October 26 Is Persimmon Day in Japan: Kimamori, the One Fruit Left on the Tree, and How to Prune Kaki

URLスラッグ: persimmon-day-kimamori-kaki-pruning October 26 is Persimmon Day in Japan. "Kaki kueba kane ga naru nari Horyuji" (I bite into a persimmon, and the bell of Horyuji rings) is a famous haiku by Masaoka Shiki from the Meiji era. It is said that Shiki, who was then fighting tuberculosis, wrote this haiku on October 26, 1895, in Nara, on his way back to Tokyo. Shiki left many haiku with the word persimmon in them and was famous for loving persimmons more than anyone. In honor of the day...

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