{"id":625,"date":"2007-11-05T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-11-05\/625"},"modified":"2007-11-05T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T15:01:04","slug":"cinderella-on-a-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-11-05\/625","title":{"rendered":"Cinderella on the Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Returning this evening from a most pleasant day visiting friends in\nOsaka, <span class='nobr'>I noticed<\/span> this couple sit behind me on the train.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='039901' href=\"\/i\/JEF_039901.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_039901_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"&amp;#8220;Gosurori&amp;#8221; Couple on a Train -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i039901\"\ntitle=\"'Gothic Lolita' couple on a train in Kyoto, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm  f\/3.5-5.6 VR @ 32mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>60 sec, f\/4, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_039901.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_039901.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>&#8220;Gosurori&#8221; Couple on <span class='nobr'>a Train<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='039903' href=\"\/i\/JEF_039903.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_039903_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i039903\"\ntitle=\"'Gothic Lolita' couple on a train in Kyoto, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm  f\/3.5-5.6 VR @ 18mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/3.5, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_039903.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_039903.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='039904' href=\"\/i\/JEF_039904.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_039904_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i039904\"\ntitle=\"'Gothic Lolita' couple on a train in Kyoto, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm  f\/3.5-5.6 VR @ 90mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>45 sec, f\/5.3, ISO 1250 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_039904.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_039904.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Their style would be called <b>\u30b4\u30b9\u30ed\u30ea<\/b> (<i>gosurori<\/i> &mdash; &#8220;<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gothic_Lolita\">Gothic Lolita<\/a>&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n<p>I asked whether they dressed like this on <span class='nobr'>a daily<\/span> basis, to which she\nresponded that yes shd did, although today was just <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> extra special\n(perhaps referring to her fabric crown, but <span class='nobr'>I can't<\/span> be sure). <span class='nobr'>I asked<\/span> why\ntoday was special, to which they conferred <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> on how to express it,\nfinally saying that they were going to a &#8220;tea party.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='039908' href=\"\/i\/JEF_039908.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_039908_sm.jpg\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\"\nalt=\"Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i039908\"\ntitle=\"'Gothic Lolita' couple on a train in Kyoto, Japan\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; 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I asked why today was special, to which they conferred a bit on how to express it, finally saying that they were going to a \"tea party.\"<\/p> <p>They were polite [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}