{"id":2741,"date":"2016-10-17T21:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-10-17\/2741"},"modified":"2016-10-17T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:32:42","slug":"a-visit-or-four-to-kyotos-ushio-kannon-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2016-10-17\/2741","title":{"rendered":"A Visit (or Four) to Kyoto’s Ushio Kannon Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\niPhone 6+ — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>120 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 32 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGetting My Bell Rung<\/span>\nat the Ushio Kannon Temple (\u725b\u5c3e\u89b3\u97f3),<\/span> Kyoto Japan\nphoto by Ionut Sandu<\/span>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

(Only iPhone photos today, sorry)<\/p>\n\n

The other day I went for a ride with Ionut and his friend Suzuki-san (view on Strava<\/a>). We started<\/span> with the two-part climb up to th Ushio Kannon Temple in the Yamashina area of Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n

The first part is 2.1 km (1.3 miles) at 8%<\/a>,\nwhich isn't so bad unless the road is wet, in which case it's suicide. In the most<\/span>-steep areas entire width of the road is inexplicably\npainted red (perhaps to warn you to the steepness?) but the paint makes for a ridiculously<\/i> slippery\nsurface when wet.<\/p>\n\n

Here's a photo from a ride<\/span> in June<\/a> when it was wet:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\niPhone 6+ — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>15 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 80 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nUnsafe at Any Speed<\/span>\none day last June\n\u4eca\u5e74\u306e\uff16\u6708\u3001\u6fe1\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u30e1\u30c3\u30c1\u30e3\u6ed1\u308a\u3084\u3059\u3044\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The paint develops a sheen of green moss that also appears on the non-red areas, but the paint seems to both foster the moss,\nand increase its slipperiness. It was sufficiently<\/span> dangerous that time in June that I was<\/span> scared to even hobble along by foot.<\/p>\n\n

Anyway, I don't recommend this road when it's wet.<\/p>\n\n

It wasn't wet this most recent time, and in trying to keep up with Ionut and Suzuki-san, I set my<\/span> PR (personal record) for the first\npart of the climb, so that was nice.<\/p>\n\n

That first part leads to a parking lot, from which a second,<\/span> more sinister climb emerges,\nthe 460m at 18% (max 32%!) “<\/span>Final Death Climb”<\/span><\/a>.\nHere's the video from my bike's front camera:<\/p>\n\n