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Basho is not only an overwhelming presence in haiku, he was also a life-long Buddhist pilgrim. So I start my haiku tour, which is in fact a literary pilgrimage, where Basho lived for his most active years: in Tokyo's Koto ward, on the left bank of the River Sumida. Here also stands the Basho Museum, close to which I find a cluster of haiku on a path along the river.
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