Hello. My name is Kimiyo Tanaka ().The kanji (Chinese Characters) forming the name Kimiyo () means the beauty and joy will be everlasting. I really hope it will be true. Now I live in Ehime Prefecture in Japan. The kanji forming Ehime () means a beautiful maiden!!

According to a Japanese myth, when a god Izanagi and a goddess Izanami were sent from heaven to create the lands of Japan, the goddess first uttered some words saying "What a nice man you are!" The Izanagi was upset, because he believed that men should speak to women first. He didn't feel like creating lands, so they tried again. This time he spoke to the goddess first saying "What a beautiful lady you are!" And everything went all right. Lands of Japan were created one after another. The land of Iyo, the ancient name of Ehime, was born with a beautiful woman's face. This dialogue exchaged by Izanagi and Izanami is said to be the origin of the Japanese poem.

My dream is to create an international haiku poem kingdom of Internet. Although I am a woman, I would like to talk about haiku at any time. Please call me Kim. I am looking forward to talking with you soon.


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