Gokurakuji Temple

Gokurakuji Temple, Kaneko Misuzu
The cherry blossoms at Gokurakuji Temple are Yaezakura (double-flowered cherry trees),
Yaezakura (double-flowered cherry trees),
I saw them when I went to run an errand.
When I turned the four corners of Yokomachi,
I glanced at it with my eyes
when I turned the corner.

The cherry blossoms at Gokuraku-ji Temple were only on the ground.

I went to
to see the cherry blossoms with a bento of wakabu yui rice,
bento, .
From “The Complete Collection of Misuzu Kaneko’s Children’s Songs” (JULA Publishing Bureau)

*The poems by Misuzu Kaneko are published with the approval of the Society for the Preservation of Misuzu Kaneko’s Writings.
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