{"id":1198,"date":"2009-04-27T23:44:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-27\/1198"},"modified":"2009-04-28T00:18:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T15:18:29","slug":"discovering-kyotos-mt-yoshida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-04-27\/1198","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Kyoto’s Mt. Yoshida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAzaleas Leading To the Munetada Shrine<\/span>\non Mt. Yoshida, Kyoto, Japan\n<\/div>\n\n

One of the most wonderful aspects of Kyoto is that it has so many\ntreasures – usually hidden in plain sight – such that you never\nrun out of new discoveries. Today was yet another day of discovery for me,\nright in my own backyard.<\/p>\n\n

10 minutes north by bicycle from my place is a small<\/span> tree-covered\noutcropping called yoshidayama<\/i> (Mt. Yoshida). I've sort of noticed\nit over the years, having driven near and around it often, but it's always\nbeen one of those things that I never<\/span> actually paid much attention to. When\nyou're driving by, it seems more like tall trees in the background beyond\nthe buildings that front the street rather than a small<\/span> mountain.<\/p>\n\n

Here's the view via Google Maps. It's the green<\/span> blob in the center,\nsurrounded by city, with the campus of the University of Kyoto to its\nimmediate west...<\/p>\n\n