{"id":424,"date":"2007-04-15T22:42:04","date_gmt":"2007-04-15T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-04-15\/424"},"modified":"2007-04-16T23:37:57","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T14:37:57","slug":"enterance-means-not-out-and-a-freaky-plant-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-04-15\/424","title":{"rendered":"“Entrance” means “Not Out”, and a freaky plant (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>map & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>Hmmmm, do you think that might be the exit?<\/span><\/div>\n\n

\n\nVisiting the Kyoto Botanical Gardens in January with Anthony and\nShimada-san, we noticed this somewhat funny sign over the entrance gate. The Japanese<\/span> on it says “Entrance.” The English translation of that\nJapanese is as standard as can be, so one wonders what events transpired to\nmake them choose the English shown.<\/p>\n\n

The botanical gardens was where Anthony had his first preschool field trip<\/a>\n(almost a year<\/span> ago now), and are where I photographed<\/span> the funky flowers<\/a> I posted<\/span> a\nfew<\/span> months ago.<\/p>\n\n

On the trip in January, we saw something (we presumed a plant<\/span> of some\nsort) wrapped with layer upon layer of straw mats.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>map & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>Not a “Cat in the Hat” Display<\/span><\/div>\n\n

This wrapping was done, I'm sure, to protect whatever is inside from\nsnow damage, and also perhaps to keep it warm, and to protect it from bugs\n(who prefer to nest in the straw rather than the plant itself).<\/p>\n\n

In any case, it looked sort of freaky.<\/p>\n\n

I had only my small point-n-shoot, and Shimada-san didn't even have his\ncamera with him. That's too bad, because he's pretty good with a camera<\/span>\n(see:\n\nhere<\/a> and\nhere<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visiting the Kyoto Botanical Gardens in January with Anthony and Shimada-san, we noticed this somewhat funny sign over the entrance gate. The Japanese on it says \"Entrance.\" The English translation of that Japanese is as standard as can be, so one wonders what events transpired to make them choose the English shown.<\/p>

The botanical gardens was where Anthony had his first preschool field trip (almost a year ago now), and are where I photographed the funky flowers I posted a few months ago.<\/p>

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