{"id":2794,"date":"2017-04-24T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-04-24\/2794"},"modified":"2017-04-24T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T23:39:09","slug":"wild-cherry-blossoms-and-fun-fast-descents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-04-24\/2794","title":{"rendered":"Wild Cherry Blossoms and Fun Fast Descents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15984\" href='\/i\/JF100_15984.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15984_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Full Bloom in front of the Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) in the mountains north of Kyoto, Japan -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15984\"\ntitle=\"Full Bloom in front of the Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) in the mountains north of Kyoto, Japan -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- 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>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15984.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15984.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Full Bloom<\/span>\n<br\/>in front of the Joshokoji Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa)<\/span>\n<br\/>in the mountains north of Kyoto, Japan\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15984.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Full Bloom in front of the Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) in the mountains north of Kyoto, Japan -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Cherry-blossom season in Kyoto is always hectic for someone like me who likes photography, made all the more\nbusy because <span class='nobr'>I now<\/span> like to cycle and these are some of the first warm days of the season. I've been out with the camera\nand the bike <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> lately, but sort of punted on blogging about it because schedule already left me overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, I'm getting back into the swing of things with <span class='nobr'>a writeup<\/span> on my most recent ride.<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/950289515\/embed\/e42eee147b5b6964c0b0402e2cfc9d9750ad0fe8'><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p>First I popped over the mountains from Kyoto to Lake Biwa...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15848\" href='\/i\/JF100_15848.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15848_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"407\"\nalt=\"Straight Shot Down to the Lake 1.4km \/ 0.9mi away -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15848\"\ntitle=\"Straight Shot Down to the Lake 1.4km \/ 0.9mi away -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 40mm &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_15848.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15848.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Straight Shot Down to the Lake<\/span>\n<br\/>1.4km \/ 0.9mi away\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15848.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Straight Shot Down to the Lake 1.4km \/ 0.9mi away -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15849\" href='\/i\/JF100_15849.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15849_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"At Lake Biwa moments before my bike fell in it -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15849\"\ntitle=\"At Lake Biwa moments before my bike fell in it -- Otsu, 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>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_15849.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15849.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>At Lake Biwa<\/span>\n<br\/>moments before my bike fell in it\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15849.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"At Lake Biwa moments before my bike fell in it -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15855\" href='\/i\/JF100_15855.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15855_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Fishermen -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15855\"\ntitle=\"Fishermen -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 65mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15855.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15855.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fishermen<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15855.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Fishermen -- Otsu, 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=\"i15858\" href='\/i\/JF100_15858.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15858_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Short, Intense Climb looking back from the top, 300 straight meters @ 13.3% -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15858\"\ntitle=\"Short, Intense Climb looking back from the top, 300 straight meters @ 13.3% -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 49mm &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_15858.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15858.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Short, Intense Climb<\/span>\n<br\/>looking back from the top,\n<br\/>300 straight meters @ 13.3%\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15858.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Short, Intense Climb looking back from the top, 300 straight meters @ 13.3% -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I got 4th overall on this <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14613199'>straight, steep climb<\/a>; <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> have gotten\n2nd, but my Garmin's Edge 820's GPS track had drifted and part of my rest after finishing it was counted in my climb. I'll do\nbetter next time, and hope my Garmin will as well.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15862\" href='\/i\/JF100_15862.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15862_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Another Short Straight Climb 400m at 7.8% it's neither long nor steep, but the straightness makes it mentally tougher for me -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15862\"\ntitle=\"Another Short Straight Climb 400m at 7.8% it's neither long nor steep, but the straightness makes it mentally tougher for me -- Otsu, Shiga, 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>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15862.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15862.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Another Short Straight Climb<\/span>\n<br\/><a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14657356'>400m at 7.8%<\/a>\n<br\/>it's neither long nor steep, but the straightness makes it mentally tougher for me\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15862.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Another Short Straight Climb 400m at 7.8% it's neither long nor steep, but the straightness makes it mentally tougher for me -- Otsu, 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=\"i15865\" href='\/i\/JF100_15865.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15865_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Rural Farming -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15865\"\ntitle=\"Rural Farming -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 52mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15865.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15865.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Rural Farming<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15865.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Rural Farming -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15870\" href='\/i\/JF100_15870.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15870_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15870\"\ntitle=\"Otsu, 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>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_15870.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15870.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15870.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>My first destination on this ride was <span class='nobr'>a temple<\/span> in the middle of nowhere in the mountains. <span class='nobr'>I had ridden<\/span> by it\nnumerous times, but had never stopped in to check it out.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8565\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8565.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8565_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Me and my Kongorikishi Friend at the Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii6p_8565\"\ntitle=\"Me and my Kongorikishi Friend at the Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, 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>700 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_8565.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8565.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Me and my <a href='\/blog\/2014-01-31\/2382#Kongorikishi'>Kongorikishi<\/a> Friend<\/span>\n<br\/>at the Imurudani Fudodo Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8565.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Me and my Kongorikishi Friend at the Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15873\" href='\/i\/JF100_15873.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15873_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15873\"\ntitle=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 44mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15873.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15873.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15873.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15875\" href='\/i\/JF100_15875.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15875_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15875\"\ntitle=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, 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>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15875.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15875.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15875.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15876\" href='\/i\/JF100_15876.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15876_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Still a Few Blossoms -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15876\"\ntitle=\"Still a Few Blossoms -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, 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_15876.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15876.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still <span class='nobr'>a Few<\/span> Blossoms<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15876.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Still a Few Blossoms -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15879\" href='\/i\/JF100_15879.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15879_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15879\"\ntitle=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, 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_15879.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15879.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15879.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15885\" href='\/i\/JF100_15885.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15885_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Not Sure but they remind me of this place -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15885\"\ntitle=\"Not Sure but they remind me of this place -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15885.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15885.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Not Sure<\/span>\n<br\/>but they remind me of <a href='\/blog\/2015-07-04\/2594'>this place<\/a>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15885.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Not Sure but they remind me of this place -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15892\" href='\/i\/JF100_15892.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15892_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15892\"\ntitle=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 44mm &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_15892.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15892.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15892.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15886\" href='\/i\/JF100_15886.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15886_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Back Where it Belongs one of the lanterns had fallen; I returned it to its spot -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15886\"\ntitle=\"Back Where it Belongs one of the lanterns had fallen; I returned it to its spot -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15886.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15886.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back Where it Belongs<\/span>\n<br\/>one of the lanterns had fallen; <span class='nobr'>I returned<\/span> it to its spot\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15886.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Back Where it Belongs one of the lanterns had fallen; I returned it to its spot -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15889\" href='\/i\/JF100_15889.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15889_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Serpent -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15889\"\ntitle=\"Serpent -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15889.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15889.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Serpent<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15889.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Serpent -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15891\" href='\/i\/JF100_15891.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15891_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"More Lanterns -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15891\"\ntitle=\"More Lanterns -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, 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>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15891.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15891.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>More Lanterns<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15891.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"More Lanterns -- Imurudani Fudodo Temple (\u98ef\u5ba4\u8c37\u4e0d\u52d5\u5802) -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>From there I continued along undulating mountain roads away from Kyoto...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15897\" href='\/i\/JF100_15897.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15897_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Getting Gray -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15897\"\ntitle=\"Getting Gray -- Otsu, 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>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15897.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15897.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Getting Gray<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15897.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Getting Gray -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15900\" href='\/i\/JF100_15900.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15900_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Preparing for Planting -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15900\"\ntitle=\"Preparing for Planting -- Otsu, Shiga, 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>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15900.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15900.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Preparing for Planting<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15900.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Preparing for Planting -- Otsu, 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=\"i15912\" href='\/i\/JF100_15912.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15912_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Wild Cherry -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15912\"\ntitle=\"Wild Cherry -- Otsu, 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>\/5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15912.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15912.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Wild Cherry<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15912.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Wild Cherry -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>There were blossoming trees here and there in the mountains, providing <span class='nobr'>a lovely<\/span> touch of softness wherever they were. This\nbatch was on <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/12938929'><span class='nobr'>a long<\/span> mountain climb<\/a> on <span class='nobr'>a road<\/span> that seems to have no reason\nto exist... it doesn't lead to anything, nor connect anything not already connected by less rustic roads. Makes for <span class='nobr'>a pleasant<\/span> ride,\nthough.<\/p>\n\n<p>The long twisty descent has some very rough, very steep patches of pavement (<span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> you can see <a\nhref='\/blog\/2016-08-22\/2724#ii6p_6229'>in this photo<\/a>) and the ever-present potential for oncoming traffic, so\none must be particularly careful. <span class='nobr'>It could<\/span> be quite fun if <span class='nobr'>I were<\/span> in the mood to push <span class='nobr'>a fast<\/span> descent, but <span class='nobr'>I wasn't,<\/span> so <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> it\neasy, and as so often seems to happen, <span class='nobr'>I surprised<\/span> myself by beating my former KOM time to <a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/950289515\/segments\/23274434843'>set <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> KOM<\/a> (fastest registered time). <span class='nobr'>It tickles<\/span> me\nto no end when this happens.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15918\" href='\/i\/JF100_15918.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15918_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Proper Lunch -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15918\"\ntitle=\"Proper Lunch -- Otsu, 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>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15918.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15918.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Proper Lunch<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15918.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Proper Lunch -- Otsu, Shiga, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15923\" href='\/i\/JF100_15923.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15923_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Happy-go-Lucky Fellow -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15923\"\ntitle=\"Happy-go-Lucky Fellow -- 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>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_15923.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15923.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Happy-go-Lucky Fellow<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15923.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Happy-go-Lucky Fellow -- 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=\"i15924\" href='\/i\/JF100_15924.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15924_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"About to Momoi -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15924\"\ntitle=\"About to Momoi -- 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>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_15924.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15924.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>About to Momoi<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15924.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"About to Momoi -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Still not halfway into my plan, it was time for the heinous <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/875783'>Momoi East<\/a>\nclimb, which I <a href='\/blog\/2015-07-17\/2598'>wrote about here<\/a> the first time <span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> it. Today's was the\nfourth, and <span class='nobr'>I noticed<\/span> as <span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> it that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> no worries about falling over on the steep sections, illustrating to myself how far\nI've come.<\/p>\n\n<p>I did the full Momoi climb, followed by the subsequent even-worse western descent (<span class='nobr'>I think<\/span> <i>the<\/i> worst section of road in\nKyoto), then continued up through Hanase Pass to Sugino Pass. <span class='nobr'>I went at<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a plodding<\/span> pace and the whole trip (<a\nhref='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14657382'>distance of 12km \/ 7.2mi, with <span class='nobr'>a vertical<\/span> climb of 715m \/ 2,350'<\/a>) took almost\nan hour. <span class='nobr'>I was surprised<\/span> to find that <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>KOM<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> on this segment as well, not something <span class='nobr'>I ever<\/span> get on long climbs, but here\nit was because <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> apparently the first and only to have ever done it, at least among those using Strava. <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> expect it to be super popular, but <i>no one else<\/i>? That surprised me.<\/p>\n\n<p>Oddly enough, after all these years of no one having ever done that route, someone else did do it two days after <span class='nobr'>I did,<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> seconds\nslower than <span class='nobr'>I had,<\/span> so <span class='nobr'>I keep<\/span> my cheap <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>KOM<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> for the moment. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n<p>I got 3rd-overall on <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/10739510'>the long descent from Hanase<\/a>, out of 682 folk that\nhave ridden it. <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> think <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> what it takes to eke out the half minute I'd need to be the fastest on this one.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15927\" href='\/i\/JF100_15927.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15927_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Random Road-side Temple Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15927\"\ntitle=\"Random Road-side Temple Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 46mm &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_15927.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15927.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Random Road-side Temple<\/span>\n<br\/>Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15927.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Random Road-side Temple Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Jizoin Temple (\u5730\u8535\u9662) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15930\" href='\/i\/JF100_15930.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15930_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Abandoned House -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15930\"\ntitle=\"Abandoned House -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 38mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15930.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15930.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Abandoned House<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15930.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Abandoned House -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15931\" href='\/i\/JF100_15931.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15931_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Fixer-Up Special &amp;#8221; -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15931\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Fixer-Up Special &amp;#8221; -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 40mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15931.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15931.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Fixer-Up Special<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15931.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Fixer-Up Special &amp;#8221; -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15933\" href='\/i\/JF100_15933.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15933_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Roadside Blossoms -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15933\"\ntitle=\"Roadside Blossoms -- 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_15933.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15933.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Roadside Blossoms<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15933.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Roadside Blossoms -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15939\" href='\/i\/JF100_15939.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15939_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Ugly Setting that the pretty blossoms bring life to -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15939\"\ntitle=\"Ugly Setting that the pretty blossoms bring life to -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15939.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15939.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ugly Setting<\/span>\n<br\/>that the pretty blossoms bring life to\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15939.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ugly Setting that the pretty blossoms bring life to -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15942\" href='\/i\/JF100_15942.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15942_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"More Road-side Blossoms taken at 28 kph (17 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15942\"\ntitle=\"More Road-side Blossoms taken at 28 kph (17 mph) -- 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_15942.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15942.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>More Road-side Blossoms<\/span>\n<br\/>taken at 28 kph (17 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15942.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"More Road-side Blossoms taken at 28 kph (17 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15944\" href='\/i\/JF100_15944.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15944_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Private House? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15944\"\ntitle=\"Private House? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 29mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15944.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15944.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Private House?<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15944.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Private House? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15945\" href='\/i\/JF100_15945.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15945_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15945\"\ntitle=\"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>\/1.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15945.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15945.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15945.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15947\" href='\/i\/JF100_15947.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15947_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Track Road and blossoms of some sort -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15947\"\ntitle=\"Track Road and blossoms of some sort -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 52mm &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_15947.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15947.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Track Road<\/span>\n<br\/>and blossoms of some sort\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15947.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Track Road and blossoms of some sort -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Some of these last few pictures serve to illustrate the haphazard nature of, well, nature,\nwith various blossoming tress here and there often randomly. <span class='nobr'>It's a lovely<\/span> aspect of the season.<\/p>\n\n<p>But this part of my trip was to see <span class='nobr'>a specific<\/span> tree...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15950\" href='\/i\/JF100_15950.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15950_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"At the &amp;#8220; Kuroda Century Cherry &amp;#8221; \u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c -- Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15950\"\ntitle=\"At the &amp;#8220; Kuroda Century Cherry &amp;#8221; \u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c -- Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- 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_15950.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15950.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>At the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Kuroda Century Cherry<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> <\/span>\n<br\/>\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15950.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"At the &amp;#8220; Kuroda Century Cherry &amp;#8221; \u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c -- Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I had remembered that some time ago <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> seen some <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>100-year Cherry<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> tree during <span class='nobr'>a drive<\/span> up north,\nso looked it up on my blog. Found it <a href='\/blog\/2007-04-12\/421#i028513'>here<\/a>.\nTurns out that it was 10 years ago, and that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> since cycled by it many times without realizing it.<\/p>\n\n<p>The guy who took the photo for me said that the tree was 300 years old, according to <span class='nobr'>a sign<\/span> board that <span class='nobr'>I couldn't<\/span> read because\nit was too faded. This <a href='http:\/\/www.city.kyoto.lg.jp\/ukyo\/page\/0000011866.html'>Kyoto City web site<\/a> says that the name\nwas given in 1967 when it was assumed that the tree was about 100 years old, making it now 150 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15960\" href='\/i\/JF100_15960.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15960_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15960\"\ntitle=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- 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>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15960.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15960.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15960.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15964\" href='\/i\/JF100_15964.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15964_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"434\"\nalt=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15964\"\ntitle=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 41mm &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_15964.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15964.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15964.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15968\" href='\/i\/JF100_15968.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15968_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15968\"\ntitle=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- 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_15968.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15968.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15968.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Century Cherry (\u9ed2\u7530\u306e\u767e\u5e74\u685c) -- 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=\"i15973\" href='\/i\/JF100_15973.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15973_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"414\"\nalt=\"Nearby Temple with a mix of new and fading blossoms -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15973\"\ntitle=\"Nearby Temple with a mix of new and fading blossoms -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 58mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15973.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15973.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Nearby Temple<\/span>\n<br\/>with a mix of new and fading blossoms\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15973.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Nearby Temple with a mix of new and fading blossoms -- 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=\"i15975\" href='\/i\/JF100_15975.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15975_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Cute -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15975\"\ntitle=\"Cute -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 25mm &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_15975.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15975.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Cute<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15975.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Cute -- 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=\"i15986\" href='\/i\/JF100_15986.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15986_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"At the Joshokouji Temple \u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15986\"\ntitle=\"At the Joshokouji Temple \u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- 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>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15986.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15986.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>At the Joshokouji Temple<\/span>\n<br\/>\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15986.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"At the Joshokouji Temple \u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15989\" href='\/i\/JF100_15989.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15989_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15989\"\ntitle=\"Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 40mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15989.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15989.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15989.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15991\" href='\/i\/JF100_15991.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15991_sm.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Bell Tower -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15991\"\ntitle=\"Bell Tower -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- 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_15991.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15991.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bell Tower<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15991.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bell Tower -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15993\" href='\/i\/JF100_15993.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15993_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Just Wow -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15993\"\ntitle=\"Just Wow -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- 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_15993.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15993.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Just Wow<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15993.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Just Wow -- Joshokoji Temple (\u5e38\u7167\u7687\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15996\" href='\/i\/JF100_15996.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15996_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Original -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15996\"\ntitle=\"Original -- 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>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15996.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15996.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Original<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15996.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Original -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i15998\" href='\/i\/JF100_15998.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_15998_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Uninspired -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i15998\"\ntitle=\"Uninspired -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 44mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_15998.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_15998.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Uninspired<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_15998.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Uninspired -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i16001\" href='\/i\/JF100_16001.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_16001_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Old -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i16001\"\ntitle=\"Old -- 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_16001.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_16001.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Old<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_16001.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Old -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i16002\" href='\/i\/JF100_16002.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_16002_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Oh Come On did you just give up? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i16002\"\ntitle=\"Oh Come On did you just give up? -- 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>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_16002.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_16002.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Oh Come On<\/span>\n<br\/>did you just give up?\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_16002.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-04-20'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Oh Come On did you just give up? -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Overall it was a great ride with <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of nice blossoms, and <span class='nobr'>a bunch<\/span> of lovely descents\nfor me to enjoy myself on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherry-blossom season in Kyoto is always hectic for someone like me who likes photography, made all the more busy because I now like to cycle and these are some of the first warm days of the season. I've been out with the camera and the bike a lot lately, but sort of punted on blogging about it because schedule already left me overwhelmed.<\/p> <p>So, I'm getting back into the swing of things with a writeup on my most recent ride.<\/p> <p>First I popped over the mountains from Kyoto to Lake Biwa...<\/p> <p>I got 4th overall on this straight, steep climb; [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,30,1,2,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794"}],"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=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}