{"id":2832,"date":"2017-10-28T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-10-28\/2832"},"modified":"2017-10-28T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T06:08:07","slug":"2017s-typhoon-21-lan-was-quite-the-doozy-for-kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-10-28\/2832","title":{"rendered":"2017&#8217;s Typhoon #21 (Lan) was Quite the Doozy for Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117858\" href='\/i\/JF4_117858.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117858_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Recently-Cleared Destruction remnants of trees that were blown across the road -- 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=\"i117858\"\ntitle=\"Recently-Cleared Destruction remnants of trees that were blown across the road -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117858.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117858.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Recently-Cleared Destruction<\/span>\n<br\/>remnants of trees that were blown across the road\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117858.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Recently-Cleared Destruction remnants of trees that were blown across the road -- 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>This past weekend <a href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typhoon_Lan_(2017)'>Typhoon #21<\/a> of the season (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Lan<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>) blew past,\nand it was quite the different experience from most. (It was the 21st typhoon in the western Pacific this year, but only the\nsecond or third to have much effect on Kyoto.)<\/p>\n\n<p>It looked like it would make its closest approach to Kyoto late in the evening, so the day leading up to it was blustery and\nrainy. <span class='nobr'>I find it<\/span> fun to ride in weather like that, so just as <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1121286833'><span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a ride<\/span>\nin the lead-up to <span class='nobr'>a typhoon<\/span> in August<\/a>, <span class='nobr'>I went out<\/span> for <span class='nobr'>a bicycle<\/span> ride in the blustery afternoon, doing <span class='nobr'>a simple<\/span> <a\nhref='\/blog\/2015-07-11\/2596'>Kyoto Heart Loop<\/a> in the clockwise direction.<\/p>\n\n<p>The ride (<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/1241530989'>see at Strava<\/a>) ended up being much tamer than\n<span class='nobr'>I expected.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>The rain was<\/span> nonstop, which is why there are no photos from the ride, but despite it seeming <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>blustery<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\nwhile at home, out on the road and in the mountains there was surprisingly little wind.<\/p>\n\n<p>However, the eerie and unexpected dead-air calm that existed for most of the three-hour ride was broken just <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> times by\nsudden, <i>ridiculously violent<\/i> <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>wind shear<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> moments of terror that threatened to blow me right off the bike. <span class='nobr'>I was hoping<\/span> for <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>wild blustery<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, but this was well beyond that. Luckily, this kind of wind didn't total more than\n30 seconds for the whole ride.<\/p>\n\n<p>One thing I learned on this ride was that the <a href='https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SW1S36'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Glacier Glove<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> Waterproof Glove<\/a> is anything but waterproof. They completely soaked through.<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, I was home by 6pm, six hours before the typhoon made its closest approach to Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n<p>As the intensity of the rain increased throughout the evening, the Kamo river started to get higher and higher,\nas it tends to once every couple of years (as seen\n<a href='\/blog\/2013-09-16\/2315'>here<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2010-07-14\/1565'>here<\/a>, and\n<a href='\/blog\/2010-07-16\/1566'>here<\/a>), so <span class='nobr'>I went<\/span> out again just to check out the river.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the radar view as I left the house at 10pm:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/kyoto-radar-20171022-2205_sm.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"520\"\nid=\"ikyoto_radar_20171022_2205\"\/>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>sort of intense<\/span>\n<br\/>Kyoto is at the black dot lower-right of center\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"sort of intense Kyoto is at the black dot lower-right of center\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18655\" href='\/i\/JF100_18655.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18655_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Under the Marutamachi Bride water is high, but not flooding -- Marutamachi Bridge -- 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=\"i18655\"\ntitle=\"Under the Marutamachi Bride water is high, but not flooding -- Marutamachi Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>15 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.1, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18655.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18655.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Under the Marutamachi Bride<\/span>\n<br\/>water is high, but not flooding\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18655.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-22'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Under the Marutamachi Bride water is high, but not flooding -- Marutamachi Bridge -- 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=\"i18668\" href='\/i\/JF100_18668.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18668_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Under the Sanjo Bride water is 2m lower than I've seen in the past -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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=\"i18668\"\ntitle=\"Under the Sanjo Bride water is 2m lower than I've seen in the past -- Sanjo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>20 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18668.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18668.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Under the Sanjo Bride<\/span>\n<br\/>water is 2m lower than I've seen in the past\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18668.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-22'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Under the Sanjo Bride water is 2m lower than I've seen in the past -- Sanjo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18671\" href='\/i\/JF100_18671.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18671_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Southwest Sanjo-Bridge Area -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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=\"i18671\"\ntitle=\"Southwest Sanjo-Bridge Area -- Sanjo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>50 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18671.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18671.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Southwest Sanjo-Bridge Area<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18671.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-22'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Southwest Sanjo-Bridge Area -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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>To compare with a big flood a few years ago, note the small bridge above-center in the previous photo.\nThat's the same bridge that <a href='\/blog\/2013-09-16\/2315#039338'>was wiped out<\/a> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> years ago.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic wide' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18672\" href='\/i\/JF100_18672.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18672_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Angry Enough the Kamo River -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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=\"i18672\"\ntitle=\"Angry Enough the Kamo River -- Sanjo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18672.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18672.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Angry Enough<\/span>\n<br\/>the Kamo River\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18672.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-22'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Angry Enough the Kamo River -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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=\"i18676\" href='\/i\/JF100_18676.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18676_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Riverside Path is under water here -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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=\"i18676\"\ntitle=\"Riverside Path is under water here -- Sanjo Bridge -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18676.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18676.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Riverside Path<\/span>\n<br\/>is under water here\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18676.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-22'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Riverside Path is under water here -- Sanjo Bridge -- 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>So, it seemed to be relatively mild for Kyoto, which was 300km (190mi) from the eye's closest approach.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, I was surprised in the morning to see that almost all the roads in the mountains were closed:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a href='\/i\/s\/291023_0800.pdf'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/291023_0800.png\" width=\"415\" height=\"500\"\nid=\"i0800\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Roads Closed<\/span>\n<br\/>as of 8am next morning\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Roads Closed as of 8am next morning\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Wow. What happened? I jumped on my bicycle to go take <span class='nobr'>a look.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18683\" href='\/i\/JF100_18683.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18683_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; Road Closed Ahead &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- 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=\"i18683\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; Road Closed Ahead &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 49mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_18683.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18683.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Road Closed Ahead<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18683.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; Road Closed Ahead &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18685\" href='\/i\/JF100_18685.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18685_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220; All Lanes Closed &amp;#8221; &amp;#8220; from here to pretty much everywhere &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- 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=\"i18685\"\ntitle=\"&amp;#8220; All Lanes Closed &amp;#8221; &amp;#8220; from here to pretty much everywhere &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18685.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18685.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>All Lanes Closed<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>from here to pretty much everywhere<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18685.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"&amp;#8220; All Lanes Closed &amp;#8221; &amp;#8220; from here to pretty much everywhere &amp;#8221; -- Ichihara Ekimae Bus Stop -- 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>My first destination was the road to Hanase Pass, which goes through Kurama\n(the village with the <a href='\/blog\/2017-10-06\/2829'>temple that <span class='nobr'>I blogged<\/span> about<\/a> <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> weeks ago). <span class='nobr'>The main sign<\/span> above says that the road is closed to various destinations, and it's sitting in front of <span class='nobr'>a different<\/span> sign\nthat <span class='nobr'>I assume<\/span> was announcing road closures related to the <a href='\/blog\/2013-05-12\/2257'>Kurama Fire Festival<\/a>,\nwhich had been scheduled for the previous day.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18697\" href='\/i\/JF100_18697.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18697_sm.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Messy Road taken at 18 kph (11 mph) -- 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=\"i18697\"\ntitle=\"Messy Road taken at 18 kph (11 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18697.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18697.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Messy Road<\/span>\n<br\/>taken at 18 kph (11 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18697.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Messy Road taken at 18 kph (11 mph) -- 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=\"i18699\" href='\/i\/JF100_18699.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18699_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"445\"\nalt=\"Lady Cleaning Slime from Road taken at 16 kph (10 mph) -- 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=\"i18699\"\ntitle=\"Lady Cleaning Slime from Road taken at 16 kph (10 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18699.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18699.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lady Cleaning Slime from Road<\/span>\n<br\/>taken at 16 kph (10 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18699.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lady Cleaning Slime from Road taken at 16 kph (10 mph) -- 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=\"i18703\" href='\/i\/JF100_18703.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18703_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Wow road positively littered with leaves, twigs, and fronds -- 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=\"i18703\"\ntitle=\"Wow road positively littered with leaves, twigs, and fronds -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18703.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18703.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Wow<\/span>\n<br\/>road positively littered with leaves, twigs, and fronds\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18703.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Wow road positively littered with leaves, twigs, and fronds -- 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=\"i18707\" href='\/i\/JF100_18707.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18707_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Unfired Wood it looked like the Fire Festival didn't happen (this shrine is where most of the photos on my Fire Festival post were taken) -- 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=\"i18707\"\ntitle=\"Unfired Wood it looked like the Fire Festival didn't happen (this shrine is where most of the photos on my Fire Festival post were taken) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <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_18707.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18707.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Unfired Wood<\/span>\n<br\/>it looked like the Fire Festival didn't happen\n<br\/>(this shrine is where most of the photos on my <a href='\/blog\/2013-05-12\/2257'>Fire Festival post<\/a> were taken)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18707.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Unfired Wood it looked like the Fire Festival didn't happen (this shrine is where most of the photos on my Fire Festival post were taken) -- 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 continued through the village toward the mountains...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18729\" href='\/i\/JF100_18729.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18729_sm.jpg\" width=\"467\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Closed Due to Power Outage Kurama Onsen -- 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=\"i18729\"\ntitle=\"Closed Due to Power Outage Kurama Onsen -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 40mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18729.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18729.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Closed Due to Power Outage<\/span>\n<br\/>Kurama Onsen\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18729.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Closed Due to Power Outage Kurama Onsen -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18709\" href='\/i\/JF100_18709.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18709_sm.jpg\" width=\"377\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Wow!! -- 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=\"i18709\"\ntitle=\"Wow!! -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 62mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18709.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18709.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Wow!!<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18709.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Wow!! -- 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>This road is normally completely clear pavement (<a href='\/blog\/2015-02-09\/2521#i066935'>as seen here<\/a>),\nbut now it looks like <span class='nobr'>a little<\/span>-used track road through the wilderness. <span class='nobr'>The\nuntouched<\/span> detritus in the middle of the road is as thick as <span class='nobr'>a pillow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Everywhere in the mountains, the smell of fresh ceder (from all the broken branches) was absolutely luscious.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's easy to see where the road goes because of the tracks laid down by vehicles that passed since the\nstorm, but it must have been eerie and scary for the first vehicle in the morning, trying judge where the road was merely from\nthe lack of trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18714\" href='\/i\/JF100_18714.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18714_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Bus Squeezes Under taken at 12 kph (7 mph) -- 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=\"i18714\"\ntitle=\"Bus Squeezes Under taken at 12 kph (7 mph) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18714.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18714.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Bus Squeezes Under<\/span>\n<br\/>taken at 12 kph (7 mph)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18714.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Bus Squeezes Under taken at 12 kph (7 mph) -- 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=\"i18719\" href='\/i\/JF100_18719.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18719_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Still Passable though perhaps not so safe -- 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=\"i18719\"\ntitle=\"Still Passable though perhaps not so safe -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_18719.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18719.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still Passable<\/span>\n<br\/>though perhaps not so safe\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18719.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Still Passable though perhaps not so safe -- 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=\"i3\" href='\/i\/JF_i7p_0705-3.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i7p_0705-3_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"511\"\nalt=\"Not Passable a worker guessed that the road would be closed for a week, due to a landslide farther up -- 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=\"ii7p_0705_3\"\ntitle=\"Not Passable a worker guessed that the road would be closed for a week, due to a landslide farther up -- 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\">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_0705-3.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i7p_0705-3.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Not Passable<\/span>\n<br\/>a worker guessed that the road would be closed for <span class='nobr'>a week,<\/span>\n<br\/>due to a landslide farther up\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i7p_0705-3.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Not Passable a worker guessed that the road would be closed for a week, due to a landslide farther up -- 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=\"i18727\" href='\/i\/JF100_18727.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18727_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Heading Back Down -- 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=\"i18727\"\ntitle=\"Heading Back Down -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18727.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18727.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Heading Back Down<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18727.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Heading Back Down -- 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 didn't have a lot of time, but <span class='nobr'>I popped<\/span> over to the road that goes through Kumagahatta, the west-of-center section of the\n<a\nhref='\/blog\/2015-07-11\/2596'>Kyoto Heart Loop<\/a> cycling route that so many use.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18746\" href='\/i\/JF100_18746.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18746_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Super-Thick Super-Slime a thick layer of evergreen fronds turned to pulp -- 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=\"i18746\"\ntitle=\"Super-Thick Super-Slime a thick layer of evergreen fronds turned to pulp -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>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_18746.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18746.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Super-Thick Super-Slime<\/span>\n<br\/>a thick layer of evergreen fronds turned to pulp\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18746.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Super-Thick Super-Slime a thick layer of evergreen fronds turned to pulp -- 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=\"i18751\" href='\/i\/JF100_18751.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18751_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Clearing Work in Progress -- 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=\"i18751\"\ntitle=\"Clearing Work in Progress -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <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_18751.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18751.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Clearing Work in Progress<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18751.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Clearing Work in Progress -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i18752\" href='\/i\/JF100_18752.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_18752_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Holy Cow! an estimated 40 trees had fallen across the road in just this short stretch -- 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=\"i18752\"\ntitle=\"Holy Cow! an estimated 40 trees had fallen across the road in just this short stretch -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 35mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>80 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_18752.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_18752.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Holy Cow!<\/span>\n<br\/>an estimated 40 trees had fallen across the road in just this short stretch\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_18752.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-23'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Holy Cow! an estimated 40 trees had fallen across the road in just this short stretch -- 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>This was the end of my exploration for the day.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sadly, one of the five workers seen above would be killed <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> hours later when he was crushed to\ndeath by <span class='nobr'>a section<\/span> of tree trunk they were working on.<\/p>\n\n<p style='margin:60px 0'>With that sad news fresh in our minds, Damien and <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a somber<\/span> visit to the area the next day....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117816\" href='\/i\/JF4_117816.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117816_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Roughly Cleared it's neither safe nor complete, but vehicles can pass -- 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=\"i117816\"\ntitle=\"Roughly Cleared it's neither safe nor complete, but vehicles can pass -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117816.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117816.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Roughly Cleared<\/span>\n<br\/>it's neither safe nor complete, but vehicles can pass\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117816.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Roughly Cleared it's neither safe nor complete, but vehicles can pass -- 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=\"i117819\" href='\/i\/JF4_117819.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117819_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"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=\"i117819\"\ntitle=\"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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117819.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117819.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117819.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"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=\"i117821\" href='\/i\/JF4_117821.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117821_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Hidden Pavement starts directly under the guardrail -- 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=\"i117821\"\ntitle=\"Hidden Pavement starts directly under the guardrail -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117821.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117821.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Hidden Pavement<\/span>\n<br\/>starts directly under the guardrail\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117821.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Hidden Pavement starts directly under the guardrail -- 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=\"i117825\" href='\/i\/JF4_117825.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117825_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i117825\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117825.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117825.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117825.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\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=\"i117826\" href='\/i\/JF4_117826.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117826_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"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=\"i117826\"\ntitle=\"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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117826.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117826.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117826.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/ -- This photo is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/ (non-commercial use is freely allowed if proper attribution is given, including a link back to this page on http:\/\/regex.info\/ when used online)\"\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117827\" href='\/i\/JF4_117827.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117827_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Workers near a concrete utility pole that was snapped like a twig -- 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=\"i117827\"\ntitle=\"Workers near a concrete utility pole that was snapped like a twig -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 560 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117827.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117827.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Workers<\/span>\n<br\/>near a concrete utility pole that was snapped like <span class='nobr'>a twig<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117827.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Workers near a concrete utility pole that was snapped like a twig -- 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 road was officially closed, but we received permission to venture in so long as we stayed out of the way. <span class='nobr'>Now that the<\/span> road was physically passable, they were working to get power restored to folks down the line, and planning\non how to clean everything up, restore the road, replace the lost utility poles, and re-string all the utility cables.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117830\" href='\/i\/JF4_117830.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117830_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Concrete Utillity Pole -- 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=\"i117830\"\ntitle=\"Concrete Utillity Pole -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117830.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117830.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Concrete Utillity Pole<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117830.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Concrete Utillity Pole -- 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=\"i117829\" href='\/i\/JF4_117829.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117829_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Looking Up the Hillside representative of what long stretches of roadside hill looked like -- 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=\"i117829\"\ntitle=\"Looking Up the Hillside representative of what long stretches of roadside hill looked like -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117829.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117829.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Looking Up the Hillside<\/span>\n<br\/>representative of what long stretches of roadside hill looked like\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117829.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Looking Up the Hillside representative of what long stretches of roadside hill looked like -- 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=\"i117833\" href='\/i\/JF4_117833.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117833_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"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=\"i117833\"\ntitle=\"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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 44mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117833.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117833.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117833.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"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=\"i117837\" href='\/i\/JF4_117837.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117837_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Downed Lines the next few utility poles were completely down -- 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=\"i117837\"\ntitle=\"Downed Lines the next few utility poles were completely down -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117837.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117837.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Downed Lines<\/span>\n<br\/>the next few utility poles were completely down\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117837.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Downed Lines the next few utility poles were completely down -- 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=\"i117839\" href='\/i\/JF4_117839.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117839_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Hanging -- 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=\"i117839\"\ntitle=\"Hanging -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 720 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117839.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117839.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Hanging<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117839.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Hanging -- 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=\"i117845\" href='\/i\/JF4_117845.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117845_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Remnants the pole falling into the river in the lower part of the photo, had been standing on the right side of the road -- 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=\"i117845\"\ntitle=\"Remnants the pole falling into the river in the lower part of the photo, had been standing on the right side of the road -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 48mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 2200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117845.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117845.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Remnants<\/span>\n<br\/>the pole falling into the river in the lower part of the photo,\n<br\/>had been standing on the <i>right<\/i> side of the road\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117845.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Remnants the pole falling into the river in the lower part of the photo, had been standing on the right side of the road -- 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=\"i117849\" href='\/i\/JF4_117849.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117849_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Same Pole it had stood in the guardrail gap at left, but was sheared off at ground level and fell across the road -- 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=\"i117849\"\ntitle=\"Same Pole it had stood in the guardrail gap at left, but was sheared off at ground level and fell across the road -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 720 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117849.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117849.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Same Pole<\/span>\n<br\/>it had stood in the guardrail gap at left,\n<br\/>but was sheared off at ground level and fell across the road\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117849.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Same Pole it had stood in the guardrail gap at left, but was sheared off at ground level and fell across the road -- 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=\"i117850\" href='\/i\/JF4_117850.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117850_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"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=\"i117850\"\ntitle=\"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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 3600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117850.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117850.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117850.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"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=\"i117857\" href='\/i\/JF4_117857.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117857_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Foot-Thick Trunk snapped like a toothpick -- 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=\"i117857\"\ntitle=\"Foot-Thick Trunk snapped like a toothpick -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 62mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117857.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117857.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Foot-Thick Trunk<\/span>\n<br\/>snapped like a toothpick\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117857.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Foot-Thick Trunk snapped like a toothpick -- 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=\"i117859\" href='\/i\/JF4_117859.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117859_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Precarious -- 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=\"i117859\"\ntitle=\"Precarious -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117859.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117859.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Precarious<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117859.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Precarious -- 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=\"i117867\" href='\/i\/JF4_117867.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117867_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Passable but still a dangerous mess -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i117867\"\ntitle=\"Passable but still a dangerous mess -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117867.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117867.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passable<\/span>\n<br\/>but still a dangerous mess\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117867.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Passable but still a dangerous mess -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joshua.levine.architect\/posts\/10211859341152763'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/20171024-levine-kumagahata1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\nid=\"i20171024_levine_kumagahata1\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Same Spot the Previous Day<\/span>\n<br\/>before any vehicle had made it that far\n<br\/><span class='photo-by'>photo by Joshua Levine<\/span>\n<br\/><small class='subtle'>used with permission<\/small>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Same Spot the Previous Day before any vehicle had made it that far photo by Joshua Levine used with permission\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117869\" href='\/i\/JF4_117869.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117869_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Very Precarious -- 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=\"i117869\"\ntitle=\"Very Precarious -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 1400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117869.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117869.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Very Precarious<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117869.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Very Precarious -- 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=\"i117885\" href='\/i\/JF4_117885.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117885_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Stringing Power Lines on the road leading to the Shimyouin Temple (\u5fd7\u660e\u9662) -- 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=\"i117885\"\ntitle=\"Stringing Power Lines on the road leading to the Shimyouin Temple (\u5fd7\u660e\u9662) -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117885.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117885.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Stringing Power Lines<\/span>\n<br\/>on the road leading to <a href='\/blog\/2011-06-18\/1799'>the Shimyouin Temple <span class='nobr'>(\u5fd7\u660e\u9662)<\/span><\/a>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117885.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Stringing Power Lines on the road leading to the Shimyouin Temple (\u5fd7\u660e\u9662) -- 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>Eventually we made our way around the left half of the Kyoto Heart Loop heart, passing many crews working on various\nthings. Nearing Kyoto toward the end of that loop, <span class='nobr'>I was surprised<\/span> to find that the\nrestaurant\n<a href='\/blog\/2010-12-08\/1676'>Yama-no-ie Hasegawa<\/a> was actually open, so we stopped in.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117887\" href='\/i\/JF4_117887.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117887_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Entrance Steps are now camouflaged -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i117887\"\ntitle=\"Entrance Steps are now camouflaged -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 640 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117887.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117887.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entrance Steps<\/span>\n<br\/>are now camouflaged\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117887.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Entrance Steps are now camouflaged -- 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=\"i117890\" href='\/i\/JF4_117890.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117890_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Cheesecake and Coffee -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i117890\"\ntitle=\"Cheesecake and Coffee -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117890.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117890.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Cheesecake and Coffee<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117890.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Cheesecake and Coffee -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2017 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I've stopped in this place many times while out with the bicycle or the camera, as the\n<a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_142521_sm.jpg'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>nearby photos<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> link<\/a> under these photos shows, but it turns\nout that it was Damien's first visit.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117894\" href='\/i\/JF4_117894.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117894_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Seat Warmer -- 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=\"i117894\"\ntitle=\"Seat Warmer -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 5600 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117894.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117894.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Seat Warmer<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117894.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Seat Warmer -- 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=\"i117897\" href='\/i\/JF4_117897.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117897_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Uncharacteristically-Clear Air the mountain in the far distance is Mt. Misen , and even 100km (67mi) away -- 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=\"i117897\"\ntitle=\"Uncharacteristically-Clear Air the mountain in the far distance is Mt. Misen , and even 100km (67mi) away -- 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 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117897.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117897.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Uncharacteristically-Clear Air<\/span>\n<br\/>the mountain in the far distance is <a href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Mt.+Misen\/@34.179206,135.9073653,17z\/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMzTCsDEwJzQ1LjEiTiAxMzXCsDU0JzM0LjQiRQ!3b1!8m2!3d34.179206!4d135.909554!3m4!1s0x6006934e7abf0ee7:0xe66bb85140f4432a!8m2!3d34.1800009!4d135.9092541'>Mt. Misen<\/a>, and even 100km (67mi) away\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117897.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Uncharacteristically-Clear Air the mountain in the far distance is Mt. Misen , and even 100km (67mi) away -- 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=\"i117906\" href='\/i\/JF4_117906.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117906_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Descending From Kyomi Pass -- 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=\"i117906\"\ntitle=\"Descending From Kyomi Pass -- 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 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 6400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117906.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117906.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Descending From Kyomi Pass<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117906.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Descending From Kyomi Pass -- 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 tree above is being held up by utility wires, which are causing <span class='nobr'>a metal<\/span> utility pole to bend:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117912\" href='\/i\/JF4_117912.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117912_sm.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"Tightly Strung -- 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=\"i117912\"\ntitle=\"Tightly Strung -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 900 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117912.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117912.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Tightly Strung<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117912.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Tightly Strung -- 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>As a bonus (and nice counterpart) to all the destruction, Damien showed me the entrance path to <span class='nobr'>a temple,<\/span>\n<span class='nobr'>a path<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> passed dozens and dozens of times without ever having noticed:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i117923\" href='\/i\/JF4_117923.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF4_117923_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Lovely Entrance Path Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- 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=\"i117923\"\ntitle=\"Lovely Entrance Path Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- 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 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>100 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 2000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF4_117923.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF4_117923.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Entrance Path<\/span>\n<br\/>Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa)\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF4_117923.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-10-25'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Lovely Entrance Path Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- Koetsu-ji Temple (\u5149\u60a6\u5bfa) -- 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'll have to visit again in a few weeks once the leaves have started to turn.<\/p>\n\n<p style='margin-top:60px'>In the week that I've been trying to get this blog post written, most roads have been reopened, though the\nKumagahatta section covered at length above is not, and likely won't be open for <span class='nobr'>a while.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Typhoon #22 is approaching, and should be here soon.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a href='https:\/\/typhoon.yahoo.co.jp\/weather\/jp\/typhoon\/1722.html'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/s\/310261-AUT-022.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"\nid=\"i310261_AUT_022\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/>looks to pass by Kyoto tomorrow afternoon\n<br\/>(though further away and less powerful than #21 was)\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"looks to pass by Kyoto tomorrow afternoon (though further away and less powerful than #21 was)\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend Typhoon #21 of the season (\"Lan\") blew past, and it was quite the different experience from most. 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