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authorRobert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>2025-06-09 16:22:50 +0200
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 <span class="date">
 2023-04-22
 </span>
-<p><img src="../../media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg"
+<p><img src="/media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg"
 style="width:100%;max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;" /></p>
 <p>I call this one “trip zero”, because it was very much a trial run for
 me. The effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still
-fresh and I altogether didn’t feel like exploring quite yet.</p>
-<p>Kamakura is a common day-trip from Tokyo and a short 1.5h train ride
-from my home near Asakusa. The weather was pretty meh, very cloudy and
-it looked like it would rain any moment.</p>
+fresh, getting used to working from new places without consistent access
+to an office and the altogether unfamliarness of my life just made me
+not feel like exploring quite yet.</p>
+<p>Kamakura is a common day-trip from Tokyo and a quick 1.5h train ride
+from my home near Asakusa. The weather was pretty meh that day, very
+cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment.</p>
 <aside class="notice">
 <h1 class="nocapital">
 random history sidenote
@@ -21,15 +23,28 @@ next Lawson to get myself some. For some reason I decided to get a
 Katsu-Sandwich<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1"
 role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a>, which is out of character for me -
 I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby.
-Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should’ve been
-hint enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes
+Seeing as i was the only person <em>eating</em> anything there should’ve
+been hint enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes
 dashing down past my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for
 the bird to come back to actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this
 time around.</p>
-<p>There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead
-just waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I
-just walk off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit
-😄</p>
+<p>There’s a dude with a bike nearby, who looks at me with the same
+expression i feel like i must have on my face. but he just shrugs and
+goes back to minding his own business. you’ve got to love japan for that
+mentality - if this was e.g. NZ i am sure he would’ve come over to ask
+me if i am fine. which i am, of course… otherwise i would’ve very much
+asked for help myself!</p>
+<figure>
+<img src="/media/content/kamakura/birds.jpg" alt="birds" />
+<figcaption aria-hidden="true">birds</figcaption>
+</figure>
+<p>There were a few birds circling overhead just waiting for me to
+unwrap more food. Closer inspection reveals that the creature that just
+stole my bread must have been some kind of eagle (or another bird of
+prey i can’t name). This is quite a bit different to the crows and
+pidgeons i am used to - and a bit scary tbh. To have my breakfast in
+peace I just walk off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for
+a bit 😄</p>
 <p>On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through
 plastic umbrellas <a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref2"
 role="doc-noteref"><sup>2</sup></a> outside what looked like a beauty
@@ -44,20 +59,32 @@ role="doc-noteref"><sup>3</sup></a>, in the end it’s just a large statue
 (that you can go inside of for a fee).</p>
 <p>Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I
 wanted to get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let
-to the temple </p>
-<p>area. A bit further I came to some stairs next to one of the tunnels
-that lead out of the Kamakura city area, that cut through the
-surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me there was a hiking path up there,
-which I could take to circle back towards the train station.</p>
+to the kōtoku-in temple area. A bit further I came to some stairs next
+to one of the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura city area, cutting
+through the surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me there was a hiking
+path up there, which I could take to circle back towards the train
+station.</p>
+<iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=139.52468670041964%2C35.30365364531346%2C139.55768860013887%2C35.33509840514864&amp;layer=mapnik" style="border: 1px solid black">
+</iframe>
+<p><br/><small><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?#map=15/35.31938/139.54119">View
+Larger Map</a></small></p>
 <section id="footnotes" class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document"
 role="doc-endnotes">
 <hr />
 <ol>
-<li id="fn1"><p>??? <a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back"
-role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
-<li id="fn2"><p>??? <a href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back"
-role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
-<li id="fn3"><p>??? <a href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back"
-role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn1"><p><a
+href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KatsuSando6515.jpg"
+class="uri"
+target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KatsuSando6515.jpg</a><a
+href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn2"><p><a
+href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%82%98_(7374668616).jpg"
+class="uri"
+target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%82%98_(7374668616).jpg</a><a
+href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn3"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in"
+class="uri"
+target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in</a><a
+href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
 </ol>
 </section>