Hotaru Haiku

Write haikus from your mobile device, whenever and wherever you want.

Hotaru Haiku – Write, Read, and Share Haikus with Japanese Inspiration
Are you passionate about Japanese poetry? Do you want to write haikus with seasonal sensitivity and a connection to tradition?

Hotaru Haiku is the app you’ve been waiting for: a refined, intuitive, and free space where you can create haikus, discover kigo, and access literary publications from the Hotaru Project.

🌸 Create Haikus from Your Mobile, Online or Offline
Hotaru Haiku allows you to write haikus anytime, anywhere, even without an internet connection. Use the free-writing notebook or find inspiration through:

Traditional kigo terms (essential seasonal words in Japanese haiku).

Classic haikus by Japanese masters.

Verses from classical haiku poetry.

Unleash your full creative potential with our challenges in the "Get Inspired" section. Expand your saijiki and enhance your knowledge with tips from our assistant, Mochi-sensei.

Write freely, save your drafts, revise your verses, and grow your own personal haiku anthology.

Furthermore, when the time is right, you can export all your haikus in PDF format. Coming soon: editable and pre-formatted Word documents to help you prepare your manuscript for publication with minimal effort.

📚 Discover Kigo and Explore Our Digital Saijiki
The heart of haiku lies in its link to the seasons. Therefore, Hotaru Haiku includes a saijiki—a dictionary of seasonal words in Spanish—enabling you to learn, read, and write in harmony with time.

Each kigo is accompanied by a brief explanation, and you can begin your writing process directly from any entry.

📰 Exclusive and Free Downloadable Content
As part of the Hotaru Project, this app also provides access to all issues of Hotaru Magazine.

Publications include selections of classic and contemporary haikus, essays on haiku theory, interviews, annotated translations, and more. All content is free and open access.

📤 Share Your Haikus with Anyone
Have you written a haiku that you want to show the world?
With Hotaru Haiku, you can easily share your creations directly from the app: on social media, via email, or with fellow haiku lovers.

Let your voice reach more readers and become part of a community that values delicacy, silence, and the beauty of simplicity.

✨ Key Features of Hotaru Haiku
Write haikus freely or with the help of kigo and classic poems.

Integrated saijiki with kigo in Spanish.

Offline functionality (except for downloading new content).

Free access to all Hotaru Magazine publications.

Easy sharing options for your haikus.

Intuitive interface, free from distractions.

An app for lovers of haiku and seasonal poetry.

Whether you are a beginner or a regular haiku writer, Hotaru Haiku offers the ideal environment to deepen your practice of this poetic form. It combines tradition and technology so that haiku in Spanish can grow, verse by verse.

Completely free. No registration required. Just haiku.