{"id":2647,"date":"2015-11-27T22:48:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-11-27\/2647"},"modified":"2015-11-27T22:48:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T13:48:42","slug":"confused-kyoto-cherry-trees-bloom-five-months-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2015-11-27\/2647","title":{"rendered":"Confused Kyoto Cherry Trees Bloom Five Months Early"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i06885\" href='\/i\/JF100_06885.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_06885_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Chilly Cherry Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming five months early \u4e94\u30f6\u6708\u65e9 \u3044\u3092\u54b2\u304f\u306e\u685c \u4eca\u65e5\u3001\uff11\uff11\u6708\uff12\uff17\u65e5\u306e\u64ae\u5f71\u3067\u3059\u3002 -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i06885\"\ntitle=\"Chilly Cherry Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming five months early \u4e94\u30f6\u6708\u65e9 \u3044\u3092\u54b2\u304f\u306e\u685c \u4eca\u65e5\u3001\uff11\uff11\u6708\uff12\uff17\u65e5\u306e\u64ae\u5f71\u3067\u3059\u3002 -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_06885.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_06885.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Chilly Cherry<\/span>\n<br\/>Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming five months early\n<br\/><b><span class='nobr'>\u4e94\u30f6\u6708\u65e9<\/span>\u3044\u3092\u54b2\u304f\u306e\u685c<\/b>\n<br\/>\u4eca\u65e5\u3001\uff11\uff11\u6708\uff12\uff17\u65e5\u306e\u64ae\u5f71\u3067\u3059\u3002\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_06885.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-11-27'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Chilly Cherry Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming five months early \u4e94\u30f6\u6708\u65e9 \u3044\u3092\u54b2\u304f\u306e\u685c \u4eca\u65e5\u3001\uff11\uff11\u6708\uff12\uff17\u65e5\u306e\u64ae\u5f71\u3067\u3059\u3002 -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Today on <a href='\/blog\/2015-11-29\/2650'>a ride from Kyoto to Osaka Castle with Paul Barr<\/a>, early on the\ntrip while still in Kyoto we came across some cherry blossoms that had apparently gotten confused by the cold spell in October\nfollowed by <span class='nobr'>a warm<\/span> spell earlier this month... they seem to be blooming five months early!<\/p>\n\n<p>Some varieties of cherry do normally bloom in November, such as we've\nover the years\n<a href='\/blog\/2009-12-31\/1412'>here<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2010-11-09\/1657'>here<\/a>, and\n<a href='\/blog\/2013-09-04\/2308#016358'>here<\/a>, but their branches are sparsely populated\nwith blossoms. Today's were full:<\/p>\n\n<p><span class='nobr'>\u4eca\u65e5<\/span>\u306e<span class='nobr'>\u51fa\u4f1a\u3063<\/span>\u305f\u685c\u306f<span class='nobr'>\u5341\u6708\u685c<\/span>\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3060\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3069\u3093\u306a<span class='nobr'>\u7a2e\u985e<\/span>\u306e\u306f\u5206\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002\u5b9f\u306f\u3001\u6885\u3084\u6843\u3067\u306f\u304b\u3082\u77e5\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i06876\" href='\/i\/JF100_06876.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_06876_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"505\"\nalt=\"Paul and the Cherry at least I think it's cherry; frankly, to my untrained eyes, it could just as easily be peach or plum, but the bark look like cherry -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i06876\"\ntitle=\"Paul and the Cherry at least I think it's cherry; frankly, to my untrained eyes, it could just as easily be peach or plum, but the bark look like cherry -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_06876.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_06876.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Paul and the Cherry<\/span>\n<br\/>at least I think it's cherry; frankly, to my untrained eyes,\n<br\/>it could just as easily be peach or plum, but the bark look like cherry\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_06876.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-11-27'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Paul and the Cherry at least I think it's cherry; frankly, to my untrained eyes, it could just as easily be peach or plum, but the bark look like cherry -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i06882\" href='\/i\/JF100_06882.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_06882_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i06882\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_06882.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_06882.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_06882.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-11-27'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Whatever they were, they were pretty and out of place.<\/p>\n\n<p>I made a short video of the blossoms, amid a <i>ridiculous<\/i> wind.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style='border:solid 1px #888; padding: 5px' width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_rIdf3Qzgc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i06880\" href='\/i\/JF100_06880.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_06880_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i06880\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_06880.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_06880.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_06880.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2015-11-27'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2015 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on a ride from Kyoto to Osaka Castle with Paul Barr, early on the trip while still in Kyoto we came across some cherry blossoms that had apparently gotten confused by the cold spell in October followed by a warm spell earlier this month... they seem to be blooming five months early!<\/p> <p>Some varieties of cherry do normally bloom in November, such as we've over the years here, here, and here, but their branches are sparsely populated with blossoms. Today's were full:<\/p> <p>\u4eca\u65e5\u306e\u51fa\u4f1a\u3063\u305f\u685c\u306f\u5341\u6708\u685c\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3060\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3069\u3093\u306a\u7a2e\u985e\u306e\u306f\u5206\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002\u5b9f\u306f\u3001\u6885\u3084\u6843\u3067\u306f\u304b\u3082\u77e5\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p> <p>Whatever they were, they were pretty and out of place.<\/p> <p>I made a short video of [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,30,14,1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647"}],"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=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}