{"id":2792,"date":"2017-04-10T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-04-10\/2792"},"modified":"2017-04-10T22:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:22:53","slug":"cycling-from-kyoto-to-amanohashidate-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-04-10\/2792","title":{"rendered":"Cycling From Kyoto to Amanohashidate and Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15145\" href='\/i\/JF100_15145.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15145_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) 155km (96mi) into a 293km (182mi) ride in the furthest corner of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15145\"\ntitle=\"Overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) 155km (96mi) into a 293km (182mi) ride in the furthest corner of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15145.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15145.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Overlooking Amanohashidate <span class='nobr'>(\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb)<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>155km (96mi) into a 293km (182mi) ride\n<br\/>in the furthest corner of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15145.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) 155km (96mi) into a 293km (182mi) ride in the furthest corner of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The other day I made an impromptu decision to ride to Amanohashidate\n(see <a href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amanohashidate'>at Wikipedia<\/a>) the next morning. <span class='nobr'>It's pretty<\/span> far away, and in the end\nthe big loop turned out to be 293km (182mi), putting it well past\nmy <a href='\/blog\/2016-06-20\/2706'>260km (160mi) <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Cycling to Nagoya for Coffee<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> ride<\/a> as my longest.<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/930163391\/embed\/feb96c476d8c90e9146f970a77b641c9c48a6b3d'><\/iframe>\n\n<p>The evening before I made a clockwise route, but that morning decided to do it the other direction, thinking to put\nthe easier leg on the return trip, so <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> counterclockwise route (or, <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> say, <span class='nobr'>I whipped<\/span> up <span class='nobr'>a program<\/span> to reverse\nroute waypoints and re-map the route on <a href='http:\/\/graphhopper.com\/'>GraphHopper.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<p>I finally got out of the house at 8am.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15034\" href='\/i\/JF100_15034.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15034_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"About Ready To Start 7:59am -- Okazaki Koen [ Bijutsukan Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15034\"\ntitle=\"About Ready To Start 7:59am -- Okazaki Koen [ Bijutsukan Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm &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_15034.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15034.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>About Ready To Start<\/span>\n<br\/>7:59am\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15034.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"About Ready To Start 7:59am -- Okazaki Koen [ Bijutsukan Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15037\" href='\/i\/JF100_15037.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15037_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Last Tobidashi-kun for a While passing through Ohara 8:32 AM (from start: 33 min \/ 13 km \/ 8.3 miles) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15037\"\ntitle=\"Last Tobidashi-kun for a While passing through Ohara 8:32 AM (from start: 33 min \/ 13 km \/ 8.3 miles) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15037.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15037.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Last Tobidashi-kun for <span class='nobr'>a While<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>passing through Ohara\n<br\/>8:32 AM (from start: 33 min \/ 13 km \/ 8.3 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15037.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Last Tobidashi-kun for a While passing through Ohara 8:32 AM (from start: 33 min \/ 13 km \/ 8.3 miles) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I see <a href='\/blog\/2016-12-11\/2759#i12383'>Tobidashi-kun<\/a> all over the villages around here,\nbut saw very few on this trip.<\/p>\n\n<p>I made reasonable time north, but <span class='nobr'>a headwind<\/span> started developing after Hanaore Pass, and it grew\nstronger the farther north <span class='nobr'>I got.<\/span> It wasn't all that bad, though, and <span class='nobr'>I\neventually<\/span> made my way north enough to find snow on the road, just north of Kutsuki...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15040\" href='\/i\/JF100_15040.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15040_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"A Not -so- Chilly 15 \u00b0C (59F) 10:12 AM (from start: 2h 13m \/ 48 km \/ 29.7 miles) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15040\"\ntitle=\"A Not -so- Chilly 15 \u00b0C (59F) 10:12 AM (from start: 2h 13m \/ 48 km \/ 29.7 miles) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15040.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15040.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Not<\/span>-so-<span class='nobr'>Chilly 15<\/span>\u00b0C (59F)<\/span>\n<br\/>10:12 AM (from start: 2h 13m \/ 48 km \/ 29.7 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15040.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"A Not -so- Chilly 15 \u00b0C (59F) 10:12 AM (from start: 2h 13m \/ 48 km \/ 29.7 miles) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15042\" href='\/i\/JF100_15042.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15042_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Oops motorcycle hemorrhages coolant after a crash -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15042\"\ntitle=\"Oops motorcycle hemorrhages coolant after a crash -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15042.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15042.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Oops<\/span>\n<br\/>motorcycle hemorrhages coolant after <span class='nobr'>a crash<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15042.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Oops motorcycle hemorrhages coolant after a crash -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I came across a group of motorcyclists moments after someone had crashed, just as they were righting the bike.\nThey had passed me not long before, driving carefully and conservatively, so I'm at <span class='nobr'>a loss<\/span> to guess how someone\ndropped his bike. <span class='nobr'>I'm sure that<\/span> they all had phones, but <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span> to ask whether they needed assistance anyway,\nto which they thanked me but said no. <span class='nobr'>No one seemed<\/span> injured, except <span class='nobr'>I suppose<\/span> the pride of whoever had dropped\nthe now disabled bike.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15044\" href='\/i\/JF100_15044.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15044_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Leaving Them to Themselves with my best wishes for a speedy resolution -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15044\"\ntitle=\"Leaving Them to Themselves with my best wishes for a speedy resolution -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15044.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15044.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Leaving Them to Themselves<\/span>\n<br\/>with my best wishes for a speedy resolution\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15044.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Leaving Them to Themselves with my best wishes for a speedy resolution -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8428\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8428.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8428_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Selfie at Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) 10:32 AM (from start: 2h 33m \/ 54 km \/ 33.9 miles) -- Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii6p_8428\"\ntitle=\"Selfie at Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) 10:32 AM (from start: 2h 33m \/ 54 km \/ 33.9 miles) -- Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ + front camera &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>550 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8428.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8428.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Selfie at Misaka Pass <span class='nobr'>(\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0)<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>10:32 AM (from start: 2h 33m \/ 54 km \/ 33.9 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8428.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Selfie at Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) 10:32 AM (from start: 2h 33m \/ 54 km \/ 33.9 miles) -- Misaka Pass (\u6c34\u5742\u5ce0) -- Takashima, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>From here it was 22 downhill kilometers to the city of Obama. <span class='nobr'>The first<\/span> little bit was <span class='nobr'>a twisty<\/span> mountain road, to reach the main\nnational road, which was then <span class='nobr'>a long<\/span> fast downhill where speed so far has been limited by traffic having the audacity to\ngo the speed limit (50kph).<\/p>\n\n<p>This time was no exception, and <span class='nobr'>I found<\/span> myself drafting <span class='nobr'>a dump<\/span> truck lumbering downhill at 50kph. <span class='nobr'>I love drafting<\/span> big trucks\nand buses... it's as close to one can get to <span class='nobr'>a magic<\/span> carpet ride. <span class='nobr'>But the road<\/span> was pristine and otherwise empty, so on <span class='nobr'>a long<\/span>\nclear straightaway <span class='nobr'>I blew<\/span> past him. <span class='nobr'>I kept on<\/span> the same road for another 10 minutes before turning off, but <span class='nobr'>I never<\/span> saw him\nagain.<\/p>\n\n<p>Eventually I got out of the mountains and moved to <span class='nobr'>a much<\/span> smaller road that cuts through flat farmland. <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd had the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>magic carpet ride<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> drafting the truck on the downhill, but suddenly it was another plain\naltogether, with what was certainly the strongest tailwind I'd ever experienced. <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> <i>flying<\/i> without even trying.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15051\" href='\/i\/JF100_15051.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15051_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Rocket-Propelled Missile a mild effort assisted by God's own tailwind 10:49 AM (from start: 2h 50m \/ 65 km \/ 40.4 miles) taken at 52 kph (32 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15051\"\ntitle=\"Rocket-Propelled Missile a mild effort assisted by God's own tailwind 10:49 AM (from start: 2h 50m \/ 65 km \/ 40.4 miles) taken at 52 kph (32 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15051.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15051.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Rocket-Propelled Missile<\/span>\n<br\/>a mild effort assisted by God's own tailwind\n<br\/>10:49 AM (from start: 2h 50m \/ 65 km \/ 40.4 miles)\n<br\/><b>taken at 52 kph (32 mph)<\/b>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15051.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Rocket-Propelled Missile a mild effort assisted by God's own tailwind 10:49 AM (from start: 2h 50m \/ 65 km \/ 40.4 miles) taken at 52 kph (32 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I was shocked to be hitting 60kph (37mph) on <span class='nobr'>a flat<\/span> without even trying. Normally on <span\nclass='nobr'>a flat<\/span> without wind, <span class='nobr'>I can hold<\/span> 50kph (31mph) for <span class='nobr'>a minute<\/span>\nif <span class='nobr'>I kill<\/span> myself (<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/8499515'>Exhibit A<\/a>), but here it was\nsurreal. <span class='nobr'>I was sitting<\/span> up holding the camera with two hands, turning around to photograph the mountains\nbehind me, and still easily exceeding 50kph. It was <i>wonderful<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n<p>(As wonderful as it was, let's keep things in perspective. At yesterday's\nParis-Roubaix race, the winner kept up <a href='http:\/\/www.eurosport.com\/cycling\/paris-roubaix\/2017\/greg-van-avermaet-wins-paris-roubaix-thriller_sto6123901\/story.shtml'>an average of 45kph for almost six hours<\/a>, and that includes\nthe time spent crashing and waiting for his team to bring <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> bike.)<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, I made a Strava segment to cover the straight 1.9km (1.2mi) magic-carpet section, and easily\ngot the KOM (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>King of the Mountain<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> &mdash; the fastest registered time). <span class='nobr'>I named<\/span> it\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14527131'>Tailwind Sprint<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. <span class='nobr'>Oh how I<\/span> wish <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> go back and put away\nthe camera and really give it <span class='nobr'>a good<\/span> effort.<\/p>\n\n<p>Last week, on <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/926152708'>this ride beset by string headwinds<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I did have<\/span> <a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14278021'>one section<\/a> with <span class='nobr'>a zippy<\/span> tail wind, and <span class='nobr'>I ended<\/span> up with the 2nd-fastet time\nout of more than 20,000 recorded. Again, if <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> only known, <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have really tried to take advantage of the situation.<\/p>\n\n<p>At one point I had to jig 90\u00b0 to <span class='nobr'>a parallel<\/span> road, and so for that little bit <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> broadside to the winds.\nEven though <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> holding on tightly with two hands and expecting the gusts, it was <span class='nobr'>a challenge<\/span> to stay upright. <span class='nobr'>The wind was<\/span> very strong.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15054\" href='\/i\/JF100_15054.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15054_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"436\"\nalt=\"Little-Used Road 10:51 AM (from start: 2h 52m \/ 66 km \/ 41.2 miles) taken at 43 kph (27 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15054\"\ntitle=\"Little-Used Road 10:51 AM (from start: 2h 52m \/ 66 km \/ 41.2 miles) taken at 43 kph (27 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15054.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15054.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Little-Used Road<\/span>\n<br\/>10:51 AM (from start: 2h 52m \/ 66 km \/ 41.2 miles)\n<br\/>taken at 43 kph (27 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15054.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Little-Used Road 10:51 AM (from start: 2h 52m \/ 66 km \/ 41.2 miles) taken at 43 kph (27 mph) -- Mikatakaminaka-gun -- Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The <i>lovely<\/i> road seen above didn't exist on the maps that Strava uses, which is perhaps one reason\nthat so few people have ridden it (<span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14549781'><span class='nobr'>a segment<\/span><\/a>, but it\nshows only three people have ridden it).  I've since <a href='\/blog\/2016-12-28\/2762'>added that road to the map data<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>It took about<\/span> 10 seconds to add the road, but about three hours before <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> make myself stop fixing things. <span class='nobr'>The data in<\/span> this rural\narea was horrible.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15059\" href='\/i\/JF100_15059.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15059_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Made it to Obama 11:20 AM (from start: 3h 21m \/ 77 km \/ 47.7 miles) Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15059\"\ntitle=\"Made it to Obama 11:20 AM (from start: 3h 21m \/ 77 km \/ 47.7 miles) Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15059.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15059.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Made it to Obama<\/span>\n<br\/>11:20 AM (from start: 3h 21m \/ 77 km \/ 47.7 miles)\n<br\/>Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15059.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Made it to Obama 11:20 AM (from start: 3h 21m \/ 77 km \/ 47.7 miles) Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8433\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8433.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8433_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"The Obama Mermaid -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii6p_8433\"\ntitle=\"The Obama Mermaid -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ + front camera &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8433.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8433.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Obama Mermaid<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8433.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Obama Mermaid -- Mermaid Beach (\u4eba\u9b5a\u306e\u6d5c\u6d77\u6c34\u6d74\u5834) -- Obama, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This was my fifth time to ride to Obama\n(previous visits covered\n<a href='\/blog\/2015-07-25\/2600'>here<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2016-07-06\/2712'>here<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2016-10-09\/2737'>here<\/a>, and\n<a href='\/blog\/2016-11-05\/2746'>here<\/a>), but on this ride <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> only halfway to the halfway spot. <span class='nobr'>If those<\/span> tailwinds were to continue, though, <span class='nobr'>I'd make short<\/span> work of the rest.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15063\" href='\/i\/JF100_15063.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15063_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"456\"\nalt=\"I Need Some Genky Noon (from start: 4h 1m \/ 94 km \/ 58.6 miles) -- \u014ci-gun -- Oi-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15063\"\ntitle=\"I Need Some Genky Noon (from start: 4h 1m \/ 94 km \/ 58.6 miles) -- \u014ci-gun -- Oi-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 32mm &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_15063.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15063.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>I Need<\/span> Some Genky<\/span>\n<br\/>Noon (from start: 4h 1m \/ 94 km \/ 58.6 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15063.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"I Need Some Genky Noon (from start: 4h 1m \/ 94 km \/ 58.6 miles) -- \u014ci-gun -- Oi-gun, Fukui, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the same wind what provided the boost into Obama became <span class='nobr'>a cross<\/span>\/headwind as <span\nclass='nobr'>I rode<\/span> along the coast, and the next 75km were hellatious. <span class='nobr'>I needed<\/span> some of the\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Genky<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> seen above. <span class='nobr'>\u5143\u6c17<\/span> (<i>genki<\/i>) is\nthe Japanese word for health and vitality... someone who is not ill is genki; someone very old who still gets around is genki;\nyoung children can be too genki for their weary parents; someone fighting feirce headwinds for 75km sees the genki seep out of\nthem.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15065\" href='\/i\/JF100_15065.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15065_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"You Shall Not Pass unexpected &amp;#8220; no bicycles \/ no pedestrians &amp;#8221; section on my route 12:42 PM (from start: 4h 43m \/ 109 km \/ 67.8 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15065\"\ntitle=\"You Shall Not Pass unexpected &amp;#8220; no bicycles \/ no pedestrians &amp;#8221; section on my route 12:42 PM (from start: 4h 43m \/ 109 km \/ 67.8 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &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_15065.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15065.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>You Shall Not Pass<\/span>\n<br\/>unexpected <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>no bicycles \/ no pedestrians<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> section on my route\n<br\/>12:42 PM (from start: 4h 43m \/ 109 km \/ 67.8 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15065.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"You Shall Not Pass unexpected &amp;#8220; no bicycles \/ no pedestrians &amp;#8221; section on my route 12:42 PM (from start: 4h 43m \/ 109 km \/ 67.8 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The circular road sign at left indicates that bicycles and rickshaws and the like are not allowed\non the bridge, so <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> to make an unexpected detour.  I've since updated the map data so that this mistake won't\nhappen to others.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8437\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8437.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8437_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Refilling the Tank 1:02 PM (from start: 5h 3m \/ 111 km \/ 69.1 miles) \u7a42\u306e\u304b\u98df\u5802 -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii6p_8437\"\ntitle=\"Refilling the Tank 1:02 PM (from start: 5h 3m \/ 111 km \/ 69.1 miles) \u7a42\u306e\u304b\u98df\u5802 -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>15 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8437.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8437.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Refilling the Tank<\/span>\n<br\/>1:02 PM (from start: 5h 3m \/ 111 km \/ 69.1 miles)\n<br\/>\u7a42\u306e\u304b\u98df\u5802\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8437.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Refilling the Tank 1:02 PM (from start: 5h 3m \/ 111 km \/ 69.1 miles) \u7a42\u306e\u304b\u98df\u5802 -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Especially after the horrendous fatigue that struck me on <a href='\/blog\/2017-03-24\/2785'>this long ride the\nother day<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I built<\/span> restaurant stops into my plan. <span class='nobr'>I was in<\/span> good shape, but weary from the wind, so <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> happy to stop for <span class='nobr'>a\nwhile.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15072\" href='\/i\/JF100_15072.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15072_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"A Headwind is a relatively small problem to have 1:44 PM (from start: 5h 45m \/ 114 km \/ 70.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15072\"\ntitle=\"A Headwind is a relatively small problem to have 1:44 PM (from start: 5h 45m \/ 114 km \/ 70.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15072.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15072.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>A Headwind<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>is a relatively small problem to have\n<br\/>1:44 PM (from start: 5h 45m \/ 114 km \/ 70.9 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15072.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"A Headwind is a relatively small problem to have 1:44 PM (from start: 5h 45m \/ 114 km \/ 70.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15073\" href='\/i\/JF100_15073.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15073_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Bicycle Corridor &amp;#8220; 52 kiloparsecs &amp;#8221; ? 2:01 PM (from start: 6h 2m \/ 122 km \/ 75.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15073\"\ntitle=\"Bicycle Corridor &amp;#8220; 52 kiloparsecs &amp;#8221; ? 2:01 PM (from start: 6h 2m \/ 122 km \/ 75.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15073.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15073.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bicycle Corridor<\/span>\n<br\/><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>52 kiloparsecs<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>?\n<br\/>2:01 PM (from start: 6h 2m \/ 122 km \/ 75.9 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15073.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bicycle Corridor &amp;#8220; 52 kiloparsecs &amp;#8221; ? 2:01 PM (from start: 6h 2m \/ 122 km \/ 75.9 miles) -- Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The first thing I thought of when seeing <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>kp<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> was <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>kilo-pascals<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, but that makes no sense (52 kilopascals is\nabout half atmospheric pressure, and would normally be written as <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>52kPa<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, not <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>52kp<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>). Then <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span>\n<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>kilo-parsec<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, but 52 kilo-parsec is sort of <span class='nobr'>a long<\/span> way to ride <span class='nobr'>a bike<\/span> (it's about 1,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 meters),\nso it's probably not that. <span class='nobr'>I did some<\/span> digging and found that it means <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>kilo-post<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> (\u30ad\u30ed\u30dd\u30b9\u30c8), and marks the distance\nin kilometers from some starting location.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15078\" href='\/i\/JF100_15078.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15078_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Boat don't see many military-looking boats in Kyoto 2:20 PM (from start: 6h 21m \/ 131 km \/ 81.6 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15078\"\ntitle=\"Boat don't see many military-looking boats in Kyoto 2:20 PM (from start: 6h 21m \/ 131 km \/ 81.6 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15078.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15078.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Boat<\/span>\n<br\/>don't see many military-looking boats in Kyoto\n<br\/>2:20 PM (from start: 6h 21m \/ 131 km \/ 81.6 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15078.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Boat don't see many military-looking boats in Kyoto 2:20 PM (from start: 6h 21m \/ 131 km \/ 81.6 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15083\" href='\/i\/JF100_15083.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15083_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Another &amp;#8220; No Bicycles &amp;#8221; Section 2:29 PM (from start: 6h 30m \/ 136 km \/ 84.3 miles) taken at 33 kph (20 mph) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15083\"\ntitle=\"Another &amp;#8220; No Bicycles &amp;#8221; Section 2:29 PM (from start: 6h 30m \/ 136 km \/ 84.3 miles) taken at 33 kph (20 mph) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15083.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15083.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Another <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>No Bicycles<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> Section<\/span>\n<br\/>2:29 PM (from start: 6h 30m \/ 136 km \/ 84.3 miles)\n<br\/>taken at 33 kph (20 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15083.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Another &amp;#8220; No Bicycles &amp;#8221; Section 2:29 PM (from start: 6h 30m \/ 136 km \/ 84.3 miles) taken at 33 kph (20 mph) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15084\" href='\/i\/JF100_15084.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15084_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"422\"\nalt=\"Arrived! 2:51 PM (from start: 6h 52m \/ 145 km \/ 90.3 miles) Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15084\"\ntitle=\"Arrived! 2:51 PM (from start: 6h 52m \/ 145 km \/ 90.3 miles) Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15084.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15084.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Arrived!<\/span>\n<br\/>2:51 PM (from start: 6h 52m \/ 145 km \/ 90.3 miles)\n<br\/>Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15084.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Arrived! 2:51 PM (from start: 6h 52m \/ 145 km \/ 90.3 miles) Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This is the same rotating bridge <a href='\/blog\/2008-06-07\/831'>seen on my blog<\/a> nine years ago.<\/p>\n\n<div class='wide ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15087\" href='\/i\/JF100_15087.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15087_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"This is It 3:04 PM (from start: 7h 5m \/ 147 km \/ 91.6 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15087\"\ntitle=\"This is It 3:04 PM (from start: 7h 5m \/ 147 km \/ 91.6 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15087.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15087.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>This is It<\/span>\n<br\/>3:04 PM (from start: 7h 5m \/ 147 km \/ 91.6 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15087.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"This is It 3:04 PM (from start: 7h 5m \/ 147 km \/ 91.6 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Amanohashidate is a strand of land <span class='nobr'>a mile<\/span> or two long bisecting <span class='nobr'>a bay,<\/span> comparable to San Diego's Silver Strand, but\nmuch smaller. From the ground, there's really nothing interesting to see about it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8459\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8459.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8459_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Coffee Photo Op 3:08 PM (from start: 7h 9m \/ 148 km \/ 92.0 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii6p_8459\"\ntitle=\"Coffee Photo Op 3:08 PM (from start: 7h 9m \/ 148 km \/ 92.0 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ + front camera &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>120 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8459.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8459.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Coffee Photo Op<\/span>\n<br\/>3:08 PM (from start: 7h 9m \/ 148 km \/ 92.0 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8459.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Coffee Photo Op 3:08 PM (from start: 7h 9m \/ 148 km \/ 92.0 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I wanted to share a photo on my Facebook page to show that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> reached the place, but the typical scene from the ground wouldn't have\nindicated much about where <span class='nobr'>I was,<\/span> so took <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> in front of <span class='nobr'>a sign<\/span> board with the name. <span class='nobr'>I continued<\/span> the\nsilly <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>long ride for <span class='nobr'>a cop<\/span> of coffee<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> thing <span class='nobr'>I started<\/span> in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='\/blog\/2016-06-20\/2706' class='pt'>Cycling to Nagoya for Coffee<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> by using <span class='nobr'>a can<\/span> of coffee from <span class='nobr'>a vending<\/span> machine as <span class='nobr'>a prop.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15105\" href='\/i\/JF100_15105.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15105_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Next Stop up there 3:19 PM (from start: 7h 20m \/ 149 km \/ 92.3 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15105\"\ntitle=\"Next Stop up there 3:19 PM (from start: 7h 20m \/ 149 km \/ 92.3 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 60mm &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_15105.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15105.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Next Stop<\/span>\n<br\/>up there\n<br\/>3:19 PM (from start: 7h 20m \/ 149 km \/ 92.3 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15105.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Next Stop up there 3:19 PM (from start: 7h 20m \/ 149 km \/ 92.3 miles) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>It wasn't on my original plan, but <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> feeling good and <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> have to be home by <span class='nobr'>a particular<\/span> time,\nso <span class='nobr'>I decided<\/span> to cycle up <span class='nobr'>a mountain<\/span> to <span class='nobr'>a scenic<\/span> view spot. Most folks go up the cable car seen above,\nbut there's <span class='nobr'>a road<\/span> as well, <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/930163391\/segments\/22707402660'>2.8km @ 10%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15107\" href='\/i\/JF100_15107.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15107_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Mini Shrines on the Road Up 3:31 PM (from start: 7h 32m \/ 151 km \/ 94.1 miles) on the way to the Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15107\"\ntitle=\"Mini Shrines on the Road Up 3:31 PM (from start: 7h 32m \/ 151 km \/ 94.1 miles) on the way to the Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/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>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15107.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15107.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Mini Shrines on the Road Up<\/span>\n<br\/>3:31 PM (from start: 7h 32m \/ 151 km \/ 94.1 miles)\n<br\/>on the way to the Nariai-ji Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15107.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Mini Shrines on the Road Up 3:31 PM (from start: 7h 32m \/ 151 km \/ 94.1 miles) on the way to the Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15109\" href='\/i\/JF100_15109.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15109_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15109\"\ntitle=\"Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15109.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15109.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15109.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15110\" href='\/i\/JF100_15110.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15110_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Horrible Road Surface not quite cobblestones, but not very far from it 3:33 PM (from start: 7h 35m \/ 152 km \/ 94.3 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15110\"\ntitle=\"Horrible Road Surface not quite cobblestones, but not very far from it 3:33 PM (from start: 7h 35m \/ 152 km \/ 94.3 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 72mm &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_15110.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15110.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Horrible Road Surface<\/span>\n<br\/>not quite cobblestones, but not very far from it\n<br\/>3:33 PM (from start: 7h 35m \/ 152 km \/ 94.3 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15110.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Horrible Road Surface not quite cobblestones, but not very far from it 3:33 PM (from start: 7h 35m \/ 152 km \/ 94.3 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15115\" href='\/i\/JF100_15115.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15115_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Roadside Spring 3:35 PM (from start: 7h 36m \/ 152 km \/ 94.4 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15115\"\ntitle=\"Roadside Spring 3:35 PM (from start: 7h 36m \/ 152 km \/ 94.4 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15115.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15115.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Roadside Spring<\/span>\n<br\/>3:35 PM (from start: 7h 36m \/ 152 km \/ 94.4 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15115.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Roadside Spring 3:35 PM (from start: 7h 36m \/ 152 km \/ 94.4 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15119\" href='\/i\/JF100_15119.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15119_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Up Up Up 3:38 PM (from start: 7h 39m \/ 152 km \/ 94.6 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15119\"\ntitle=\"Up Up Up 3:38 PM (from start: 7h 39m \/ 152 km \/ 94.6 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15119.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15119.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Up Up Up<\/span>\n<br\/>3:38 PM (from start: 7h 39m \/ 152 km \/ 94.6 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15119.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Up Up Up 3:38 PM (from start: 7h 39m \/ 152 km \/ 94.6 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15124\" href='\/i\/JF100_15124.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15124_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Steeper Section 3:44 PM (from start: 7h 45m \/ 153 km \/ 95.0 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15124\"\ntitle=\"Steeper Section 3:44 PM (from start: 7h 45m \/ 153 km \/ 95.0 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15124.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15124.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Steeper Section<\/span>\n<br\/>3:44 PM (from start: 7h 45m \/ 153 km \/ 95.0 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15124.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Steeper Section 3:44 PM (from start: 7h 45m \/ 153 km \/ 95.0 miles) -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The steep lead up seen at right was brutal, especially coming after kilometers of climb, so <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> happy to have the excuse to\ntake <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> as <span class='nobr'>a reason<\/span> to stop. But then, after the hairpin, it got even worse, reaching <a href='\/blog\/2015-05-25\/2579'><span\nclass='nobr'>Nasty 20<\/span>+% levels<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>At least<\/span> for this section the road surface was fine.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15128\" href='\/i\/JF100_15128.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15128_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Sense of Scale In this shot there's a car at the next hairpin down -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15128\"\ntitle=\"Sense of Scale In this shot there's a car at the next hairpin down -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15128.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15128.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Sense of Scale<\/span>\n<br\/>In this shot there's a car at the next hairpin down\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15128.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Sense of Scale In this shot there's a car at the next hairpin down -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The maps in this area were atrocious so <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> playing it by ear, but from what <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> gather,\nafter <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> climbed up to <span class='nobr'>a temple,<\/span> it was just <span class='nobr'>a short<\/span> ride over to the scenic-view spot. <span class='nobr'>It turns<\/span> out, though, that the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>short ride<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\nincluded 150m (500') of steep descent:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15139\" href='\/i\/JF100_15139.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15139_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Pitching Down to the scenic-view spot 3:52 PM (from start: 7h 53m \/ 154 km \/ 95.5 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15139\"\ntitle=\"Pitching Down to the scenic-view spot 3:52 PM (from start: 7h 53m \/ 154 km \/ 95.5 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15139.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15139.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Pitching Down<\/span>\n<br\/>to the scenic-view spot\n<br\/>3:52 PM (from start: 7h 53m \/ 154 km \/ 95.5 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15139.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Pitching Down to the scenic-view spot 3:52 PM (from start: 7h 53m \/ 154 km \/ 95.5 miles) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I don't quite get what's going on with this road. <span class='nobr'>It's a public<\/span> road (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Kyoto Prefectural Road 616<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>),\nbut there's <span class='nobr'>a makeshift<\/span> sign saying that only buses and pedestrians are allowed (no vehicles allowed, not even bicycles).\n<span class='nobr'>I hadn't<\/span> seen this makeshift sign on the way in, but even if <span class='nobr'>I had,<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I'm not sure<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have let it deter me. <span class='nobr'>The government<\/span> has specific signs it uses on public roads to indicate vehicular limitations, such as the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>no bicycles\nand rickshaws<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> signs seen above; <span class='nobr'>I question<\/span> whether <span class='nobr'>a makeshift<\/span> sign expressing one person's desire for the road\neclipses my (tax-paying, <span class='nobr'>I might<\/span> add) right.<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, I didn't have these philosophical thoughts on my mind at the time, with the need to return up the same steep\nroad filling my thoughts.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15143\" href='\/i\/JF100_15143.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15143_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"View From The Scenic-View Spot 3:56 PM (from start: 7h 57m \/ 155 km \/ 96.0 miles) overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15143\"\ntitle=\"View From The Scenic-View Spot 3:56 PM (from start: 7h 57m \/ 155 km \/ 96.0 miles) overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15143.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15143.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View From The Scenic-View Spot<\/span>\n<br\/>3:56 PM (from start: 7h 57m \/ 155 km \/ 96.0 miles)\n<br\/>overlooking Amanohashidate <span class='nobr'>(\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15143.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"View From The Scenic-View Spot 3:56 PM (from start: 7h 57m \/ 155 km \/ 96.0 miles) overlooking Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15148\" href='\/i\/JF100_15148.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15148_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"The Pedestrian Path From Sea Level -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15148\"\ntitle=\"The Pedestrian Path From Sea Level -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15148.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15148.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>The Pedestrian Path From Sea Level<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15148.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"The Pedestrian Path From Sea Level -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15151\" href='\/i\/JF100_15151.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15151_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Taking in the Scene upside down, by looking through your legs ( this is apparently the thing to do here ) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15151\"\ntitle=\"Taking in the Scene upside down, by looking through your legs ( this is apparently the thing to do here ) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15151.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15151.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Taking in the Scene<\/span>\n<br\/>upside down, by looking through your legs\n<br\/>( this is apparently the thing to do here )\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15151.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Taking in the Scene upside down, by looking through your legs ( this is apparently the thing to do here ) -- Amanohashidate (\u5929\u6a4b\u7acb) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After relaxing for a bit, I made most of the 150m climb back up towards the temple, but just before\narriving realized that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> dropped my taillight. Upon reaching the sandy path an hour earlier I'd wanted to make\nsure it was fully charged for the long ride home which would be mostly in the dark, so <span class='nobr'>I attached<\/span> it to my portable\ncharger. <span class='nobr'>It's easy to<\/span> fall out, so <span class='nobr'>I wrapped<\/span> the pair in <span class='nobr'>a bag<\/span> and stuck it in the back pocket of my jersey.<\/p>\n\n<p>Apparently, it had poked through the bag and fallen out. <span class='nobr'>I figured<\/span> it must have been at the scenic-view spot, so <span class='nobr'>I\ndescended<\/span> to get it. It wasn't there, so <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> the 150m climb back up to the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15156\" href='\/i\/JF100_15156.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15156_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Temple Pagoda 4:27 PM (from start: 8h 28m \/ 158 km \/ 98.2 miles) just before pitching down the 20+% descent -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15156\"\ntitle=\"Temple Pagoda 4:27 PM (from start: 8h 28m \/ 158 km \/ 98.2 miles) just before pitching down the 20+% descent -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15156.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15156.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Temple Pagoda<\/span>\n<br\/>4:27 PM (from start: 8h 28m \/ 158 km \/ 98.2 miles)\n<br\/>just before pitching down the 20+% descent\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15156.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Temple Pagoda 4:27 PM (from start: 8h 28m \/ 158 km \/ 98.2 miles) just before pitching down the 20+% descent -- Nariai-ji Temple (\u6210\u76f8\u5bfa) -- Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>One of the draws for me to have made the long climb up to begin with, besides the view, was to leave my KOM mark in\nthe area by hitting <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/930163391\/segments\/22707402664'>the descent<\/a> in my traditional\nmanner. That plan fell by the wayside as <span class='nobr'>I descended<\/span> slowly, to try to find my taillight that had presumably fallen by the wayside.\nBesides not wanting to be out a $50 light, <span class='nobr'>I sort of<\/span> wanted to have the light for the return trip home.<\/p>\n\n<p>Didn't find it.<\/p>\n\n<p>I hadn't been planning to return to the sandy landbridge, but did so looking for the light. Never found it. <span class='nobr'>It's got my<\/span> name\nand phone number on it, so perhaps I'll eventually get it back. <span class='nobr'>It is Japan<\/span>, after all.<\/p>\n\n<p>Finally giving up, at 5pm, after just <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> over 100 miles of riding, <span class='nobr'>I started<\/span> on the return trip home. <span class='nobr'>I planned<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a more<\/span> direct route than the one <span class='nobr'>I came<\/span> on (the return would be just 130km \/ 81mi), <span class='nobr'>a route<\/span> that went over some mountains\nbut didn't seem to &mdash; in the rough research I'd done the night before &mdash; have all that much climbing.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15168\" href='\/i\/JF100_15168.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15168_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Lovely Cycling Road ( that had been marked as a normal road on the map, though I've since fixed it ) 5:17 PM (from start: 9h 18m \/ 172 km \/ 107.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15168\"\ntitle=\"Lovely Cycling Road ( that had been marked as a normal road on the map, though I've since fixed it ) 5:17 PM (from start: 9h 18m \/ 172 km \/ 107.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15168.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15168.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Cycling Road<\/span>\n<br\/>( that had been marked as a normal road on the map, though I've since fixed it )\n<br\/>5:17 PM (from start: 9h 18m \/ 172 km \/ 107.1 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15168.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lovely Cycling Road ( that had been marked as a normal road on the map, though I've since fixed it ) 5:17 PM (from start: 9h 18m \/ 172 km \/ 107.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>My biggest stress for the return was battery management. <span class='nobr'>By law and<\/span> common sense <span class='nobr'>I needed<\/span> lights in front and back\nfor the many hours I'd be riding in the dark. <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> care about the front so much except in <span class='nobr'>a city,<\/span> but <span class='nobr'>I always<\/span> needed\nto care about the back. <span class='nobr'>My Fly6 rear<\/span> camera functions as <span class='nobr'>a tail<\/span> light, but <span class='nobr'>I worried<\/span> how much battery <span class='nobr'>I had.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I also worried<\/span> about running out of battery on my phone and on my Garmin cycling computer (the latter of which was\nrecording my ride, and displaying my route so <span class='nobr'>I knew<\/span> when to turn). <span class='nobr'>I had one<\/span> portable recharger battery, but managing it\nso that <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> keep everything important going filled my thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15178\" href='\/i\/JF100_15178.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15178_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"First Return Climb Awaits 5:47 PM (from start: 9h 48m \/ 182 km \/ 113.0 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15178\"\ntitle=\"First Return Climb Awaits 5:47 PM (from start: 9h 48m \/ 182 km \/ 113.0 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 67mm &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_15178.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15178.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Return Climb Awaits<\/span>\n<br\/>5:47 PM (from start: 9h 48m \/ 182 km \/ 113.0 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15178.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"First Return Climb Awaits 5:47 PM (from start: 9h 48m \/ 182 km \/ 113.0 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I didn't think the overall return had much climbing, but <span class='nobr'>I knew<\/span> it had one doozy at the beginning. But first,\nmy plans called for dinner at <span class='nobr'>a restaurant<\/span> I'd mapped out at the foot of the climb....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15182\" href='\/i\/JF100_15182.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15182_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Inexplicably Closed no dinner for me 5:53 PM (from start: 9h 54m \/ 183 km \/ 113.7 miles) -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15182\"\ntitle=\"Inexplicably Closed no dinner for me 5:53 PM (from start: 9h 54m \/ 183 km \/ 113.7 miles) -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_15182.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15182.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Inexplicably Closed<\/span>\n<br\/>no dinner for me\n<br\/>5:53 PM (from start: 9h 54m \/ 183 km \/ 113.7 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15182.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Inexplicably Closed no dinner for me 5:53 PM (from start: 9h 54m \/ 183 km \/ 113.7 miles) -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15185\" href='\/i\/JF100_15185.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15185_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Heading Up There 5:58 PM (from start: 9h 59m \/ 184 km \/ 114.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15185\"\ntitle=\"Heading Up There 5:58 PM (from start: 9h 59m \/ 184 km \/ 114.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 72mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15185.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15185.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Up There<\/span>\n<br\/>5:58 PM (from start: 9h 59m \/ 184 km \/ 114.1 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15185.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Up There 5:58 PM (from start: 9h 59m \/ 184 km \/ 114.1 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15187\" href='\/i\/JF100_15187.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15187_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Happy that I don't have to take the steep road on the right (except I do) 5:59 PM (from start: 10h 0m \/ 184 km \/ 114.2 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15187\"\ntitle=\"Happy that I don't have to take the steep road on the right (except I do) 5:59 PM (from start: 10h 0m \/ 184 km \/ 114.2 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15187.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15187.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Happy<\/span>\n<br\/>that I don't have to take the steep road on the right\n<br\/>(except I do)\n<br\/>5:59 PM (from start: 10h 0m \/ 184 km \/ 114.2 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15187.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Happy that I don't have to take the steep road on the right (except I do) 5:59 PM (from start: 10h 0m \/ 184 km \/ 114.2 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>It turns out that this road often splits and rejoins, with one branch being the original straight (steep) way, and the other\nbeing <span class='nobr'>a longer,<\/span> twisty, more mild climb. <span class='nobr'>My routing<\/span> software had given me the\nshortest route, which was of course the steepest. <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> have chosen exactly that had <span\nclass='nobr'>I paid<\/span> attention, but it turns out that not many would, because <a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/930163391\/segments\/22707675117'>only three people using Strava have taken it<\/a>. By\ncomparison, fifteen have taken <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3828115'>the easiest route<\/a>, and seventy have bailed on\nthe road altogether to take <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/11652776'>the easier modern bypass<\/a>. <span\nclass='nobr'>All in all<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I guess<\/span> the point is that few people ride here at all. \/-:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15188\" href='\/i\/JF100_15188.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15188_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Rare mix of trees and bamboo 6:01 PM (from start: 10h 2m \/ 184 km \/ 114.3 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15188\"\ntitle=\"Rare mix of trees and bamboo 6:01 PM (from start: 10h 2m \/ 184 km \/ 114.3 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15188.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15188.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Rare<\/span>\n<br\/>mix of trees and bamboo\n<br\/>6:01 PM (from start: 10h 2m \/ 184 km \/ 114.3 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15188.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Rare mix of trees and bamboo 6:01 PM (from start: 10h 2m \/ 184 km \/ 114.3 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15192\" href='\/i\/JF100_15192.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15192_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Looking Back Where I Came From 6:14 PM (from start: 10h 15m \/ 186 km \/ 115.5 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15192\"\ntitle=\"Looking Back Where I Came From 6:14 PM (from start: 10h 15m \/ 186 km \/ 115.5 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/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>\/2.8, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15192.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15192.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking Back Where <span class='nobr'>I Came<\/span> From<\/span>\n<br\/>6:14 PM (from start: 10h 15m \/ 186 km \/ 115.5 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15192.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking Back Where I Came From 6:14 PM (from start: 10h 15m \/ 186 km \/ 115.5 miles) -- Yosa-gun -- Yosa-gun, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15193\" href='\/i\/JF100_15193.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15193_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Darkness Fell Quickly it's much brighter in the photo than it was in real life 6:52 PM (from start: 10h 53m \/ 201 km \/ 125.0 miles) -- Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15193\"\ntitle=\"Darkness Fell Quickly it's much brighter in the photo than it was in real life 6:52 PM (from start: 10h 53m \/ 201 km \/ 125.0 miles) -- Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>25 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15193.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15193.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Darkness Fell Quickly<\/span>\n<br\/>it's much brighter in the photo than it was in real life\n<br\/>6:52 PM (from start: 10h 53m \/ 201 km \/ 125.0 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15193.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Darkness Fell Quickly it's much brighter in the photo than it was in real life 6:52 PM (from start: 10h 53m \/ 201 km \/ 125.0 miles) -- Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15201\" href='\/i\/JF100_15201.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15201_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Brightly-Lit Area long stretches between villages had nothing but the half moon 7:32 PM (from start: 11h 33m \/ 210 km \/ 130.6 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15201\"\ntitle=\"Brightly-Lit Area long stretches between villages had nothing but the half moon 7:32 PM (from start: 11h 33m \/ 210 km \/ 130.6 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>8 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15201.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15201.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Brightly-Lit Area<\/span>\n<br\/>long stretches between villages had nothing but the half moon\n<br\/>7:32 PM (from start: 11h 33m \/ 210 km \/ 130.6 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15201.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Brightly-Lit Area long stretches between villages had nothing but the half moon 7:32 PM (from start: 11h 33m \/ 210 km \/ 130.6 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15202\" href='\/i\/JF100_15202.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15202_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"I Must Be Getting Near Kyoto 8:04 PM (from start: 12h 5m \/ 218 km \/ 135.7 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15202\"\ntitle=\"I Must Be Getting Near Kyoto 8:04 PM (from start: 12h 5m \/ 218 km \/ 135.7 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>15 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15202.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15202.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='nobr'>I Must<\/span> Be Getting Near Kyoto<\/span>\n<br\/>8:04 PM (from start: 12h 5m \/ 218 km \/ 135.7 miles)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15202.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-05'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"I Must Be Getting Near Kyoto 8:04 PM (from start: 12h 5m \/ 218 km \/ 135.7 miles) -- Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>At 8pm I was still 3&frac12; hours from home.<\/p>\n\n<p>I had been very wrong about there not being much climbing. There was lots, and <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> slow. <span class='nobr'>I got home<\/span> around 11:30pm.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's <a href='https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/930163391'>the Relive.cc video<\/a> of the ride:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px; border: solid 2px gray; padding: 5px\" class=\"ic wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" width=\"690\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/video.relive.cc\/strava_930163391_1491810562219.mp4\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I made an impromptu decision to ride to Amanohashidate (see at Wikipedia) the next morning. It's pretty far away, and in the end the big loop turned out to be 293km (182mi), putting it well past my 260km (160mi) \"Cycling to Nagoya for Coffee\" ride as my longest.<\/p> <p>The evening before I made a clockwise route, but that morning decided to do it the other direction, thinking to put the easier leg on the return trip, so I made a new counterclockwise route (or, I should say, I whipped up a program to reverse route waypoints and [...]","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\/2792"}],"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=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}