882, Japan
Other locations:
- Mount Korohime - Mt. Kurohime, Kashiwabara, Shinano, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Mount Madarao - Mt. Madarao, Shizuma, Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Mount Izuna - Iizuna-yama, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Mount Togakushi - Mt. Togakushi, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Mount Takatsuma - Mt. Takatsuma, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture 381-4302, Japan
