A RETURN TO ASILOMAR, 2023
YUKI TEIKEI HAIKU SOCIETY ANNUAL RETREAT
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
October 12-15 (Thursday-Sunday), 2023
This year Yuki Teikei Haiku Society returns to Asilomar for its long-weekend retreat. Guest speakers will enhance understanding of the haiku-writing process.
There will also be time to write and share haiku in a relaxed, oceanside environment.
We are excited to have a distinguished duo as guest speakers: Emiko Miyashita and Nanae Tamura, who have been wonderful judges of our Yuki Teikei contests. These haiku masters will give readings, lectures, and a craft workshop.
Dōjin Emiko Miyashita
Nanae Tamura, with her mask / tiara in Japan!
Nanae Tamura is a Japanese haiku poet, essayist, and translator. She translated and co-edited with Cor van den Heuvel the book Baseball Haiku. Her great pleasure is writing a column for the Shiki Newsletter, along with being an active member in the Shiki Museum. Yearly, she judges the English entries to the Matsuyama City Haiku Post Contest, and once a month she holds a kukai for two local haiku groups.
Emiko Miyashita, a Japanese haiku poet, is a director of JAL Foundation, which holds the World Children’s Haiku Contest. She judges a monthly haiku column for the English-Speaking Union of Japan. Emiko is a dōjin (leading member) of the Shin (晨, “Dawn”) Haiku Group in Japan, as well as a YTHS dōjin. She writes for the “Dōjin’s Corner” in each issue of Geppo.
The retreat will include our traditional kukai and a dress-up renku party.
Asilomar Saturday Session
The YTHS Asilomar retreat is expanding to include 15 additional people for the Saturday morning and afternoon sessions. Conference room doors will be open and seating will be added on the deck outside the room. Seating inside will remain at 28. Covid guidelines below will be followed. The activities for the day will include: a ginkō; presentations of the 2023 Tokutomi Haiku Contest result and the members’ 2023 YTHS anthology; and an outdoor art project. Box lunches will be offered to eat outdoors.
Covid Guidelines
To have a successful, healthy Yuki Teikei Haiku Society retreat at Asilomar, the following are Covid precautions that attendees need to know:
• The maximum number of attendees will be 28.
• Weather permitting, conference room doors will be open as much as possible and as many events as possible will be held outdoors. Participants should plan to dress warmly.
• All participants should be fully vaccinated and boosted according to the latest CDC recommendations.
• If you do not have the latest vaccine, please test 4 days prior, 2 days prior and the day of the conference.
• While at the retreat, all participants will test each morning.
• Be prepared to wear a mask in closed conference rooms. N95 masks are recommended.
Following these guidelines will ensure that everyone will have an enriching, safe experience.
Registration
| Full conference: fee + shared room + 9 meals | $742 |
| Full conference: fee + single room + 9 meals | $1072 |
| Full conference: fee only | $100 |
Registration is open now, with a deposit of $100. Due to pandemic precautions, attendance will be limited to 28 (first-come, first-served, so register early). Balance due by September 1. Deadlines are firm. To register please send an email to Bona M. Santos: Ytbonsan@gmail.com. In the body of the email please include the information below. You may find it easiest to copy this form, paste it into your email, and then fill it out
Name:
Address:
Email address:
Phone: (home) (cell)
Room Preference: single double none
Roommate Preference (if any):
Meal Preference (regular or vegetarian):
Paid by: Check PayPal
Special Requirements:
(We plan to create a roster with retreat participants’ names and email addresses to be shared only with other attendees.)
May we include your name and email in the roster? Yes No
The deposit for the retreat is $100, and is due when you send your registration email. There are two ways to pay:
1. Mail a $100 check on an American bank made out to Yuki Teikei Haiku Society and send to the YTHS address below.
Jeannie Rueter
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
PO Box 412
Monterey, CA 93942
2. Use PayPal to send $100 to:
In the “Add a note” type: Asilomar 2023 and your name. When you send your completed registration form, be sure to indicate that you paid your fee using PayPal.
For any questions or more information, please contact the Retreat Chair Barbara Moore, at: