{"id":188,"date":"2006-05-07T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2006-05-07T09:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-05-07\/188"},"modified":"2007-04-10T00:24:44","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:24:44","slug":"a-cemetery-cherry-blossoms-and-a-big-ramen-noodles-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-05-07\/188","title":{"rendered":"A Cemetery, Cherry Blossoms, and a big Ramen Noodles Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\n\nHere's a photo which I think captures <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of Japan:\n\n<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"img_center\">\n<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF013542.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF013542_sm.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"452\"\nalt=\"Cherry blossoms, a cemetary, and a huge sign for a ramen noodle shop, in Kyoto Japan, April 2006\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"iJEF013542\"\nphotostream=\"japan\"\ntitle=\"Cherry blossoms, a cemetary, and a huge sign for a ramen noodle shop, in Kyoto Japan, April 2006\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/>\n<b>Cherry Blossoms, <span class='nobr'>a Cemetery,<\/span> and <span class='nobr'>a Ramen<\/span> Noodle Joint<\/b>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\n\nI took this near Daigo Temple in Yamashina, Kyoto, Japan, after visiting\nthe temple during <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-04-08\/175\">cherry-blossom season<\/a> last\nmonth.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nThe big yellow sign says &#8220;Ramen&#8221; (as in &#8220;noodles&#8221;),\nand is for <span class='nobr'>a shop<\/span> on <span class='nobr'>a major<\/span> street that you can't otherwise see in the\npicture. <span class='nobr'>The thing<\/span> that looks like <span class='nobr'>a cemetery<\/span> is <span class='nobr'>a cemetery,<\/span> although there\nare no bodies, just monuments and likely some ashes.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nAs a bonus quintessentially Japanese thing, in the very upper right, you\ncan see some futons hanging over someone's balcony railing, being refreshed\nin the sun.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nHere's a pointer to a satellite map showing <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;q=34.951888,135.813879&amp;spn=0.003869,0.008497\">where\nthe shot was taken<\/a>, and also the location 300 yards to the northwest of\n<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;q=34.955357,135.811921&amp;spn=0.003869,0.008497\">the\nsign<\/a> itself. The <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;q=34.99374,135.793601&amp;spn=0.007735,0.016994\">observatory<\/a>\non top of the mountain is that of Kyoto University, just exactly three\nmiles (4.9 km) away.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Here's a photo which I think captures a lot of Japan: <\/p> <p> I took this near Daigo Temple in Yamashina, Kyoto, Japan, after visiting the temple during cherry-blossom season last month. <\/p><p> The big yellow sign says \"Ramen\" (as in \"noodles\"), and is for a shop on a major street that you can't otherwise see in the picture. The thing that looks like a cemetery is a cemetery, although there are no bodies, just monuments and likely some ashes. <\/p><p> As a bonus quintessentially Japanese thing, in the very upper right, you can see some futons hanging over [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188"}],"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=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}