Statue of haiku poet Matsuo Basho next to a small prayer hall at Chusonji Temple, Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture [OC]

2 comments

1. Wasn’t this a location for an asian movie where a dumb girl fails a lot of tests, then one day she tosses a coin in a ‘random’ fountain and wishes she takes all the future tests. Then the whole movie its just her answering to the questions and what she writes becomes reality.

2. Coincidence! My Pimsleur lesson today (Pimsleur 4, Lesson 25) discussed this poet. I learned about them for the first time today.