Poem at the top is from the Hyakunin Isshu (a famous poetry anthology), and translates to…
"Above the lower slopes
of the high mountains, the cherries
have blossomed!
O, mist of the near mountains,
how I wish you would not rise!"
of the high mountains, the cherries
have blossomed!
O, mist of the near mountains,
how I wish you would not rise!"
