お萩(はぎ)

sweet rice dumpling covered with red bean paste

萩焼(はぎやき)

Hagi ware pottery

萩(はぎ)の花(はな)

bush clover flowers

萩祭(はぎまつ)り

bush clover festival

萩茶(はぎちゃ)

bush clover tea

山萩(やまはぎ)

bush clover growing in the mountains

白萩(しらはぎ)

white bush clover

萩若葉(はぎわかば)

bush clover's fresh green leaves

萩焼(はぎやき)の窯元(かまもと)を訪(たず)ね、職人(しょくにん)の技(わざ)に見入(みい)った。

I visited a Hagi ware kiln and became absorbed in the artisan's skill.

萩(はぎ)の花(はな)が風(かぜ)に揺(ゆ)れる夕暮(ゆうぐ)れ、古歌(こか)に思(おも)いを馳(は)せた。

At dusk, as the bush clover flowers swayed in the breeze, I reflected on an old poem.