{"id":2805,"date":"2017-06-17T20:24:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-06-17\/2805"},"modified":"2017-06-17T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T11:24:57","slug":"kyotos-happy-bicycle-craft-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-06-17\/2805","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto&#8217;s &#8220;Happy Bicycle&#8221; Craft Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102347\" href='\/i\/JF4_102347.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102347_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102347\"\ntitle=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 220 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102347.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102347.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The other day in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='\/blog\/2017-06-11\/2804' class='pt'>March\u2019s Higashiyama Hanatoro Lightup<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, <span class='nobr'>I mentioned<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a business<\/span> called <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Happy Bicycle<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> (<a href='https:\/\/happybicycleman.jimdo.com\/'>web site<\/a> \/\n<a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/%E9%87%9D%E9%87%91%E7%B4%B0%E5%B7%A5-Happy-Bicycle\/221504281366201'>Facebook<\/a>) near the Yasaka pagoda.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102343\" href='\/i\/JF4_102343.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102343_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Entrance to Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102343\"\ntitle=\"Entrance to Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 2800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102343.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entrance<\/span>\n<br\/>to Happy Bicycle\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102343.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Entrance to Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102352\" href='\/i\/JF4_102352.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102352_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Lots of Tiny Bicycles -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102352\"\ntitle=\"Lots of Tiny Bicycles -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 1800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102352.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lots of Tiny Bicycles<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102352.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lots of Tiny Bicycles -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The shop is run by a guy from Chile who chats amiably with customers as he crafts <span class='nobr'>a wire<\/span> into the shape of <span class='nobr'>a bicycle.<\/span>\nOther than the pedals, he uses just one piece of wire for the whole bike.<\/p>\n\n<p>He's got all the different styles... <i>mamachari<\/i> city bikes, kids' bikes, mountain bikes,\nrace bikes... <span class='nobr'>I even noticed<\/span>  <span class='nobr'>a pennyfarthing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102349\" href='\/i\/JF4_102349.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102349_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Lots of Detail tire pumps, bottles, baskets, mirrors, derailleurs, brake calipers, fenders... -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102349\"\ntitle=\"Lots of Detail tire pumps, bottles, baskets, mirrors, derailleurs, brake calipers, fenders... -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102349.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lots of Detail<\/span>\n<br\/>tire pumps, bottles, baskets, mirrors, derailleurs, brake calipers, fenders...\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102349.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lots of Detail tire pumps, bottles, baskets, mirrors, derailleurs, brake calipers, fenders... -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102344\" href='\/i\/JF4_102344.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102344_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102344\"\ntitle=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102344.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102344.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102350\" href='\/i\/JF4_102350.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102350_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Tandem -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102350\"\ntitle=\"Tandem -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102350.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Tandem<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102350.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Tandem -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i102353\" href='\/i\/JF4_102353.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_102353_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Happy Earrings Too -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\nid=\"i102353\"\ntitle=\"Happy Earrings Too -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 180 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_102353.jpg'>image data<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Happy Earrings Too<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_102353.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-03-10'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Happy Earrings Too -- Happy Bicycle -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I had a nice chat with the proprietor, but unfortunately didn't take all that many pictures during this visit,\nfiguring I'd stop in again later when <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> more time. <span class='nobr'>I hope I<\/span> do.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day in \"March\u2019s Higashiyama Hanatoro Lightup\", I mentioned a business called \"Happy Bicycle\" (web site \/ Facebook) near the Yasaka pagoda.<\/p> <p>The shop is run by a guy from Chile who chats amiably with customers as he crafts a wire into the shape of a bicycle. Other than the pedals, he uses just one piece of wire for the whole bike.<\/p> <p>He's got all the different styles... mamachari city bikes, kids' bikes, mountain bikes, race bikes... I even noticed a pennyfarthing.<\/p> <p>I had a nice chat with the proprietor, but unfortunately didn't take all that many pictures during [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805"}],"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=2805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}