#ThankYou Announcement of the Panda Gorogoro Award❣️ [Izayoi Cup] With postscript, Yayoi-san's article✨

Everything started from here.

The five finalists.

Apollo-san, Sumika-san, Kacchi-san, please post with just one hashtag you like.

That is what I was told.

Ash-san

Noko-san

Ruriboshi-san

Jibo-Jizo-san

And, me.

I was surprised when the curtain rose on the finals.
All five of us,

had the hashtag "Thank you"

We felt the same way,
even though I didn't know what haiku was, I had a feeling that this would remain in my memory forever and change things from here on out.

"Thank you"

was the theme that overflowed in the finals, and I couldn't believe I was among these five people.

A kind, gentle world was spreading out.

Created by everyone,
everyone's haiku tournament.
When the first grand prize was decided, it felt as if the "thank yous" from everyone who supported us and the five of us who made it to the finals had overlapped.

I,
want to convey this "thank you",
I want to pass it on.

I began to strongly wish to circulate the warmth I found through our creative interactions.

In the midst of that,
Kacchi-san made
this suggestion.

"Why don't we pass on the kindness we received at the Apollo Cup?"

Everyone's Haiku Tournament
A chain of kindness

started right here!!

"White Cup" and the Noriko Nomura Award

Harappa no Risu-san

Playing leaves, the wagtail invites the wheelchair

"Sasa Cup" Harappa no Risu Award

Kotatsubuton-san

Rain boots and snowy paths, following in father's footsteps

"Space Cup" Kotatsubuton Award

Koredemo Haha-san

Worn out, celebrating graduation with a school bag

"Crane and Turtle Cup" Koredemo Haha Award

Panda Gorogoro-san

Summer passes in the shadow of a pure white veil

And then,
"Izayoi Cup" Panda Gorogoro Award

Today, at 8 PM, it was just announced!!

"Izayoi Cup" Panda Gorogoro Award

Yayoi-san

Wanting to cry, I look up at the hazy moon

The winter tournament "Polar Bear Cup" is the Yayoi Award.
Please, show your support🤲

This award is only possible because it is Everyone's Haiku Tournament!

Through interaction via creation,
let's blow a wind of kindness
and keep it circulating!

"Thank you"
is an award that spreads!

Harappa no Risu-san, Kotatsubuton-san, Koredemo Haha-san, Panda Gorogoro-san

You have all passed the baton along.

This is the fifth time I have been able to witness the moment the baton is passed on. Each time it is passed, I am reminded of the "kindness" I received during the Apollo Cup, and my heart is full to be here in this place right now.

My name appears, but I think this is me, and yet it is not. I believe it means I have been given the role of conveying that.

After all, it is the
"Everyone's Haiku Tournament",
isn't it?

It is a chain of kindness, made of everyone's kindness.

Utopia exists,
surely, it will be so.

Every time, you write articles of support, filled with your thoughts; I am truly, truly happy.

Thank you. Occhi!