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diff --git a/src/inc/kamakura.htm b/src/inc/kamakura.htm index 1c2c0ab..553104f 100644 --- a/src/inc/kamakura.htm +++ b/src/inc/kamakura.htm @@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ <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&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> |