{"id":2771,"date":"2017-02-02T12:38:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-02-02\/2771"},"modified":"2017-02-02T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:38:42","slug":"snowy-ride-with-lots-of-new-expressway-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-02-02\/2771","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Ride With Lots of New-Expressway Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12781\" href='\/i\/JF100_12781.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12781_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"A Little Snowy on a ride two weeks ago \u4e8c\u9031\u9593\u307e\u3048\u306e\u96ea\u306e\u5f8c -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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)\"\nfb=\"1\"\nid=\"i12781\"\ntitle=\"A Little Snowy on a ride two weeks ago \u4e8c\u9031\u9593\u307e\u3048\u306e\u96ea\u306e\u5f8c -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 31mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12781.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12781.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Little<\/span> Snowy<\/span>\n<br\/>on a ride two weeks ago\n<br\/>\u4e8c\u9031\u9593\u307e\u3048\u306e\u96ea\u306e\u5f8c\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12781.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"A Little Snowy on a ride two weeks ago \u4e8c\u9031\u9593\u307e\u3048\u306e\u96ea\u306e\u5f8c -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>Two weeks ago we had a fair bit of snow in Kyoto (<span class='nobr'>a rarity,<\/span> since many years we have none), so that probably meant that the\nmountains in the north (which get lots of snow) were impassable, so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a bicycle<\/span> ride south-west towards Kobe. <span class='nobr'>I still<\/span> found snow.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the 100km ride:<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/837100015\/embed\/d2093c045fc927d9adab4af268aac3f5a21b46be'><\/iframe>\n\n<p>The first climb was the <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/837100015\/segments\/20411981019'>eastern Yanagidani\nclimb<\/a>, which <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> descended before but never ridden up. <span class='nobr'>I took my<\/span> time, stopping for photos like the above when <span class='nobr'>I ascended<\/span> above\nthe snow line, and at one point to help <span class='nobr'>a group<\/span> of elderly hikers find their way.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12782\" href='\/i\/JF100_12782.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12782_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Local Peak 60m below the pass -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12782\"\ntitle=\"Local Peak 60m below the pass -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 49mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12782.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12782.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Local Peak<\/span>\n<br\/>60m below the pass\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12782.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Local Peak 60m below the pass -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12784\" href='\/i\/JF100_12784.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12784_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"More Snow -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12784\"\ntitle=\"More Snow -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12784.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12784.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>More Snow<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12784.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"More Snow -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12786\" href='\/i\/JF100_12786.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12786_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Blacktop Harder to Find -- Mishima-gun, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12786\"\ntitle=\"Blacktop Harder to Find -- Mishima-gun, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 47mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12786.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12786.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Blacktop Harder to Find<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12786.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Blacktop Harder to Find -- Mishima-gun, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12787\" href='\/i\/JF100_12787.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12787_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Nope I had planned to take this road, but bailed due to snow and ice -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12787\"\ntitle=\"Nope I had planned to take this road, but bailed due to snow and ice -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12787.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12787.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Nope<\/span>\n<br\/>I had planned to take this road, but bailed due to snow and ice\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12787.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Nope I had planned to take this road, but bailed due to snow and ice -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>Just after I took this photo, <span class='nobr'>a station<\/span> wagon came by with writing on the side along the lines of <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>City of Ibaraiki Bicycling\nSupport<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, which piqued my interest. <span class='nobr'>I have no<\/span> idea what the two guys in city-worker uniforms intended, but they apparently didn't\nhave snow tires and their trip stopped when they hit this road and their wheels just spun on the ice. <span class='nobr'>I asked<\/span> whether they needed\n<span class='nobr'>a push,<\/span> but they waved me off, so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a less<\/span>-snowy road down the mountain into the city.<\/p>\n\n<p>Along the way I came across construction for the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Shin-Meishin Expressway<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>New Kobe-Nagoya Expressway<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>), which is slicing through\nsparsely-habited mountains, and redrawing maps with construction closures and reroutings.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12788\" href='\/i\/JF100_12788.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12788_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Massive Construction Project one little bridge out of hundreds of bridges and tunnels -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12788\"\ntitle=\"Massive Construction Project one little bridge out of hundreds of bridges and tunnels -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 41mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12788.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12788.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Massive Construction Project<\/span>\n<br\/>one little bridge out of hundreds of bridges and tunnels\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12788.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Massive Construction Project one little bridge out of hundreds of bridges and tunnels -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>The cost of leveling mountains and filling in valleys, of making huge concrete bridges and boring long tunnels, must be huge. <span class='nobr'>The cost of<\/span> just the one <i>massive<\/i> bridge above is inconceivable to me, but it's just one small piece of the whole thing,\nslated to be done in another six years.<\/p>\n\n<p>The social and economic benefit to the first trans-national expressway is pretty easy to understand, but since this <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>new<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\nexpressway more or less parallels the current one (+\/- 20km), the benefits seem marginal at best... is it <i>really<\/i> worth the\ncost in money and in displaced people (and displaced serenity)? Eminent domain is <span class='nobr'>a very<\/span> big hammer best used exceedingly sparingly\nand with specific purpose. <span class='nobr'>I realize<\/span> that I'm utterly ignorant on this project, but at first blush my mind boggles.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12791\" href='\/i\/JF100_12791.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12791_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Some Undisturbed Serenity -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12791\"\ntitle=\"Some Undisturbed Serenity -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 38mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12791.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12791.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Some Undisturbed Serenity<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12791.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Some Undisturbed Serenity -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>Working my way through the suburbia and back up into the mountains, <span class='nobr'>I took the<\/span> next old mountain road <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> find.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12792\" href='\/i\/JF100_12792.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12792_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Pleasant a bit messy, but pleasant -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12792\"\ntitle=\"Pleasant a bit messy, but pleasant -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12792.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12792.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Pleasant<\/span>\n<br\/>a bit messy, but pleasant\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12792.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Pleasant a bit messy, but pleasant -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12793\" href='\/i\/JF100_12793.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12793_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12793\"\ntitle=\"Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12793.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12793.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12793.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12796\" href='\/i\/JF100_12796.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12796_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12796\"\ntitle=\"Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 49mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.7, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12796.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12796.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12796.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12798\" href='\/i\/JF100_12798.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12798_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Where's My Road? The road I take dives down to the left, out of sight -- Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12798\"\ntitle=\"Where's My Road? The road I take dives down to the left, out of sight -- Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12798.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12798.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Where's My Road?<\/span>\n<br\/>The road I take dives down to the left, out of sight\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12798.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Where's My Road? The road I take dives down to the left, out of sight -- Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12800\" href='\/i\/JF100_12800.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12800_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Discovering More Construction -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12800\"\ntitle=\"Discovering More Construction -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12800.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12800.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Discovering More Construction<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12800.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Discovering More Construction -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12802\" href='\/i\/JF100_12802.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12802_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Old Bridge as the map is redrawn around it -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12802\"\ntitle=\"Old Bridge as the map is redrawn around it -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12802.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12802.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Old Bridge<\/span>\n<br\/>as the map is redrawn around it\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12802.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Old Bridge as the map is redrawn around it -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>I wanted to go down to look at the obviously-old bridge, but there was no access to it anymore. Looking at Historical Imagery in\nGoogle Earth, <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> see that even just 15 years ago, it led to <span class='nobr'>a couple<\/span> of farmsteads (that had been on the flat areas to the left\nin the photo above), but then about 10 years ago the big bridge <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> the photo from was built, obliterating the farms.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now, the road along the right side of the river has been taken over by construction for an exchange for the new highway,\nso the little old bridge looks like it will be forever cut off.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12803\" href='\/i\/JF100_12803.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12803_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Old Little Bridge with remnants just beyond of a temporary construction-use bridge -- Osaka Prefecture -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i12803\"\ntitle=\"Old Little Bridge with remnants just beyond of a temporary construction-use bridge -- Osaka Prefecture -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12803.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12803.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Old Little Bridge<\/span>\n<br\/>with remnants just beyond of a temporary construction-use bridge\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12803.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Old Little Bridge with remnants just beyond of a temporary construction-use bridge -- Osaka Prefecture -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12804\" href='\/i\/JF100_12804.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12804_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Another New Road new, but still steep -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12804\"\ntitle=\"Another New Road new, but still steep -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>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_12804.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12804.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Another New Road<\/span>\n<br\/>new, but still steep\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12804.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Another New Road new, but still steep -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12806\" href='\/i\/JF100_12806.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12806_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Quaint Pass -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12806\"\ntitle=\"Quaint Pass -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12806.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12806.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Quaint Pass<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12806.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Quaint Pass -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12807\" href='\/i\/JF100_12807.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12807_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Watch Out for Kids &amp;#8221; -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12807\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Watch Out for Kids &amp;#8221; -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 28mm &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_12807.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12807.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Watch Out for Kids<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12807.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Watch Out for Kids &amp;#8221; -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12810\" href='\/i\/JF100_12810.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12810_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Square Tunnel under the new expressway, in what used to be the middle of nowhere -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12810\"\ntitle=\"Square Tunnel under the new expressway, in what used to be the middle of nowhere -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 40mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12810.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12810.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Square Tunnel<\/span>\n<br\/>under the new expressway, in what used to be the middle of nowhere\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12810.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Square Tunnel under the new expressway, in what used to be the middle of nowhere -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12811\" href='\/i\/JF100_12811.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12811_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Hidden Thatched Roof caught my eye from the road above, so I went back to look... -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12811\"\ntitle=\"Hidden Thatched Roof caught my eye from the road above, so I went back to look... -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 2500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12811.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12811.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Hidden Thatched Roof<\/span>\n<br\/>caught my eye from the road above,\n<br\/>so I went back to look...\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12811.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Hidden Thatched Roof caught my eye from the road above, so I went back to look... -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12815\" href='\/i\/JF100_12815.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12815_sm.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Looks Fun Madama Mura Cafe (\u307e\u3060\u307e\u6751\u30ab\u30d5\u30a7) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12815\"\ntitle=\"Looks Fun Madama Mura Cafe (\u307e\u3060\u307e\u6751\u30ab\u30d5\u30a7) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12815.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12815.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looks Fun<\/span>\n<br\/>Madama Mura Cafe (\u307e\u3060\u307e\u6751\u30ab\u30d5\u30a7)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12815.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looks Fun Madama Mura Cafe (\u307e\u3060\u307e\u6751\u30ab\u30d5\u30a7) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12816\" href='\/i\/JF100_12816.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12816_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Dodged a Bullet the new-expressway construction slices through a few bus-lengths behind me -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12816\"\ntitle=\"Dodged a Bullet the new-expressway construction slices through a few bus-lengths behind me -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12816.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12816.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dodged <span class='nobr'>a Bullet<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>the new-expressway construction slices through <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> bus-lengths behind me\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12816.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Dodged a Bullet the new-expressway construction slices through a few bus-lengths behind me -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12820\" href='\/i\/JF100_12820.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12820_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Small Roadside Shrine also spared the eminent-domain hammer -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12820\"\ntitle=\"Small Roadside Shrine also spared the eminent-domain hammer -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12820.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12820.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Small Roadside Shrine<\/span>\n<br\/>also spared the eminent-domain hammer\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12820.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Small Roadside Shrine also spared the eminent-domain hammer -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12822\" href='\/i\/JF100_12822.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12822_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Not So Lucky -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12822\"\ntitle=\"Not So Lucky -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12822.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12822.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Not So Lucky<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12822.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Not So Lucky -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>When I got to a local pass, I noticed <span class='nobr'>a road<\/span> heading up to the side, so <span class='nobr'>I gave<\/span> it <span class='nobr'>a try,<\/span> and found <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> but pleasant area\nthat <span class='nobr'>I bet<\/span> would be wonderfully cool in during <span class='nobr'>a hot<\/span> summer...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12824\" href='\/i\/JF100_12824.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12824_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Pleasant Side Road -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12824\"\ntitle=\"Pleasant Side Road -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12824.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12824.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Pleasant Side Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12824.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Pleasant Side Road -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>It led to a little village with <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> houses, <span class='nobr'>a restaurant,<\/span> and this unexpected find:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12827\" href='\/i\/JF100_12827.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12827_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum \u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928 -- Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum (\u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12827\"\ntitle=\"Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum \u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928 -- Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum (\u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12827.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12827.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum<\/span>\n<br\/>\u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12827.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum \u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928 -- Ibaraki City Christian Artifact Museum (\u8328\u6728\u5e02\u7acb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b7\u30bf\u30f3\u907a\u7269\u53f2\u6599\u9928) -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>They didn't have all that many artifacts inside, but <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> surprised to learn that the first Catholic church\nin the area dated to 400 or so years ago.<\/p>\n\n<p>I gave the small restaurant a try...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12830\" href='\/i\/JF100_12830.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12830_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Gyudon Lunch -- \u30dd\u30d4\u30fc -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12830\"\ntitle=\"Gyudon Lunch -- \u30dd\u30d4\u30fc -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12830.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12830.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><a href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gy%C5%ABdon'>Gyudon<\/a> Lunch<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12830.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Gyudon Lunch -- \u30dd\u30d4\u30fc -- Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>It was getting late, so I headed out of the mountains and through the ugly city until <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> to the riverside path\npresented in the previous post (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2017-01-23\/2770'>Discovering <span class='nobr'>a New<\/span> Cycling Route from Kyoto to Osaka<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>), and headed home.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12835\" href='\/i\/JF100_12835.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12835_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Lots of Photographers lined up like this for kilometers -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12835\"\ntitle=\"Lots of Photographers lined up like this for kilometers -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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 60mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12835.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12835.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lots of Photographers<\/span>\n<br\/>lined up like this for kilometers\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12835.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lots of Photographers lined up like this for kilometers -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>Every time I go by this wetland area <span class='nobr'>I see<\/span> some photographers lined up with big lenses, standing around looking cold, but this\ntime there were hundreds stretching as far as the eye could see. <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span> to ask someone what was going on... it seems that\nthere's some kind of owl that they're trying to photograph. Good luck to'em.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the way home I stopped by the Morning Glory Cafe for crepes and coffee...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12836\" href='\/i\/JF100_12836.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12836_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Crowded Parking -- Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12836\"\ntitle=\"Crowded Parking -- Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_12836.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_12836.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Crowded Parking<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_12836.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-01-19'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Crowded Parking -- Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i12837\" href='\/i\/JF100_12837.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_12837_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"End-of-Ride Reward -- Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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=\"i12837\"\ntitle=\"End-of-Ride Reward -- Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 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; 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I still found snow.<\/p> <p>Here's the 100km ride:<\/p> <p>The first climb was the eastern Yanagidani climb, which I had descended before but never ridden up. I took my time, stopping for photos like the above when I ascended above the snow line, and at one point to help a group of elderly hikers find [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1,2,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771"}],"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=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}