tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60191312011-11-10T21:48:51.938-08:00Tanka poems against the warThis site is for some excellent selections of tanka poems against the warkaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-90670934558210215332011-11-05T03:01:00.000-07:002011-11-10T21:48:52.018-08:00The proceeds have been donated to:Every September the proceeds from "Flowers and Bombs" of the last one year are donated mainly to three organizations and to some small but beautiful projects done by young and brave people. Thank to your help, the book and the charity events of "Flowers and Bombs" raised 123,800 yen this year and that was donated to:Peshawar-kai, 20,000 yen Takarazuka Afghanistankaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-22888327907022704502011-09-20T04:02:00.000-07:002011-09-20T04:07:14.354-07:00The first big step for Japan without neclear power plantsAn estimated 60,000 people have taken to the streets of Tokyo in the the largest anti-nuclear demonstration since the Fukushima nuclear meltdown six months ago.See more on ABC News in AustraliaVideo: Tokyo anti-nuclear rally draws thousandskaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-78457928262374813042011-09-15T00:27:00.000-07:002011-09-15T00:52:25.078-07:00Voices from the Japanese youthSix months on from the nuclear crisis of Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, four Japanese young people started a hunger strike for the future. At the web site of hungerstrike you can see one of the members, Shiori Sekiguchi(19), explaining about the purpose of the action and what they really want. She says "I want new energy but nuclear. I respect every form of kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-83964834503812153442011-07-28T02:32:00.001-07:002011-07-28T02:43:30.249-07:00Worse than the worstIn March after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's catastrophe, I expected the worst situation like Chernobyl in the USSR. But here in Japan, the situation is much worse than I expected. The government is killing its own people in Fukushima. How come the authority can be so apathetic and cruel?Please watch the YouTube:The government is killing its own people in kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-79048106364748280892011-06-30T06:38:00.000-07:002011-06-30T06:52:38.982-07:00The Truth of Nuclear Power PlantsAn excellent researcher on nuclear reactors, Mr. Hiroaki Koide, who has been appealing the dangers of nuclear power for more than 40 years explains the truth of nuclear power and the current situation of the contamination caused by the accident of Fukushima-daiichi nuclear power plant.Please watch the movie below and take action to save the children in Fukushima. kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-91465282687312519942011-05-26T06:23:00.000-07:002011-05-26T06:42:18.473-07:00Save the children in Fukushima!More voices are needed to have the government do what they have to do.Angry Parents in Japan Confront Government Over Radiation LevelsQuote from New York Times May 25, 2011"FUKUSHIMA CITY, Japan — The accusations flew on Wednesday at the local school board meeting, packed with parents worried and angry about radiation levels in this city at the heart of Japan’s kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-53324677242966231062011-05-21T06:05:00.000-07:002011-05-21T07:19:30.266-07:00Thank you all, but we need more voices from youAt first, I would like to thank you all for your voices to help us stop the nuclear reactors of Hamaoka nulcear power plant. All of the reactors have been shut down and I believe they will never be allowed to be operated. The worst scenario was avoided.However, another risk on human health, especially on that of children in Fukushima, has been kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-70208878313278022072011-04-08T00:59:00.000-07:002011-04-08T01:27:08.128-07:00Four weeks after the earthquakeLast night, on 7th of April, there was a big aftershock of M7.4. Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi and another one in Aomori lost their electric power just like Fukushima-daiichi did. Even though the sever condition didn't last long, the troubles should seriously be concerned. And the more troublesome nuclear facility, Rokkasho nuclear reprocessing plant, has kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-50626994323461920142011-04-04T02:25:00.000-07:002011-04-04T02:34:07.440-07:00Twenty-four days after the earthquakeWind was blowing from the east this morning. I was walking with my dog, thinking radiation from Fukushima-daiichi nuclear power plant may have reached here in the western Japan where I live.I wonder why we should depend on nuclear power even after this catastrophe. Here is a video clip explaining well why Hamaoka nuclear power plant is so dangerous and only kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-58679511178118093342011-03-28T06:43:00.000-07:002011-03-28T08:10:23.096-07:00Seventeen days after the earthquakeThe smoke from Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant should be and must be the sign of the end of nuclear power era. It is so great to see that more and more people are standing against nuclear power plants in Germany, Italy or France, and it is so sad to see what is happening here in Japan. Even after this devastating damage caused by nuclear power, the kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-11304281986013382372011-03-19T07:47:00.000-07:002011-03-19T07:56:33.127-07:00Eight days after the earthquakeOne big difference of this catastrophe from Kobe of 1995 is the disaster caused by Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan has depended on nuclear power for decades, but we have finally noticed that human beings can control neither nuclear power nor mother nature. Once the accident happens we have nothing to prevent the long-lasting damage.I hear that many more people kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-38328160363375848772011-03-13T05:29:00.000-07:002011-03-13T05:33:02.262-07:00Dear my readers and friends in the worldThe earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku-area in Japan were devastating. However, as I experienced a big earthquake in Kobe in 1995, I can see how the people and the cities there will be recovered and restored.And I deeply appreciate all the heartwarming words from friends in the world.With all the help and prayers from the world, we will rebuild a more kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-32492934112588172152011-03-01T20:16:00.000-08:002011-03-01T20:38:59.300-08:00The solo exhibition: The original pictures of "Flowers and Bombs" & "What do the clouds look like to you?"Kaoru Kobashi's solo exhibition is to be held in Nishinomiya.Please enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms at the River Shukugawa nearby,and visit Saya for fantastic art works of love & peace.The solo exhibition by Kaoru KobashiApril 13, 2011 -- April 22, 2011 at Gallery Saya (near Hanshin kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-91924361175050802552011-01-08T03:25:00.000-08:002011-01-08T03:27:02.306-08:00この雲、なにに見える？What do the clouds look like to you????kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-21841972987878605642011-01-08T03:22:00.000-08:002011-01-08T03:24:27.323-08:00これは---？What about these??????kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-28790700842284892002011-01-08T03:09:00.000-08:002011-01-08T03:11:52.401-08:00この雲は、なにに見える？What do you think of these????kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-27727933983460457672011-01-08T03:07:00.000-08:002011-01-08T03:09:14.624-08:00じゃあ、これは？What about these?????kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-83651427806780736032011-01-08T03:05:00.001-08:002011-01-08T03:07:23.349-08:00これは？？And these ---?？？？kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-82977176433272111112011-01-08T03:01:00.000-08:002011-03-18T18:06:37.843-07:00これは・・・天使の小窓！どんなときも天使さまが見守ってくれているよ。And these are --- Angel's windows!You are loved by angels anytime anywhere.♪Web 絵本：この雲、なにに見える？絵と言葉： 小橋かおるA Picture book on web:"What do the clouds look like to you?"Words and paintings by Kaoru KobashiAll Rights Reservedkaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-23158110783999742692010-11-11T05:42:00.000-08:002010-11-13T19:18:55.385-08:00Dear "Flowers and Bombs" readers in the world, More than six years have passed since "Flowers and Bombs," my tiny little charity book of poems for peace, was first published in 2004. With the help of people wishing for peace, the book has raised more than 1.3 million yen to help children in Afghanistan and Iraq where "War on Terror" still goes on and innocent people and children are kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-4656653853911942582010-01-01T20:09:00.000-08:002010-01-01T20:25:15.100-08:00The solo exhibition: The original drawings of Flowers and BombsA happy new year!Although this new year's days are again full of sad news of violence and terrorism, I do believe we can make the world better and better if we keep working.The drawings of Flowers and Bombs are to be exhibited in Rokko, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. This is the forth exhibition, and as the author and drawers of Flowers and kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-42362619363819773022009-11-13T18:16:00.000-08:002009-11-13T18:32:29.699-08:00President Obama in JapanI watched American president Obama making a speech on US-Japan and Asia relationships. He repeatedly talked about mutual respects and cooperation which are necessary for a better world in the future.President Obama insisted that no one nation can solve the world problems by itself. The cooperation is the key to the success for the world and America itself. Unilateral days kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-51955261941295126492009-11-12T01:58:00.000-08:002009-11-12T02:07:00.559-08:00Troops out now!I watched on the news that more and more Americans are wanting their troops out from Afghanistan. I do hope it will happen in the very near future.How many young American men and women were killed in Afghanistan?How many innocent civilians and children of Afghanistan were killed in the battles? What are American troops fighting for?Who committed the attack on September 11th in 2001kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-15252357507878619822009-08-27T06:10:00.000-07:002009-08-27T06:44:02.588-07:00The solo exhibition: The original drawings of Flowers and BombsThe drawings of Flowers and Bombs are to be exhibited in Itami, Hyogo, Japan. This is the third exhibition, and as the author and drawers of Flowers and Bombs, I really appreciate the love and compassion of all the visitors and supporters toward a chain of hope for making a more peaceful world.The solo exhibition: The original kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-51319021551828785232008-12-22T20:26:00.001-08:002008-12-22T20:42:09.657-08:00The solo exhibition: The original drawings of Flowers and BombsThe drawings of Flowers and Bombs were very simply drawn with pencils and eraser in two days by the author who had not drawn anything since finishing art class in junior high school. Naive but somehow peacefully moving is the comments given by most of the visitors at the exhibition held in Ashiya, 2008.As the author and drawers of kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-41283314158436499312008-11-16T01:16:00.000-08:002008-11-16T01:38:31.626-08:00A Rainbow SoldierI met a man with an incredibly strong-will. He was a former Iraqi soldier, and now working hard to rebuild his hometown Ramadi, Iraq. Even though he lost his brother, cousins and many friends because of the US invasion, he would not use his anger to retaliate the US, but to rebuild Iraq. I have been asking for help to change the chain of violence into a chain of hope. And he has kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-47031893127175245012008-11-05T04:58:00.000-08:002008-11-05T05:10:40.118-08:00You did it!!Yes, you did it.My American friends,You have made history!Yes, we can!We can make the world much better and more peaceful,when we keep the faith and get together.You made it clear.And "Change has come!" At this historical night,Let me share a poem sent by an American friend of mine.O, let America be America again--The land that never has been yet--And yet must be--the land where everykaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-54651341128668112052008-10-25T19:42:00.000-07:002008-10-25T20:00:28.559-07:00Ghosts in KabulCan you imagine how your life could be in Afghanistan?Childhood memories full of war and sorrow.Dead bodies all around.Ghosts in Kabul is a collection of pictures painted by children in Afghanistan.The first exhibition in the US is to be held in New York this autumn.Please go and see the ghosts, and you will know the truth of war on terror.Ghosts in Kabul11/14/2008 - 1/3/2009@ ISE kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-53779608140618414022008-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:002011-01-29T23:47:27.033-08:00The drawings of Flowers and Bombs were very simply drawn with pencils and eraser in two days by the author who had not drawn anything since finishing art class in junior high school. Naive but somehow peacefully moving is the comments given by most of the visitors.As the author and drawers of Flowers and Bombs, I really appreciate the comments and their love and compassion toward a chain of kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-302959633889691422008-01-05T04:15:00.000-08:002008-01-05T04:26:19.344-08:00The exhibition of Japanese Calligraphy is now being held in Kobe.Misuzu Kosaka: Japanese Calligraphy Women's Voice for Love & Peace: From Kobe toward the World January 5, 2008 -- January 10, 2008Tor Gallery in Kobe, Japan(7 minutes' walk from JR Sannomiya Station)If you are away, please visit the site of Tor Gallery to see all the works exhibited there. They are of extreme originality.The photo: kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-16042951952334725272007-12-27T05:46:00.000-08:002007-12-29T07:21:49.289-08:00Flowers and Bombs in Japanese CalligraphyA leading calligrapher and an ardent supporter of "Flowers and Bombs," Misuzu Kosaka is to hold an inspiring exhibition for Love & Peace in January 2008. Some Japanese and English tanka poems of "Flowers and Bombs" will be beautifully calligraphed by the brilliant artist and exhibited with hopes for world peace.Can't miss this exhibition of striking kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-83271083187838496702007-08-05T05:24:00.000-07:002007-08-05T05:28:14.103-07:00Do you know?Do you know what happened on August 6th 1945 in Hiroshima?Please watch the clip and pray for peace...Hiroshima Atomic Bomb kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-89301700738305184462007-07-26T09:16:00.000-07:002007-07-26T19:20:37.512-07:00"Flowers and Bombs" in NYRumiko Tanaka who has released CD "Flowers and Bombs" will appear in NY for the first time, and sing "Flowers and Bombs" with wonderful poetry reading.If you live near the city, please check out the site below and make reservations:)The venue: The Triad RUMIKO TANAKAAug 14th, 20077:00 PM - 8:30 PMDirect from Tokyo Her 1st New York Appearance Songs of Home Singer/kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-25780688225982346522007-07-07T04:50:00.000-07:002007-07-26T19:07:57.894-07:00CD "Flowers and Bombs" is on sale today!When I had my poems published in 2004, I never even dreamed that such an incredibly wonderful thing would happen to me. One of the readers of my book "Flowers and Bombs" came up with a vision of making the poems into a song, and he finally made its CD released today! With a lot of help of a professional musician, Ms. Rumiko Tanaka, now you can hear the kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-75026298542732712382007-04-19T07:09:00.000-07:002007-04-19T07:11:40.418-07:00A man from IraqI met a man with an incredibly strong-will. He was a former Iraqi soldier, and now working hard to rebuild his hometown Ramadi, Iraq. Even though he lost his brother, cousins and many friends because of the US invasion, he would not use his anger to retaliate the US, but to rebuild Iraq. I have been asking for help to change the chain of violence into a chain of hope. And he has kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-62869194068220654452007-03-28T07:30:00.000-07:002007-03-29T04:43:20.194-07:00Our ignorance is their powerI watched a documentary film about civil movements in Berkeley, California. It is the city whose council voted to stop US air strikes on innocent people in Afghanistan in 2001. The council also said that they opposed the attack in order to minimize the risk of American military personnel.The air strikes killed more than 2000 innocent Afghan people, and even now O.B.L. kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-91807258264442020572007-03-21T08:24:00.000-07:002007-03-28T07:30:38.360-07:00Why We FightFour years have passed since US invaded Iraq. More than 3000 American soldiers were killed in the war, and the death toll of Iraqi civilians is uncountable: 60,000 or half a million?I have been wondering why America must fight. Why does she spend much of her fortune on killing machines, and let young American men and women die on foreign soil far from their homeland? Do you believe kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1171002655626213762007-02-08T22:16:00.000-08:002007-03-28T07:34:03.727-07:00A great success!Lecture: "You Don't Know War" by Allen Nelson (a Veteran of the Vietnam War)Music: Kokopelli with Horikoshi DaijiroThanks to a lot of help from friends and a wonderful audience of about 100 people, the event was held successfully and could raise a lot of money! All the money will go to help children in Afghanistan and Iraq! Donation is to be made in the end of this September with kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1169562869158429802007-01-23T06:30:00.000-08:002007-01-23T06:34:29.173-08:00This movie makes you feel as if you were really in IraqPlease do not miss this opportunity to feel Iraq in the US.INVITATION FOR SCREENING OF Little Birds A WATAI TAKEHARU FILM How many children have you killed in Iraq? A documentary on the children and families of Iraq FOLLOWED BY DIRECTOR'S TALK + Q&A▼January 25, Thursday DePaul University Screening and Q&A Place: Munroe Hall 114/115/116, 2312kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1167742524666643052007-01-02T04:49:00.000-08:002007-02-08T22:13:57.790-08:00♪♪♪A Special Event for Peace in Kobe ♪♪♪Lecture: "You Don't Know War" by Allen Nelson (a Veteran of the Vietnam War)Music: Kokopelli with Horikoshi Daijiro・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜Kobe/ Hatobamachi/ TEN×TENSat. February 3, 2007・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜Kobe Hatobamachi (Meriken Park area) "TEN×TEN"OPEN 14:00 START 14:30 (A five-minute walk from Kousoku Hanakuma &Hanshin Nishimotomachi Station)'゜★。kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1165662362710284062006-12-09T03:01:00.000-08:002006-12-09T03:06:02.726-08:00The global pressure on Bush to change course Something we can do to change course in Iraq for a better future!Ceasefire Campaign: Stop the War Add your voice to the chorus demanding a response to the Iraq Study Group report's recommendations. Tell President Bush to change course NOW! President Bush, we implore you to recognize that your policies in the Middle East have not brought democracy or kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1163215031592270042006-11-10T19:15:00.000-08:002006-11-10T19:17:11.603-08:00What we can do to change the direction in IraqA majority of Americans have forcefully removed Bush's party from control of the Congress and the Senate! What a change! The impossible has happened in the US!Now, let's make one more impossible happen in Iraq, friends.I've found a very meaningful campaign and hope you will join us.Ceasefire Campaign Call Upon the US-led Coalition to Give a Larger kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1158848317607310952006-09-21T06:54:00.000-07:002006-09-21T07:18:37.663-07:00To US citizens seeking for peace“[W]hen you live in the United States, with the roar of the free market, the roar of this huge military power, the roar of being at the heart of empire, it's hard to hear the whispering of the rest of the world. And I think many U.S. citizens want to.”- Arundhati RoyThe whispering of the rest of the world should be the same as US citizens whisper in pray: May I kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1156846885220454382006-08-29T03:18:00.000-07:002006-08-29T03:21:25.233-07:00♪♪♪ Flowers and Bombs: Peace Concert!!! ♪♪♪Stop the Violence and Save Children!・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・:・'゜:・'゜★。.Kobe/ Motomachi/ KansaiCharity Event for Children in Afghan & Iraq・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・:・'゜:・'゜★。.Sat. September 9, 2006Kobe Motomtachi-Shoutengai "Yorozuya", 16:30-21:30 (A three minute walk from JR & Hanshin Motomachi Station)http://www.soubei.net/ （078)kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1154836982358799832006-08-05T21:02:00.000-07:002006-08-05T21:04:46.350-07:00On the morning of Aug. the 6th, 61 years ago, the first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, and killed more than 200,000 innocent people, including more than 10 thousand of children. Mercilessly, it was followed by the second atomic bomb in Nagasaki on Aug. the 9th killing about 100,000. No human being should be killed in such a brutal massacre. Nuclear weapons bring us only death and kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1153648021656985052006-07-23T02:45:00.000-07:002006-07-23T02:47:01.666-07:00I dedicate this poem to all the innocent children who were killed under the name of "War on Terror."The girl has just turned four years oldShe has a dreamOf playing with a doll her sister treasuresThe doll has blond ringletsSheeny in the sunshineAnd eyes as blue as a clear skyThe red dress it is wearingIs adorned with frills in tiers"One day when I turn five years old,I will ask my sister to let kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1153358891996457492006-07-19T18:22:00.000-07:002006-07-19T18:28:12.013-07:00Save the Lebanese Civilians PetitionHere is another petition to save civilians.I Need Your Help to Change the Chain of Violence to a Chain of Hope!------- Please Sign and Forward ------------Please go to http://julywar.epetition.net and sign the Save the Lebanese Civilians Petition and forward this invitation to your friends.Lebanese civilians have been under the constant attack of the state of kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1153233830403373652006-07-18T07:43:00.000-07:002006-07-18T07:43:50.416-07:00Call for U.S. Military to Abide by International Law and Stop the Bloodshed in Iraq! This petition is endorsed by Ms. Naoko Takato and others, and this will be delivered to the White House at the end of July. Ms. Takato is a Japanese young woman who has been working to help children in Iraq and was held hostage in Fallujah in 2004. You may recall her, since her news video was used in Michael kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1139238118628854072006-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:002006-02-06T07:01:58.646-08:00Hurricane Katrina and Great Earthquake in KobeThe charity party we held in Kobe last month was a great success. And the money raised that night is going to help people suffering from natural disasters of the tsunami in India, earthquake in Pakistan and hurricane in New Orleans. As a citizen in Kobe, which was severely damaged by the great earthquake in 1995, I do hope the money will reach the kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1139061687856228962006-02-04T05:57:00.000-08:002006-02-04T06:01:27.873-08:00Kokopelli Charity Gig and Heartbeat Party II made a great success!January was a very exciting month for me. I had two charity events and had been busy preparing for them. I had a lot of meetings, got to know many wonderful people, got a lot of help, and did the publicity in a radio program of Kiss-Fm Kobe!Thanks for a lot of help from friends, the two events were held successfully and could raisekaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1137250480342858392006-01-14T06:51:00.000-08:002006-01-14T06:54:40.356-08:00Flowers and BombspresentsKokopelli Charity GigDate: Saturday, January 21 18:30 ～Venue: Cafe Nafsha (Shinkaichi, Kobe)Admission: 1500 yen★ 500 yen from each admission will go to Takarazuka-Afghanistan Friendship Association (TAFA).・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・:・'゜:・'゜★。TAFA holds its exhibition, "Children in Afghanistan and Traditional Afghan Embroidery" at Nafsha from Jan. 17 to Jan. 29.kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1136647257235922672006-01-07T07:19:00.000-08:002006-01-07T07:22:53.656-08:00The year of 2005 was full of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes under the name of "War on Terror" and "Sacred War." I do hope this new year will be filled with love and care for all living on this beautiful blue planet.A few months ago, I met a scholar-activist for peace from India, and I exchanged my book, "Flowers and Bombs" with his book, "Reflections and Mobilizations." The book kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1124549107954541022005-08-20T19:40:00.000-07:002005-08-20T07:47:02.896-07:00♪♪♪ Flowers and Bombs: Peace Concert!!! ♪♪♪ Stop the Violence and Save Children!・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・:・'゜:・'゜★。. Kobe/ Motomachi/ Kansai Charity Event for Children in Afghan & Iraq・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・'゜★。.:*:・'゜☆。.:*:・:・'゜:・'゜★。. Sun. September 11, 2005 Kobe Motomtachi-Shoutengai "Yorozuya", 19:00-21:30 (A three minute walk from JR & Hanshin Motomachi kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1107693663106364722005-02-06T21:39:00.000-08:002005-02-07T06:52:43.950-08:00Do you know Mr. Allen Nelson? He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, and now giving lectures on cruelty, brutality and meaninglessness of war in Japan and US. I went to his lecture today held in Osaka, Japan, entitled "You don't know war."
The war he experienced in Vietnam was beyond language; he says he can't find words to express the feeling of killing people and the smell of a dead body. When hekaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1107184532629336402005-01-30T01:13:00.000-08:002005-01-31T07:20:59.740-08:00HEARTBEAT PARTY was a great success!!!
Kobe, Japan
January 30, 2005
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for the wonderful support to all those who came to the HEARTBEAT PARTY on Saturday night, January 29th, in Kobe!!!
This Tsunami Charity Event was a great success, especially because of the wonderful efforts of so many great musicians, our DJ, and others.
Special thanks to Harvey Thompson, Annakaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1105714168103500742005-01-14T23:45:00.000-08:002005-01-14T06:50:52.573-08:00In the last blog I wrote: I am going to do whatever I can to help people suffering from the great disaster. Right after I wrote so, I got an email from my friend who proofread my English poems of "Flowers and Bombs," Dr. David B. Willis.
Dr. Willis used to be a teacher in South India and has a connection to an NGO, LAFTI, which has been working for people in need there. Since the tsunamis hit kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1104735195815532442005-01-02T22:52:00.000-08:002005-01-02T22:54:41.246-08:00The tsunamis which struck the Indian Ocean have caused devastating damages to the regions around there. With such a total disaster, we all feel helpless and at a loss what to do. I can not do much alone, but I believe small helps can do something when they get together, so I am going to do whatever I can to help people suffering from the great disaster.
A small help from me to children in kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1102858981272796252004-12-12T17:41:00.000-08:002004-12-12T05:43:01.273-08:00I have received a surprising e-mail, which tells me that some of my poems at this site were referred to in a study of Japanese anti-war poems. It also tells me that the study was presented at a conference held in Canberra, Australia, and that the people there were moved by the poems.
Dr. Maria Flutsch is the sender of the e-mail. As soon as I started publishing this site November, 2003, she kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-108056780790405882004-03-29T05:43:00.000-08:002004-03-29T05:47:01.920-08:00kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1080567249971996382004-03-29T05:34:00.000-08:002004-03-29T05:37:44.110-08:00『花と爆弾－もう戦争の暴力はやめようよ』（北羊館、定価1500円）が発売されました。
一般書店での購入は難しいと思いますが、近日中にインターネット書店Amazon.co.jpで購入が可能となります。
著者からの購入も可能ですので、詳しくはhttp://www1.plara.or.jp/cheko/kaoru/index.htmlをご覧下さい。
皆様からのご意見やご感想、または短歌、詩、絵、曲、その他なんでも平和を祈る芸術活動を知らせてください。
このページは、これからは『花と爆弾』を読んでくれた皆さんと共に作っていけたらないいな、と思っています。
皆様の作品をお待ちしています。
"Flowers and Bombs: Stop the Violence of the War Now!" is coming soon. It will soon be available at kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1079781085659447592004-03-20T03:11:00.000-08:002004-03-30T23:51:36.466-08:00イラク戦争開始より一年が経ちました。いまだにイラクではテロが頻発し、多くの命が失われています。
一年前、本当に戦争という選択肢しかなかったのでしょうか？世界の指導者には真摯に問いかけに答えて貰いたいとおもいます。独裁者を排除した！などというひとりよがりな答えはもう通用しません。
１万人以上ものイラク市民の命、５７０人以上ものアメリカの若者の命、もちろんイラクの復興のために駐留していて命を落とした連合軍の兵士、国連職員、技術者。戦争は、絶対に最後の手段であるべきです。あまりにも安易に戦争を選択したことを、それを許してしまったことを、私たちは決して忘れてはいけないと思います。
４月に詩集を出版します。すこしでも多くの人々に平和のメッセージを届けられることを祈って。
詳しくは４月にhttp://www1.plara.or.jp/cheko/kaoru/index.htmlをご覧下さい。
kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1075038836076352282004-01-25T05:53:00.000-08:002004-01-29T01:22:34.623-08:00自衛隊のイラク派遣は着々と進んでいます。非戦闘地域にしか行けない法律を作っておきながら、
ゲリラ戦が続くイラクに自衛隊を送る。
大量破壊兵器の脅威を無くすために戦争を始めるとBushは言ってたけど、
パウエル国務長官でさえも、その主張に疑問符を示しだした。
このまま大量破壊兵器が見つからなければ、アメリカのしたことは他国への侵略以外の何ものでもない。
そんな戦争は国際法上許されないのでは？
法律違反が平気で行われる世界。21世紀は中世に先祖帰りの世紀なのかしら？
The Japanese defense forces are now ready to be fully dispatched.
But don't we have a law which allows JDF to be in the place where no battles take place?
Why is itkaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1073036942851527092004-01-02T01:49:00.000-08:002004-01-02T01:53:41.443-08:00白桃の皮をつるりとむくように地球を真さらにする日昇れよ
Just like peeling a
Ripe white peach whole with one push
May the sun rise one
Morning and make the world whole
New with no fear and no war
kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1073036707757151812004-01-02T01:45:00.000-08:002004-01-02T01:45:25.780-08:00あけましておめでとうございます。今年３月には平和を願う詩集を出版します。
このサイトに掲載されている詩も含めて、およそ30編の短歌と詩のアンソロジーとなる予定です。
ひとりの力では何もできないような気がしますが、ひとりでも多くの人を巻き込んでいくことで、
平和への流れをつくれたらいいなと思っています。
今年が少なくとも去年よりは良い年になりますように。
2004 has come. I am going to publish an anthology this coming March which contains about 30 tankas and poems in Japanese and English, including the ones published on this site.
One may not do much alone, but by getting kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1071993038820471292003-12-20T23:50:00.000-08:002003-12-20T23:50:54.260-08:0021世紀になってから３度目のクリスマスがやってきます。
来年のクリスマスはもっと平和なクリスマスでありますように。
The third Christmas is coming in the 21st century.
May we have a happier Christmas in peace next year.
「戦争は終わるあなたが望むなら」レノン彗星夜空に歌う
Strain your ears at night
Then you may hear a voice of
Comet Lennon singing
A song of hope and courage
"War is over if you want it"
kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1071323656744648842003-12-13T05:54:00.000-08:002003-12-13T05:54:29.283-08:00イラクでの外交官殺害事件をも踏まえた上で、１２月９日に小泉政権は自衛隊のイラク派遣を閣議決定しました。イラク国民への人道的支援が目的とはいえ、自衛隊の持つ武器で一般市民が殺されるという可能性があります。第二次世界大戦後起こらなかったことが、起きるかもしれません。
After the death of two Japanese deplomats, Koizumi administration determined to dispatch Japanese Defence Force to Iraq. Though it is said that the purpose is to help Iraqi people, this deployment may result in killing innocent people with the weapon in the hands of kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1070283284750469812003-12-01T04:54:00.000-08:002003-12-01T04:55:44.396-08:00１１月２９日、イラクで日本人外交官が殺されました。韓国、コロンビアの文民も殺されました。
米兵、イラク人もたくさん殺されました。どうしてこのような事態を招いてしまったのでしょうか？
On November 29th, Two Japanese deplomats were killed in Iraq, as well as Korean and Colombian civilians. Many American soldiers and Iraqi people were also killed.
What caused this ugly situation? Why did we allow this to happen?
青空のあなやるせなきため息か 戦の空の薄い三日月
Is it a sigh of
Deep sorrow the blue sky heaved?
kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1069417732560215992003-11-21T04:28:00.000-08:002003-11-21T05:12:15.820-08:00イラクでの止むことのない米軍とその同盟国への攻撃。トルコでの連続自爆テロ。
世界はますます暴力に巻き込まれていきます。
そんな中、ロンドンでは反戦を訴えるデモがありました。
世界中の反戦の声がホワイトハウスに届くことはないのでしょうか？
Apparently endless attacks on soldiers of the US and its allies in Iraq.
Terrorists' attacks causing massive death and destruction in Turkey.
Our world is getting more violent day by day.
In this sticky situation, a big anti-war demonstration took place in London.
Will the time kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1068550286391576362003-11-11T03:31:00.000-08:002003-11-11T03:31:30.940-08:00このサイトを作ってから１０日が過ぎました。イラクでまた空爆が再開されたそうです。
イラクの街に落とされる爆弾にかかる費用で、どれだけのお腹を空かしたこどもに、
食料を与えることができるのでしょう。
Ten days have passed since I started this site on Internet.
Today I heard that a city in Iraq was bombed again. What if we could use the money not for the bombing but for hungry children ?
青空に戦闘機のひく綿菓子を絵筆ですくって君にあげよう
Across the blue sky
A fighterplane is drawing
A long vapor trail
Made of sugar, kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6019131.post-1067694122802317252003-11-01T05:42:00.000-08:002004-12-12T06:02:50.806-08:00平和への願いをこめて短歌を作っています。
近い将来にこれらの短歌に英語短歌とCGを加えて出版する計画もあります。
反戦短歌絵本として出版される前に、発表済みのものを皆さんにお読みいただいて、
感想など聞かせていただけたらと思います。よろしくお願いします。
email: kaorukobashi@hotmail.com
This site is for sharing my tanka poems with those who long for the peaceful world without war.
Tanka is one of forms of Japanese poetry, and has a longer history than haiku which seems to be better-known around the world. While kaoruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394829644591675428noreply@blogger.com