{"id":1232,"date":"2009-06-10T23:13:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-06-10\/1232"},"modified":"2009-06-10T23:13:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:13:33","slug":"anthony-at-bunny-island-with-his-grandparents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-06-10\/1232","title":{"rendered":"Anthony At &#8220;Bunny Island&#8221; With His Grandparents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1232'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> 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<p>Last weekend, Anthony went on an overnight trip with Fumie's folks to\nOkunoshima <span class='nobr'>(\u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6),<\/span> &#8220;Rabbit Island&#8221;, <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> island in the Seto Inland\nSea <span class='nobr'>a couple<\/span>-hour train-ride and <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> boat-ride away. <span class='nobr'>The small<\/span> island\nhas <span class='nobr'>a large<\/span> population of wild but friendly rabbits that have trained\npeople to visit and feed them.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0144\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0144.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0144_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"First Nibbles -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0144\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"First Nibbles -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0144'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0144', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0144.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0144.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Nibbles<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0147\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0147.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0147_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0147\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0147'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0147', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0147.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0147.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0149\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0149.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0149_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0149\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0149'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0149', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0149.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0149.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0153\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0153.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0153_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Whoa, Ran Out of Veggies, Sorry! -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0153\"\nindexhint=\"left\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Whoa, Ran Out of Veggies, Sorry! -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0153'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0153', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0153.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0153.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Whoa, <span class='nobr'>Ran Out of<\/span> Veggies, Sorry!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0158\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0158.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0158_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Restocked With Bunny Food Pellets -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0158\"\nindexhint=\"right\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Restocked With Bunny Food Pellets -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0158'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0158', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0158.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0158.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Restocked With Bunny Food Pellets<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0165\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0165.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0165_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0165\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0165'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0165', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>850 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0165.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0165.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0171\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0171.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0171_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Moments Before... -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0171\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"Moments Before... -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0171'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0171', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>550 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0171.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0171.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Moments Before...<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0172\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0172.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0172_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"...A Big &amp;#8220;Whomp&amp;#8221; Sound of bunnies converging on food -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0172\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"...A Big &amp;#8220;Whomp&amp;#8221; Sound of bunnies converging on food -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0172'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0172', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 8 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0172.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0172.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>...<span class='nobr'>A Big<\/span> &#8220;Whomp&#8221; Sound<\/span>\n<br\/>of bunnies converging on food\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"0173\" href=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0173.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0173_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"later in the day... Evening Feeding -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\nclass=\"autoresize\"\nid=\"iBunny_DSCF0173\"\nonload=\"jeffs_autoresize(this, 'arw1232')\"\ntitle=\"later in the day... Evening Feeding -- Okunoshima -- Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -- Copyright 2009 Hiromi\"\/><\/a><img id='AiBunny_DSCF0173'  class='unsize' onclick=\"jeffs_unautoresize('iBunny_DSCF0173', 690, 518, 'arw1232')\" src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif' width='19' height='18' onmouseover='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/white_zoomup.gif\"' onmouseout='this.src = \"\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif\"'\/>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">FinePix F50fd @ 24 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.1, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FBunny-DSCF0173.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/Bunny-DSCF0173.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/>later in the day...\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Evening Feeding<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I didn't know why the island was full of rabbits until <span class='nobr'>I came<\/span> across <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%8Ckunoshima\" class='quiet'>its\nWikipedia article<\/a> while trying to figure out how to pronounce its name\n<span class='nobr'>(\u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6).<\/span> <span class='nobr'>It's an interesting<\/span> (and disturbing story), which you can\nfind at that link.<\/p>\n\n<p>UPDATE: <a href=\"\/blog\/2011-10-30\/1872\">we took Anthony ourselves<\/a> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, Anthony went on an overnight trip with Fumie's folks to Okunoshima (\u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6), \"Rabbit Island\", a small island in the Seto Inland Sea a couple-hour train-ride and a short boat-ride away. The small island has a large population of wild but friendly rabbits that have trained people to visit and feed them.<\/p> <p>I didn't know why the island was full of rabbits until I came across its Wikipedia article while trying to figure out how to pronounce its name (\u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6). It's an interesting (and disturbing story), which you can find at that link.<\/p> <p>UPDATE: we took Anthony ourselves a [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}