{"id":1872,"date":"2011-10-30T23:45:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T14:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-10-30\/1872"},"modified":"2011-10-30T23:45:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T14:45:51","slug":"japans-bunny-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-10-30\/1872","title":{"rendered":"Japan’s Bunny Island"},"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 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/1.6, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFeeding The Bunnies<\/span>\n“Bunny Island”, Okunoshima Japan\n30 miles east of Hiroshima\n<\/div>\n\n

As I mentioned<\/a> the\nother day, we paid a visit<\/span> to \u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6<\/span> (Okunoshima<\/i>), also known as\n“Bunny Island” because it's populated by “wild” rabbits that have no\nhesitation to appear in great numbers at the slightest suggestion of\nfood.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBunny Whiskers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

You can get a cup of bunny-food pellets for 100 yen (US$1.25), and even\nborrow gloves if you want (though they're not really needed). You can also<\/span>\nrent bicycles and enjoy rides on paths all around. The island<\/span> is small — a bit<\/span> more\nthan half a square<\/span> mile — but mountainous, and bunnies are pretty much\neverywhere, though less in the higher grounds. There's not much else on the island but\nthe ruins of the chemical-weapons factories that occupied the island in the\n15 years up through the end of WWII, and a modern<\/span> visitor center and hotel.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>8000 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSpecial Treat<\/span>\nsomeone had came by and threw bunches of old lettuce\n<\/div>\n\n

The English Wikipedia page on the\nisland<\/a> claims that the rabbits were released from the chemical-weapons\nfactory on the island after it was shut down by the Americans after WWII,\nwhich is a good<\/span> story and all, but the\nJapanese page<\/a> says that the rabbits descend from a group<\/span> released by\nsome elementary-school kids in 1971. A form of<\/span> the old programmer's adage\nprobably applies here: when the comments and code disagree, both are\nprobably wrong. Who knows.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPower-Plant Shell<\/span>\nAbandoned 1945\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\niPhone 4S @ 4mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>670 sec, f<\/span>\/2.4, ISO 64 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“Say, Is That Thing<\/span> Edible?”<\/span>\n(taken with my phone)<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>800 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“Whaddya Lookin At?”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1600 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBunny Ears<\/span>\nBacklit by the late-afternoon sun\n<\/div>\n\n

Speaking of “bunny ears”, they had these mounted horn things that you could put your ears up to\nand, in theory, hear stuff much better....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\niPhone 4S @ 4mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.4, ISO 64 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBunny Ears<\/span>\nphoto by Fumie<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We couldn't really get them to work well, perhaps because they were hard\nto turn and to get seated to your ears. I've seen this kind of thing at\nplaygrounds before, though not with such an odd shape. It wasn't until the\nnext day that it actually clicked with me that they were meant to be bunny\nears. Doh! I can be<\/span> slow.<\/p>\n\n

Then again, it was a long day. Anthony was running around on his rented bicycle, so I took<\/span> a moment<\/span> to relax, but\nthe bunnies never for a moment<\/span> let their guard down, lest I suddenly<\/span> whip out a head<\/span> of lettuce....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\niPhone 4S @ 4mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f<\/span>\/2.4, ISO 64 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBeing Observed<\/span>\nphoto by Fumie<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFeeding Frenzy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Near the main hotel area where tourist visits generally start and end,\nthe rabbits are so plentiful and so quick to arrive when food is presented\nthat to an adult it's past the point of “cute” into “pest”, but it's sheer\njoy to a kid.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCrinkling of the Food Bag<\/span>\nbunnies immediately materialize out of thin air\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n2.57 Seconds Later<\/span>\nreally, less than three seconds after the prior photo\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOverrun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 82mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 560 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nEscape!<\/span>\namong a tsunami of giggles\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 175mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/14, ISO 1400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSunset with the Bunnies<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLounging<\/span>\nLiving the easy life of a people rancher\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSquiggly Ears<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We eventually made our way to the ferry dock on the other (non-sunset) side of the island for the trip back to the mainland.\nWhile waiting, Anthony availed himself of the breakwall...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 900 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPassing The Time<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\niPhone 4S @ 4mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>30 sec, f<\/span>\/2.4, ISO 64 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLeaving Bunny Island<\/span>\nphoto by Fumie<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

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

As I mentioned the other day, we paid a visit to \u5927\u4e45\u91ce\u5cf6 (Okunoshima), also known as \"Bunny Island\" because it's populated by \"wild\" rabbits that have no hesitation to appear in great numbers at the slightest suggestion of food.<\/p>

You can get a cup of bunny-food pellets for 100 yen (US$1.25), and even borrow gloves if you want (though they're not really needed). You can also rent bicycles and enjoy rides on paths all around. The island is small -- a bit more than half a square mile -- but mountainous, and bunnies are pretty much everywhere, though less in [...]","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\/1872"}],"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=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}