{"id":2781,"date":"2017-03-03T23:06:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-03-03\/2781"},"modified":"2017-03-03T23:06:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:06:48","slug":"exploring-the-steep-nooks-and-crannies-near-the-suntory-yamazaki-whisky-distillery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-03-03\/2781","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Steep Nooks and Crannies Near the Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13715\" href='\/i\/JF100_13715.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13715_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Toddlers Waving to a Train in front of the Suntory Yamazaki Whiskey Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13715\"\ntitle=\"Toddlers Waving to a Train in front of the Suntory Yamazaki Whiskey Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13715.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13715.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Toddlers Waving to <span class='nobr'>a Train<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>in front of the Suntory Yamazaki Whiskey Distillery\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13715.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Toddlers Waving to a Train in front of the Suntory Yamazaki Whiskey Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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\n<p>Instead of writing up the full blog post about my visit the other day\n<a href='\/blog\/2017-02-28\/2780'>to Suntory's Yamazaki Distillery<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I instead<\/span> did <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> bicycle ride to the area, to investigate all the short-but-steep roads\nnestled in where the city meets the mountain.<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/885848822\/embed\/93016e573a1a95cbbb9c4ea6480b76059cfc2e36'><\/iframe>\n\n<p>On the way, I went through the belly of <a href='http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/34.902968+135.694877'>the sprawling\nYamazaki Junction<\/a>, mentioned in <span class='nobr'>a comment<\/span> on the blog post where <span class='nobr'>I featured<\/span>\n<a href='\/blog\/2017-02-23\/2777#i13512'>photos\nof the rat's-nest Kumiyama Junction<\/a>....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13648\" href='\/i\/JF100_13648.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13648_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Approaching the Yamazaki Junction \u5c71\u5d0eJCT -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13648\"\ntitle=\"Approaching the Yamazaki Junction \u5c71\u5d0eJCT -- Yamazaki, 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 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13648.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13648.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Approaching the Yamazaki Junction<\/span>\n<br\/>\u5c71\u5d0eJCT\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13648.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Approaching the Yamazaki Junction \u5c71\u5d0eJCT -- Yamazaki, 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>It's <i>much<\/i> more complex than the one <span class='nobr'>I wrote<\/span> about before, but much less photogenic...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13759\" href='\/i\/JF100_13759.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13759_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Yamazaki, 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=\"i13759\"\ntitle=\"Yamazaki, 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>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_13759.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13759.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13759.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamazaki, 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=\"i13761\" href='\/i\/JF100_13761.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13761_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Yamazaki, 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=\"i13761\"\ntitle=\"Yamazaki, 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 40mm &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_13761.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13761.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13761.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamazaki, 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>It's more complex in that it includes an entrance and an exit that can be reached by either of the two expressways that cross.\nLooking at <a href='http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/34.902968+135.694877'>the area on the map<\/a> is dizzying. But it's spread over\n<span class='nobr'>a fairly<\/span> wide area, and unlike the other junction <span class='nobr'>I wrote<\/span> about, <span class='nobr'>a bicycle<\/span> can't get to much of it. <span class='nobr'>So from any<\/span> one spot, you can\nsee <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> trees, but have no sense for the magnitude of the forest.<\/p>\n\n<p>Oh, and one other things this junction has is <span class='nobr'>a bus<\/span> stop <i>on the expressway<\/i>. Passengers reach it from the normal surface\nroads:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13762\" href='\/i\/JF100_13762.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13762_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Expressway Bus-Stop Entrance \u9ad8\u901f\u30d0\u30b9\u505c\u306e\u5165\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13762\"\ntitle=\"Expressway Bus-Stop Entrance \u9ad8\u901f\u30d0\u30b9\u505c\u306e\u5165\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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 29mm &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_13762.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13762.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Expressway Bus-Stop Entrance<\/span>\n<br\/>\u9ad8\u901f\u30d0\u30b9\u505c\u306e\u5165\u308a\u53e3\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13762.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Expressway Bus-Stop Entrance \u9ad8\u901f\u30d0\u30b9\u505c\u306e\u5165\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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>Anyway, I continued over toward the small (but steep) mountain that Yamazaki nestles up against....<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13651\" href='\/i\/JF100_13651.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13651_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Heading Toward Yamazaki -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13651\"\ntitle=\"Heading Toward Yamazaki -- Yamazaki, 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 75mm &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_13651.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13651.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Toward Yamazaki<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13651.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Toward Yamazaki -- Yamazaki, 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>Once I reached the mountain, I skirted it and took every road that turned in toward the mountain.\nMany didn't go far, but some brought enjoyable surprises, such as <span class='nobr'>a big<\/span> temple...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13657\" href='\/i\/JF100_13657.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13657_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Small Shrine on the steep road to a temple (Yamazaki Shouten \/ \u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13657\"\ntitle=\"Small Shrine on the steep road to a temple (Yamazaki Shouten \/ \u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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 40mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13657.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13657.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Small Shrine<\/span>\n<br\/>on the steep road to a temple (Yamazaki Shouten \/ <span class='nobr'>\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13657.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Small Shrine on the steep road to a temple (Yamazaki Shouten \/ \u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13661\" href='\/i\/JF100_13661.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13661_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Discussing the View -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13661\"\ntitle=\"Discussing the View -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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 44mm &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_13661.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13661.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Discussing the View<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13661.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Discussing the View -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13665\" href='\/i\/JF100_13665.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13665_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"The Temple -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13665\"\ntitle=\"The Temple -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13665.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13665.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Temple<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13665.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Temple -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13671\" href='\/i\/JF100_13671.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13671_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13671\"\ntitle=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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 35mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13671.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13671.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13671.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13673\" href='\/i\/JF100_13673.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13673_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13673\"\ntitle=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13673.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13673.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13673.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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 tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13675\" href='\/i\/JF100_13675.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13675_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Heading Back Down -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13675\"\ntitle=\"Heading Back Down -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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>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_13675.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13675.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Back Down<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13675.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Back Down -- Yamazaki Shouten (\u5c71\u5d0e\u8056\u5929) -- Yamazaki, 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>I made <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14273213'><span class='nobr'>a Strava<\/span> segment for the 370m @ 11% climb<\/a>, but it seems\nfew folks have done it.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic wide tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13677\" href='\/i\/JF100_13677.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13677_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Uninviting no car, no scooter, no bike, no pets, no backpacks, no fun -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13677\"\ntitle=\"Uninviting no car, no scooter, no bike, no pets, no backpacks, no fun -- Yamazaki, 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>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.7, ISO 640 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13677.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13677.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Uninviting<\/span>\n<br\/>no car, no scooter, no bike, no pets, no backpacks, no fun\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13677.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Uninviting no car, no scooter, no bike, no pets, no backpacks, no fun -- Yamazaki, 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>Near Suntory's distillery is something called the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>.\nAsahi is <span class='nobr'>a competitor<\/span> of Suntory, and <span class='nobr'>I assume<\/span> that they put this thing nearby on purpose, and if so, it seems <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> slimy to me. <span class='nobr'>The road up<\/span> to the entrance is very steep, and past that it's even steeper as <span class='nobr'>a service<\/span> road to the rear of the site. <span class='nobr'>It's just as<\/span> well <span class='nobr'>I wanted<\/span> to do that steep service road, because as the signs at the entrance indicate multiple times,\nbicycles (and much else) aren't welcome.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then it was time for the main climb <span class='nobr'>I knew<\/span> to be in the area, the\n<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14273152'>short but steep climb to the Hoshakuji Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa)<\/span><\/a>\nIt averages 15.6% for its 350-meter length....<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13681\" href='\/i\/JF100_13681.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13681_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Start of the Climb just beyond the tracks -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13681\"\ntitle=\"Start of the Climb just beyond the tracks -- Yamazaki, 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 75mm &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_13681.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13681.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Start of the Climb<\/span>\n<br\/>just beyond the tracks\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13681.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Start of the Climb just beyond the tracks -- Yamazaki, 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\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13678\" href='\/i\/JF100_13678.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13678_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\u5929\u738b\u5c71 \u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 \u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa\u3078\u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13678\"\ntitle=\"\u5929\u738b\u5c71 \u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 \u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa\u3078\u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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 56mm &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_13678.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13678.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>\u5929\u738b\u5c71<\/span>\u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3<\/span>\n<br\/>\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa\u3078\u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13678.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"\u5929\u738b\u5c71 \u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 \u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa\u3078\u306e\u767b\u308a\u53e3 -- Yamazaki, 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>I tried to put in an effort, but it didn't feel like <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> getting much out of it. <span class='nobr'>My legs are<\/span> weak from not having done\nthis kind of powerful effort all winter. Normally it's my lungs that limit me, but this time it was my legs... at least until <span class='nobr'>a\ntrash<\/span> truck didn't feel like sharing the road, and <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> to stop to let him by. Really burst my bubble.<\/p>\n\n<p>I didn't like that I was interfered with, so <span class='nobr'>I turned<\/span> around and did it again.<\/p>\n\n<p>On the way down in between, I snapped <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> showing how high one gets in such <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> distance:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13682\" href='\/i\/JF100_13682.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13682_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"View From (just below the) Hoshakuji Temple -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13682\"\ntitle=\"View From (just below the) Hoshakuji Temple -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, 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 34mm &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_13682.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13682.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View From<\/span>\n<br\/>(just below the)\n<br\/><span class='caption'> Hoshakuji Temple<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13682.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"View From (just below the) Hoshakuji Temple -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, 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>Anyway, I got to the bottom, turned around, and did it again, sans trash truck.<\/p>\n\n<p>Holy cow, the second time was so much worse than the first. <span class='nobr'>My willpower<\/span> just collapsed and <span class='nobr'>I ended<\/span> up barely inching forward\ntoward the middle, or so it felt. <span class='nobr'>But by the<\/span> time <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> near the top, the last few meters had me &mdash; and this was <span class='nobr'>a first<\/span> for\nme &mdash; almost throwing up. <span class='nobr'>I guess<\/span> the problem is that <span class='nobr'>I attempted<\/span> an effort that <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> have done at the start of the\nwinter, but not now at the end.<\/p>\n\n<p>It had taken just two minutes, but <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> wiped out to the core.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13689\" href='\/i\/JF100_13689.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13689_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Collapsed on the Steps with just enough energy for a selfie -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i13689\"\ntitle=\"Collapsed on the Steps with just enough energy for a selfie -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &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_13689.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13689.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Collapsed on the Steps<\/span>\n<br\/>with just enough energy for a selfie\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13689.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Collapsed on the Steps with just enough energy for a selfie -- Hoshakuji Temple (\u5b9d\u7a4d\u5bfa) -- Yamazaki, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Once I got moving again, I was drained, so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> everything for the rest of the ride really easily.<\/p>\n\n<p>I started poking around the mountain again.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13698\" href='\/i\/JF100_13698.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13698_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Blast from the Past this scene brought back 25-year-old memories -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13698\"\ntitle=\"Blast from the Past this scene brought back 25-year-old memories -- Yamazaki, 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 26mm &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_13698.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13698.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Blast from the Past<\/span>\n<br\/>this scene brought back 25-year-old memories\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13698.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Blast from the Past this scene brought back 25-year-old memories -- Yamazaki, 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>In the center of the photo above, there's <span class='nobr'>a narrow<\/span> path going down; <span class='nobr'>a woman<\/span> and <span class='nobr'>a toddler<\/span> are walking up it. <span class='nobr'>The path is<\/span>\nso particular that <span class='nobr'>I immediately<\/span> recalled  it from my commute by motorcycle, done most days between 1990 and 1995.<\/p>\n\n<p>I also came across a preschool that <span class='nobr'>I recall<\/span> having gone past all the time, but this time <span class='nobr'>I noticed<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> street\nbeside it pitching up the mountain, so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> it. <span class='nobr'>It eventually<\/span> entered the woods and got even steeper...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13703\" href='\/i\/JF100_13703.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13703_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Ridiculous ridiculously steep, and ridiculous road surface that looks like a toddler's crayon drawing -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13703\"\ntitle=\"Ridiculous ridiculously steep, and ridiculous road surface that looks like a toddler's crayon drawing -- Yamazaki, 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>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13703.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13703.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ridiculous<\/span>\n<br\/>ridiculously steep, and\n<br\/>ridiculous road surface that looks like <span class='nobr'>a toddler's<\/span> crayon drawing\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13703.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ridiculous ridiculously steep, and ridiculous road surface that looks like a toddler's crayon drawing -- Yamazaki, 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\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13701\" href='\/i\/JF100_13701.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13701_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13701\"\ntitle=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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>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_13701.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13701.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View from the Top<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13701.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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 made a segment for this climb as well, <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14273513'>450m @ 13%<\/a>,\nbut I'm the only one to have done it so far.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13710\" href='\/i\/JF100_13710.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13710_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Heading Down to Suntory this road arrives at the back of the distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13710\"\ntitle=\"Heading Down to Suntory this road arrives at the back of the distillery -- Yamazaki, 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 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13710.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13710.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Down to Suntory<\/span>\n<br\/>this road arrives at the back of the distillery\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13710.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Down to Suntory this road arrives at the back of the distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13721\" href='\/i\/JF100_13721.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13721_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Back of the Distillery with a public road then cutting through the center toward the front -- Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13721\"\ntitle=\"Back of the Distillery with a public road then cutting through the center toward the front -- Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13721.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13721.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back of the Distillery<\/span>\n<br\/>with a public road then cutting through the center toward the front\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13721.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Back of the Distillery with a public road then cutting through the center toward the front -- Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13713\" href='\/i\/JF100_13713.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13713_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Front Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13713\"\ntitle=\"Front Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13713.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13713.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Front<\/span>\n<br\/>Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13713.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Front Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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 smells from the distillery are <i>heavenly<\/i>, another thing <span class='nobr'>I remember<\/span> from the few seconds that <span class='nobr'>I passed<\/span>\nin front of the place on my daily commute 25 years ago. In particular, the steam emanating from this truck\nhad a <i>lovely<\/i> rich smell that <span class='nobr'>I just<\/span> sat and took in for <span class='nobr'>a bit.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13717\" href='\/i\/JF100_13717.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13717_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13717\"\ntitle=\"Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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 50mm &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_13717.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13717.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13717.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery -- Yamazaki, 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 back road down to the distillery seemed to make <span class='nobr'>a nice<\/span> climb, so <span class='nobr'>I retraced<\/span> my steps and did it, then made it\ninto <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14273533'><span class='nobr'>a Strava<\/span> segment<\/a>. Overall it's <span class='nobr'>a mild<\/span> 500m @ 8%,\nbut the first third is relatively flat, then the next third is about 12%.<\/p>\n\n<p>My effort was 3rd-overall best.... out of four total. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n<p>Continuing around the mountain, <span class='nobr'>I saw a<\/span> side path go into <span class='nobr'>a tunnel,<\/span> so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> it...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13737\" href='\/i\/JF100_13737.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13737_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Looking Back having just come through the tunnel -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13737\"\ntitle=\"Looking Back having just come through the tunnel -- Yamazaki, 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_13737.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13737.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking Back<\/span>\n<br\/>having just come through the tunnel\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13737.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking Back having just come through the tunnel -- Yamazaki, 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 goes steeply up the mountain along the edge of <span class='nobr'>a cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13731\" href='\/i\/JF100_13731.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13731_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13731\"\ntitle=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13731.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13731.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View from the Top<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13731.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"View from the Top -- Yamazaki, 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>While poking around later, I came across the this monstrosity of <span class='nobr'>a building<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13743\" href='\/i\/JF100_13743.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13743_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Ugly Urban Eyesore seems related to the expressway tunnels that exit the mountain next to it -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13743\"\ntitle=\"Ugly Urban Eyesore seems related to the expressway tunnels that exit the mountain next to it -- Yamazaki, 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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13743.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13743.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ugly Urban Eyesore<\/span>\n<br\/>seems related to the expressway tunnels that exit the mountain next to it\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13743.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ugly Urban Eyesore seems related to the expressway tunnels that exit the mountain next to it -- Yamazaki, 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 trip down from there seemed to make <span class='nobr'>a natural<\/span> climb, so as before, <span class='nobr'>I turned<\/span> around and did the climb back up, <a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14273660'>making yet another segment<\/a>. This one is 750m (&frac12; mile) at an overall\naverage of 8%, but it keep getting steeper and steeper. <span class='nobr'>The final<\/span> bit behind the ugly building is on the order of 17%.<\/p>\n\n<p>Finally it was time to head home.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13738\" href='\/i\/JF100_13738.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13738_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Tunnel Under the Tracks -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13738\"\ntitle=\"Tunnel Under the Tracks -- Yamazaki, 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>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13738.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13738.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Tunnel Under the Tracks<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13738.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Tunnel Under the Tracks -- Yamazaki, 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\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13748\" href='\/i\/JF100_13748.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13748_sm.jpg\" width=\"527\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Low Ceiling -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13748\"\ntitle=\"Low Ceiling -- Yamazaki, 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 75mm &mdash; 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<sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_13754.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13754.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>I Wonder<\/span> How Old This Is<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13754.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"I Wonder How Old This Is -- Yamazaki, 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=\"i13758\" href='\/i\/JF100_13758.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13758_sm.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Yamazaki, 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=\"i13758\"\ntitle=\"Yamazaki, 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_13758.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_13758.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_13758.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamazaki, 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>On the way back, I stopped by Morning Glory for coffee and <span class='nobr'>a sandwich.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i13764\" href='\/i\/JF100_13764.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_13764_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Lunch 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=\"i13764\"\ntitle=\"Lunch 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 28mm &mdash; 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