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diff --git a/src/inc/kamakura.md b/src/inc/kamakura.md index e73dd42..d27adc5 100644 --- a/src/inc/kamakura.md +++ b/src/inc/kamakura.md @@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ date: 2023-04-22 --- -{style="width:100%;max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;"} +{style="width:100%;max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;"} 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. +effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still 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. <!-- TODO: look at diary for more here --> -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. +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. <aside class="notice"> <h1 class="nocapital">random history sidenote</h1> @@ -24,38 +26,50 @@ I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the next Lawson to get myself some. For some reason I decided to get a Katsu-Sandwich[^sando], 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 +person _eating_ 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. -[^sando]: ??? <!-- TODO: link to picture --> +[^sando]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KatsuSando6515.jpg -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 😄 +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! + + + +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 😄 On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through plastic umbrellas [^umbrella] outside what looked like a beauty saloon, with a sign telling passer-bys to take one (in Japanese ofc). I guess the visibly imminent -rain made the shop keeper put them out there for tourists (conveniently -helping him get rid of *what was probably left behind by his own clients*). -Naturally I picked one up: This umbrella would be with me for the next months. +rain made the shop keeper put them out there for tourists (conveniently helping +him get rid of *what was probably left behind by his own clients*). Naturally I +picked one up: This umbrella would be with me for the next months. -[^umbrella]: ??? <!-- TODO: add picture link --> +<!-- TODO: do i have a picture of this particular one? it's not the one that +fell behind the fence in ugusuidani i think --> + +[^umbrella]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%82%98_(7374668616).jpg There isn't really that much to say about the big Buddha[^buddha], in the end it's just a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee). -[^buddha]: ??? <!-- TODO: insert link to wikipedia --> +[^buddha]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in 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 -<!-- TODO: what temple --> - -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. +get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let 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. -<!-- TODO: trail map? --> +<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><br/><small><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?#map=15/35.31938/139.54119">View Larger Map</a></small> |