Applications are now open for the 2023 "19th Tea and My Haiku" competition.

Sip your tea with a gulp

Compose tea poems in 5-7-5 syllables

We are again accepting haiku and senryu about tea this year.

We sincerely look forward to your submissions.

Submission Address: Wakohen Co., Ltd. Head Office

758 Hommatsu, Ariake-cho, Shibushi-shi, 899-7503

TEL: 0120-263-090 FAX: 099-475-1517

E-Mail: sales@wakohen.co.jp

Deadline: September 30

Judges: Makoto Maruyama (Haiku Poet)

Tetsuya Okada (Poet)

Submission Method: Clearly state whether it is senryu or haiku, up to 2 poems per person.

By FAX, E-mail, or postcard

Announcement: Late November, in the Minami-Nippon Shimbun newspaper

Inquiries: Wakohen Co., Ltd. TEL: 0120-263-090 (Contact: Natsuko Horiguchi)

～Last Grand Prize Winners～

Haiku: A hot bowl of bancha, Nanshu-ki. Sara Ogawa

Senryu: Tea party topics, COVID and Ukraine. Hazuki Kawabata