{"id":751,"date":"2008-02-28T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T02:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-02-28\/751"},"modified":"2008-02-28T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T02:36:09","slug":"city-of-otsus-yumekko-play-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-02-28\/751","title":{"rendered":"City of Otsu’s “Yumekko” Play Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 26 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/3.2, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nPlaying at Otsu's “Yumekko”<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

I came down with a cold the morning of the snow in Kyoto<\/a> the other\nday, likely because I spent<\/span> the previous day at a kids<\/span>' play spot with\nAnthony. Anywhere where kids congregate is a human<\/span> petri dish of microbial\nfun, so I probably<\/span> picked up something then.<\/p>\n\n

Kyoto City has a wonderful play spot for infants and preschoolers, the\nPlay Land at its Kodomo\nMiraikan<\/a> (“hall for children's future”), and Anthony has been enjoying\nit for the last four years. Zak<\/a>\ninvited us to come to Otsu City's version of the same thing, and I was<\/span>\nastounded at how nice it was.<\/p>\n\n

Otsu's Yumekko<\/a>\n(“dream child”) play land is of a similar<\/span> style to Kyoto's – lots of\nwooden toys and activity areas — but larger in every respect. Like\nKyoto's, it's free for all.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>180 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nBalance<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 23 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/4, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nMountain Peaks<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/4, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nMaking Train Noises<\/span>\nWith Zak's son, Gen.\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f\/3.2, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nA “C” of Polished Wooden Balls<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 45 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>180 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nThere's Something About a Kid's<\/span> Feet....<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 44 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>90 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nChecking Out the Marine Life<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>45 sec, f\/5, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nMini Slide<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We were there for a number of hours, yet there were whole sections that\nwe didn't get to. We'll definitely be back again (once I get<\/span> over my\ncurrent cold, and restock my supply of cold remedies).<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came down with a cold the morning of the snow in Kyoto the other day, likely because I spent the previous day at a kids' play spot with Anthony. Anywhere where kids congregate is a human petri dish of microbial fun, so I probably picked up something then.<\/p>

Kyoto City has a wonderful play spot for infants and preschoolers, the Play Land at its Kodomo Miraikan (\"hall for children's future\"), and Anthony has been enjoying it for the last four years. Zak invited us to come to Otsu City's version of the same thing, and I was astounded at [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751"}],"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=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}