Sunrise seen from Mount Fuji, Japan (© Filip Fuxa/Alamy)

【April 17 2014】Most photographs of Japan's Lake Yamanaka include the frosty, iconic massif of Mount Fuji somewhere in the frame. Here, the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is viewed from the slopes of Fuji itself, just after the sun has risen. An ancient eruption of Mount Fuji caused the formation of the basin that became Lake Yamanaka. Observations of natural beauty and the changing of seasons are often central themes of haiku poetry, a style of verse native to Japan. The haiku can seem simple, even easy. But the specific parameters of true haiku are not easily mastered. Just ask your humbled writer of today's Bing homepage text, or anyone else celebrating National Haiku Poetry Day today.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..