{"id":1744,"date":"2011-04-12T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-04-12\/1744"},"modified":"2011-04-12T11:32:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T02:32:41","slug":"the-towel-museum-in-imabari-japan-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-04-12\/1744","title":{"rendered":"The Towel Museum in Imabari Japan, Part 2"},"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 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCute × Cute<\/span>\nCuteness (and Parental Indulgence) Incarnate\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Because I know everyone is so excited<\/i> at the prospect of hearing\neven more about the Towel Museum, I'm following<\/span> up right away to\nyesterday's “The Towel Museum in Imabari\nJapan, Part 1<\/a>” with Part 2 today. Be forewarned, though, that today's\npost is more of a gluttony<\/span> of Moomin<\/a>analia mixed with\nunabashed “my kid is so cute!” self indulgence.<\/p>\n\n

As I commented in Part\nI<\/a>, the “Towel Museum” could well be called the “Moomin Museum” (Moomin\nbeing a Scandinavian<\/span> cartoon character), and of course we caved in to\nAnthony's sudden and wholly expected desire for his very own pricey\nstuffed Moomin.<\/p>\n\n

After our museum tour, we headed down to the most-pleasant Museum\nCafe<\/b> for lunch. Fumie hung back a bit<\/span> to check out some of the stores,\nso Anthony, his new Moomin, and my camera had some quality time\ntogether.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWaiting for Mommy<\/span>\nwith Moomin and my iPhone\n<\/div>\n\n

More Anthony × Moomin....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBacklit Glowing Moomin<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

On the table was a small glass with a few<\/span> delicate flowers...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSmall Floral Arrangement<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The picture above isn't all that interesting, but you can be sure that\na future<\/span> post will explore these flowers in the\nsame vein as yesterday's “Exploring the Edge\nof Creamy Macro Bokeh with Lily of the Nile<\/a>”.<\/p>\n\n

Update: here indeed is that post: “<\/span>Exploring a Glass<\/span> of Dainty Flowers With the Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5<\/a>”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, Anthony got tired of Moomin and played with my iPhone...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Behind him in a niche on the wall was a larger<\/span> flower arrangement of sorts....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“This Handicraft Made From Towel Material”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Eventually we had lunch, and it was quite good.<\/p>\n\n

After lunch, Fumie checked out the gift shops again, while Anthony and I went<\/span> out to wait with our cameras...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>6400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYellow Hedge<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>5000 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGoing Macro<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>5000 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHigher View<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/10, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMuseum Cafe Courtyard<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 @ 50 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThat's Was Our Table<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 @ 50 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1250 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWaiting for Mommy to Appear<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOdd Mountain Landscaping<\/span>\nprobably to prevent erosion, but it sure looks odd\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nParting Shot<\/span>\nas we're getting into the car to head home\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because I know everyone is so excited at the prospect of hearing even more about the Towel Museum, I'm following up right away to yesterday's \"The Towel Museum in Imabari Japan, Part 1\" with Part 2 today. Be forewarned, though, that today's post is more of a gluttony of Moominanalia mixed with unabashed \"my kid is so cute!\" self indulgence.<\/p>

As I commented in Part I, the \"Towel Museum\" could well be called the \"Moomin Museum\" (Moomin being a Scandinavian cartoon character), and of course we caved in to Anthony's sudden and wholly expected desire for his very own pricey [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744"}],"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=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}