{"id":2812,"date":"2017-08-05T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T01:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-08-05\/2812"},"modified":"2017-08-05T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T01:32:16","slug":"revisiting-that-mountain-roller-slide-from-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-08-05\/2812","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting That Mountain Roller Slide From Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9453\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9453.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9453_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Watch Out for Kids! -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9453\"\ntitle=\"Watch Out for Kids! -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>680 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 40 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9453.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9453.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Watch Out for Kids!<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9453.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Watch Out for Kids! -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Sorry for not posting anything recently. I've felt remarkably unmotivated in all things lately, but found some\ninspiration in an email from someone asking about <a href='\/blog\/2013-11-03\/2329'>this mountain roller slide<\/a>\nthat I'd posted about some years ago. <span class='nobr'>Now that I<\/span>'m into cycling (though currently generally unmotivated about it), <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd\nride to the location to see whether it's still there.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the ride:<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1115096953\/embed\/700a7f8d4f511b2e9a595aadf0e37b6b9e9eb21a'><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Along the way I came across a lovely lotus field in the middle of the suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9455\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9455.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9455_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9455\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9455.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9455.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9455.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\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=\"i9454\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9454.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9454_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Best I Could Do with the iPhone camera -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9454\"\ntitle=\"Best I Could Do with the iPhone camera -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 6.6mm f\/2.8 at an effective 57mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9454.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9454.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Best <span class='nobr'>I Could<\/span> Do<\/span>\n<br\/>with the iPhone camera\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9454.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Best I Could Do with the iPhone camera -- 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=\"i9460\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9460.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9460_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Lovely Road -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9460\"\ntitle=\"Lovely Road -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>190 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9460.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9460.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9460.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lovely Road -- Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9463\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9463.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9463_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Side Road Explored on a Whim steep but pretty -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9463\"\ntitle=\"Side Road Explored on a Whim steep but pretty -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 6.6mm f\/2.8 at an effective 57mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 64 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9463.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9463.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Side Road Explored on <span class='nobr'>a Whim<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>steep but pretty\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9463.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Side Road Explored on a Whim steep but pretty -- 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=\"i9461\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9461.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9461_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Becomes Less Lovely the explored-on-a-whim road becomes extremely steep and broken -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9461\"\ntitle=\"Becomes Less Lovely the explored-on-a-whim road becomes extremely steep and broken -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>120 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9461.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9461.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Becomes Less Lovely<\/span>\n<br\/>the explored-on-a-whim road becomes extremely steep and broken\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9461.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Becomes Less Lovely the explored-on-a-whim road becomes extremely steep and broken -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Next was to explore a short but steep (and nicely-paved) climb I'd seen\n<a href='http:\/\/nekotani.blog.fc2.com\/blog-entry-1359.html'>here<\/a>. <span class='nobr'>It starts<\/span> under <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> expressway bridge...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9471\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9471.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9471_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Looking Back to the start of the short service road where it meets the main road -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9471\"\ntitle=\"Looking Back to the start of the short service road where it meets the main road -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9471.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9471.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking Back<\/span>\n<br\/>to the start of the short service road where it meets the main road\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9471.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking Back to the start of the short service road where it meets the main road -- Kyoto, 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=\"i9469\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9469.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9469_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Goes Way Above the Expressway -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9469\"\ntitle=\"Goes Way Above the Expressway -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9469.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9469.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Goes Way Above the Expressway<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9469.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Goes Way Above the Expressway -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9468\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9468.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9468_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Ends In a Bamboo Grove my iPhone seems to often be focus-challenged, and I can't tell at the time on the small screen )-: -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9468\"\ntitle=\"Ends In a Bamboo Grove my iPhone seems to often be focus-challenged, and I can't tell at the time on the small screen )-: -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>30 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9468.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9468.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Ends In <span class='nobr'>a Bamboo<\/span> Grove<\/span>\n<br\/>my iPhone seems to often be focus-challenged, and <span class='nobr'>I can't<\/span> tell\n<br\/>at the time on the small screen )-:\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9468.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Ends In a Bamboo Grove my iPhone seems to often be focus-challenged, and I can't tell at the time on the small screen )-: -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Next was the main climb of the day, the <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/15627228'>full Yoshimine-dera Temple\nclimb<\/a>, ostensibly 3.6km (2.3 mi) at 10.2%, but the first kilometer is relatively mild, then it ramps up quickly.<\/p>\n\n<p>Halfway through is a section of <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/10891768'>450m at 17%<\/a> that ends at the parking-lot\nentrance to the temple, but the actual road continues to wind up almost two dozen switchbacks:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9473\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9473.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9473_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Start of the Second Half near the Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9473\"\ntitle=\"Start of the Second Half near the Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9473.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9473.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Start of the Second Half<\/span>\n<br\/>near the Yoshiminedera Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9473.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Start of the Second Half near the Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Yoshiminedera Temple (\u5584\u5cef\u5bfa) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I made a PR on the <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/3856899'>first half<\/a> by <span class='nobr'>a wide<\/span> margin,\nbut had to stop before plodding on to slowly finish the climb.<\/p>\n\n<p>The temple itself, which I didn't visit on this trip, is quite nice, especially in the fall. <span class='nobr'>It's been on<\/span> my blog many times\nover the years, such as in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2014-11-18\/2485'>The Whole Gamut of My Blog In One Spectacular Visit to the Yoshiminedera Temple<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, I eventually made my way the remaining 12km to the location of the slide, which is in <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span>\nentertainment complex that includes the ability to <a href='\/blog\/2013-11-05\/2330'>pick your own mushrooms<\/a>\nthat you can have cooked there, or bring home. <span class='nobr'>I opted<\/span> to just stop in the cafe for curry:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9480\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9480.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9480_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Lunch -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9480\"\ntitle=\"Lunch -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>30 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 25 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9480.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9480.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lunch<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9480.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lunch -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The section with the slide is an area called <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9476\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9476.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9476_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Entrance to the Playground Area Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9476\"\ntitle=\"Entrance to the Playground Area Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9476.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9476.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entrance to the Playground Area<\/span>\n<br\/>Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9476.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Entrance to the Playground Area Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Cost is 210 yen (~$2) per person, though elementary-school aged and below are free. <span class='nobr'>The photo<\/span> above\nis taken pretty much at the little kiosk where you pay. <span class='nobr'>A ticket<\/span> is good for all day, in and out as you\nlike.<\/p>\n\n<p>Open every day but Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9481\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9481.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9481_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Enter This Way -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9481\"\ntitle=\"Enter This Way -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>3400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9481.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9481.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Enter This Way<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9481.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Enter This Way -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Frankly, without a bazillion kids enjoying the area, it's sort of pathetic. There are <span class='nobr'>a couple<\/span> of teeter-totters,\nthe slide, and the <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Tarzan rope<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> <a href='\/blog\/2013-11-05\/2330'>mentioned here<\/a>, and that's about it.<\/p>\n\n<p>To ride the slide, first grab one of the pads lying around or in the shed near the bottom....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9486\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9486.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9486_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9486\"\ntitle=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>950 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9486.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9486.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9486.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Climb the path to the top of the slide. <span class='nobr'>It affords<\/span> nice views of the slide as you go...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9482\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9482.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9482_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9482\"\ntitle=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>120 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9482.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9482.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9482.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9483\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9483.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9483_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Top of the Slide -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9483\"\ntitle=\"Top of the Slide -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>30 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 40 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9483.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9483.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Top of the Slide<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9483.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Top of the Slide -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9510\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9510.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9510_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\"\nalt=\"Heading Down -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9510\"\ntitle=\"Heading Down -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9510.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9510.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Down<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9510.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Down -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>It takes some balance on the pad to get up any speed. Going slowly, it took me 30 seconds to get to the bottom,\nbut with some seating adjustments it could go much more quickly, <span class='nobr'>I think.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9487\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9487.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9487_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Tarzan Rope &amp;#8221; -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9487\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Tarzan Rope &amp;#8221; -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9487.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9487.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Tarzan Rope<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9487.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Tarzan Rope &amp;#8221; -- Yamabiko no Mori (\u5c71\u3073\u3053\u306e\u68ee) -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I'm not sure how much effort it's worth to try to visit this place, but it can be reached via bus\nfrom JR Takatsuki Station, though there are less than <span class='nobr'>a dozen<\/span> buses <span class='nobr'>a day<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9479\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9479.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9479_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Minimal Schedule -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9479\"\ntitle=\"Minimal Schedule -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 6.6mm f\/2.8 at an effective 57mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9479.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9479.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Minimal Schedule<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9479.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Minimal Schedule -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The left three columns show the schedule from the train station to the area, for (left to right) weekdays, Saturdays, and\nSundays\/holidays. <span class='nobr'>The row number<\/span> shows the hour of the day; <span class='nobr'>a number<\/span> within <span class='nobr'>a box<\/span> indicates the minute (in that hour) when\nthe bus leaves, and in parenthesis, the bus's destination. For example, on weekdays, <span class='nobr'>a bus<\/span> leaves the train station\nat 1:15pm, headed toward <span class='nobr'>\u6749\u751f.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>The bus before<\/span> that is at 11:37, and the one after is 3:55.<\/p>\n\n<p>There's a bus stop right at the complex, called <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><span class='nobr'>\u68ee\u6797<\/span>\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u524d<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. <span class='nobr'>It takes<\/span> about 40 minutes in the bus.<\/p>\n\n<p>The right-side three columns show the return buses to the train station. <span class='nobr'>The last one<\/span> on <span class='nobr'>a weekday<\/span> is 7:38pm<\/p>\n\n<p>After leaving, I went to explore some new roads, and found some lovely ones, as well as one that\nhad seen better days...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9492\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9492.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9492_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Horrible-Quality Road -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9492\"\ntitle=\"Horrible-Quality Road -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>40 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 25 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9492.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9492.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Horrible-Quality Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9492.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Horrible-Quality Road -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The first new road I tried, a long and lovely climb followed by <span class='nobr'>a descent<\/span> with many questionable sections of road, as seen above,\njoined civilization at <span class='nobr'>a spot<\/span> I'd ridden by in the past:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9494\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9494.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9494_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Weird Place seen on my blog two years ago here -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9494\"\ntitle=\"Weird Place seen on my blog two years ago here -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>850 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9494.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9494.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Weird Place<\/span>\n<br\/>seen on my blog two years ago <a href='\/blog\/2015-11-25\/2645#i02219'>here<\/a>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9494.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Weird Place seen on my blog two years ago here -- Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The rest of the ride was fairly uneventful. <span class='nobr'>I was disappointed<\/span> to find that <span class='nobr'>a 10km<\/span> section during the return trip,\nwhich had looked like <span class='nobr'>a lovely<\/span> descent on <span class='nobr'>a big<\/span> sweeping road, turned out to be quite unlovely because it cut through\nmiles and miles of strip mining, and so the road surface had become horribly pitted from the thousands of dump trucks\nover the years, so it was decidedly unfun. <span class='nobr'>To make it<\/span> worse, there was <span class='nobr'>a strong<\/span> headwind filled with sand and gravel\nfrom the mining operations, so it was an uncomfortable struggle even going downhill.<\/p>\n\n<p>This <a href='https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MgEmevdR4uv'>satellite view<\/a> gives some sense of it. <span class='nobr'>It's not a<\/span> road I'll be trying again\nany time soon.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9495\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9495.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9495_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9495\"\ntitle=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>750 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9495.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9495.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9495.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9497\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9497.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9497_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9497\"\ntitle=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 6.6mm f\/2.8 at an effective 57mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 25 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9497.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9497.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9497.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Closer to home, there's a lot of construction of some sort along the river... there were dozens of dump trucks\nvisible at once. Here's where they were rejoining the road...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9506\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9506.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9506_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Lots of Dump Trucks -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9506\"\ntitle=\"Lots of Dump Trucks -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9506.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9506.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lots of Dump Trucks<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9506.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lots of Dump Trucks -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9508\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9508.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9508_sm.jpg\" width=\"519\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Well-Earned Treat Coffee and Crepes at Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9508\"\ntitle=\"Well-Earned Treat Coffee and Crepes at Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 3.99mm f\/1.8 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>30 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 50 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9508.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9508.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Well-Earned Treat<\/span>\n<br\/>Coffee and Crepes at Cafe Morning Glory\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9508.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Well-Earned Treat Coffee and Crepes at Cafe Morning Glory -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i9509\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_9509.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_9509_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"Kids Cooling Off in the River a few minutes from home -- Nijo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"ii7p_9509\"\ntitle=\"Kids Cooling Off in the River a few minutes from home -- Nijo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 7 Plus + iPhone 7 Plus back camera 6.6mm f\/2.8 at an effective 57mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 20 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i7p_9509.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_9509.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Kids Cooling Off in the River<\/span>\n<br\/>a few minutes from home\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_9509.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-08-03'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kids Cooling Off in the River a few minutes from home -- Nijo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry for not posting anything recently. I've felt remarkably unmotivated in all things lately, but found some inspiration in an email from someone asking about this mountain roller slide that I'd posted about some years ago. Now that I'm into cycling (though currently generally unmotivated about it), I thought I'd ride to the location to see whether it's still there.<\/p> <p>Here's the ride:<\/p> <p>Along the way I came across a lovely lotus field in the middle of the suburbs.<\/p> <p>Next was to explore a short but steep (and nicely-paved) climb I'd seen here. It starts under a new expressway bridge...<\/p> [...]","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\/2812"}],"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=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}