{"id":510,"date":"2007-07-05T23:05:06","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-05\/510"},"modified":"2007-07-05T23:05:06","modified_gmt":"2007-07-05T14:05:06","slug":"kyotos-okazaki-area-from-mt-daimonji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-05\/510","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto&#8217;s Okazaki Area, From Mt. Daimonji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div style='position:relative; width:702px' class='ic'><a name='023579' href=\"\/i\/JEF_023579.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_023579_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;mdash; map &amp; image data &amp;mdash; nearby photos Hazy View From the Top Kyoto, looking west-south-west, from the top of Mt. Daimonji -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i023579\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto, Japan, as seen from the top of Mt. Daimonji\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, f\/4, ISO 125,\n<span title='exposure boost in Adobe Lightroom post processing' class='voh'>P.P. boost: +1.20EV<\/span>\n &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_023579.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_023579.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Hazy View From the Top<\/span><br\/>Kyoto, looking west-south-west, from the top of Mt. Daimonji\n<div id='m510' style='position:absolute; width:186px; height:118px; border:solid 3px red; top:208px; left:294px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Continuing with the story about last fall's <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-07-01\/507\">hike up Kyoto's Mt.\nDaimonji<\/a> and the ensuing <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-07-03\/509\">silly lunch<\/a> on top, here\nare some hazy views from the top. Kyoto is usually fairly hazy, so when it\nis nice and clear, <span class='nobr'>I'm tempted<\/span> to make the hike back up there for better\npictures.<\/p>\n\n<p>These two shots were taken at either end of my <a href=\"\/blog\/2006-11-06\/275\"><span class='nobr'>Nikkor 70<\/span>-200\/2.8<\/a> zoom's range,\nwith the one below showing\n<br\/><span class='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"m510\")' onmouseout='mobout(this,\"m510\")'>this area (mouseover here)<\/span> in the one above.<\/p>\n\n<p>\n\nBelow, some notable sites include the <span class='mob'\nonmouseover='mobin(this,\"n510\")' onmouseout='mobout(this,\"n510\")'>Kyoto\nMunicipal Museum of Art<\/span> (seen earlier in <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-06-28\/504\">this post<\/a>), the <span\nclass='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"o510\")'\nonmouseout='mobout(this,\"o510\")'>Main Gate of the Heian Shrine<\/span> (seen\nin <a href=\"\/blog\/index.php?s=main+gate+heian+shrine\">many\nposts<\/a>), the\n<span class='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"e510\")'\nonmouseout='mobout(this,\"e510\")'>Kyoto City Chamber of Commerce<\/span>,\nthe <span class='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"p510\")'\nonmouseout='mobout(this,\"p510\")'>National Museum of Modern Art<\/span>, the\n<span class='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"q510\")'\nonmouseout='mobout(this,\"q510\")'>Kyoto Prefectural Library<\/span>, and the\n<span class='mob' onmouseover='mobin(this,\"r510\")'\nonmouseout='mobout(this,\"r510\")'>Kyoto City Zoo<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style='position:relative; width:702px' class='ic'><a name='023591' href=\"\/i\/JEF_023591.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_023591_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;mdash; map &amp; image data &amp;mdash; nearby photos -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i023591\"\ntitle=\"The Okazaki area of Kyoto, Japan, as seen from the top of Mt. Daimonji\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, f\/6.3, ISO 200,\n<span title='exposure boost in Adobe Lightroom post processing' class='voh'>P.P. boost: +0.95EV<\/span>\n &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_023591.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_023591.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<div id='n510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;width:249px; height:72px; top:239px; left:376px;  visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='o510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:206px;left:470px;width:28px; height:40px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='p510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:187px;left:422px;width:103px;height:53px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='q510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:197px;left:548px;width:117px;height:60px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='r510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:309px;left:84px; width:462px;height:151px;visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='s510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:166px;left:520px;width:29px; height:19px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='t510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:342px;left:154px;width:17px; height:17px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='u510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:255px;left:335px;width:17px; height:17px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='v510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:179px;left:460px;width:17px; height:17px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='w510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:292px;left:368px;width:17px; height:17px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='a510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:272px;left:368px;width:12px; height:11px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='b510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:240px;left:351px;width:12px; height:11px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='c510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:233px;left:221px;width:12px; height:11px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='d510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:367px;left:0px  ;width:25px; height:18px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n<div id='e510' style='position:absolute;border:solid 3px red;top:164px;left:515px;width:181px;height:60px; visibility:hidden'><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It looks like a total concrete jungle, but it doesn't really feel like\nit in this area (at least not when compared to many areas of central\nKyoto), perhaps because the mountains are so close and there are <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of\ntrees that are not apparent in these pictures. For examples, mouse over the titles of some of my earlier posts below:\nan image from the post will show to the right, while the location where the image was taken is shown above.\nClick on the title to visit that post....<\/p>\n\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nfunction x510(obj,id,id2)\n{\n    mobin(obj, \"\"+id+\"510\");\n    document.getElementById(\"i510\"+id2).style.visibility=\"visible\";\n}\nfunction y510(obj,id,id2)\n{\n    document.getElementById(\"i510\"+id2).style.visibility=\"hidden\";\n    mobout(obj, \"\"+id+\"510\");\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<div style='float:right; width:300px; height:202px;position:relative; margin:10px 0 10px 10px'>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_030971_sm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\"\nalt=\"A great blue heron sits on the roof of the Mexican Restaurant 'Reina de Reina', in Kyoto Japan\"\nid=\"i510a\"\nnoindex=\"noindex\"\nstyle=\"visibility:hidden;position:absolute; top:0; left:0\"\ntitle=\"A great blue heron sits on the roof of the Mexican Restaurant 'Reina de Reina', in Kyoto Japan\"\/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_030981_sm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\"\nalt=\"Summertime view of the Kyoto Biwako Canal as it passes through Okazaki, Kyoto, Japan\"\nid=\"i510b\"\nnoindex=\"noindex\"\nstyle=\"visibility:hidden;position:absolute; 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