Yokocho, a place associated with Misuzu

Gokurakuji Temple Kaneko Misuzu
The cherry blossoms at Gokurakuji Temple are Yaezakurazakura,
Yaezakurazakura,
I saw them when I went to run an errand.
When I turned the four corners of Yokomachi,
I glimpsed it with my eyes when I turned the corner,

The cherry blossoms at Gokuraku-ji Temple were only on the ground,
Dochizakura,
.
I went and saw 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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