Japanese “cap” cache connection project:IT/DE/JP Traditional Cache
Japanese “cap” cache connection project:IT/DE/JP
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General information on the cache idea:
For New Year 2011/2012, the italian user ravestorm and the german user Schlauchen spent a two weeks holiday in Japan. After returning to Europe, the idea to hide a european-japanese geocache was born. Together with Shin.jp, the owner of many caches in Kansai area, the cooperation started. The listing and the type of cache is the same in all the three countries. The texts with touristic information about the three places to visit were written by the resident users.
Of course there was also the idea to hide a final mystery cache in Uzbekistan for everyone who visits all the three caches.... but we found another solution: Everyone who logs all the caches as “found” and was really there (signed logbook or photo-proof) will receive a chocolate bar by mail ;-) .
Information on finding this cache:
This cache represents one of popular japanese styles. If you ever visit Japan, you’ll notice from the beginning on that the geocachers there are very creative. It’s rare to find a nano cache bought on a geocaching platform. You often read in logs “very creative box” or “good camo!”. If you read that in Japan, it means that you’ll probably need a while to find the box.
The type of container hidden in this series is still handmade, but a little less creative (*). (Some italian cachers will probably have seen this kind of box already) .It’s smaller than a filmbox, but bigger than a nano. For japanese cachers, this cache could be a bit boring, sorry in advance :-) .
(*) If you are interested in creating one of these caches on your own, Shin.jp kindly offers the instruction here ( http://tinyurl.com/7y2bhlr). Please have fun making it!!
Information on the involved regions:
If you want to win the chocolate bar ( ;-) ), you have to visit all the three caches, hidden in the homezones of all the involved users. Here’s a short introduction:
JAPAN
hiding user: Shin.jp
GC-Code: GC3M0WQ
hiding place: Shin-Osaka Station, Osaka
Description:
Osaka is the biggest city in the Kansai area located in the center of Kobe, Nara, and Kyoto and it offers good connections to every kind of traffic (2 airports, Bullet Train Shinkansen stop, …) making it a perfect place to start exploring the Kansai area. High speed train network connects to each city within 30 minutes or so. Of course as many of you may know , Nara and Kyoto have a number of World Heritage sites designated by UNESCO.
(image: Osaka castle)
Osaka is one of the oldest palace cities in Japan -- it is even older than Nara and Kyoto. The palace called “Naniwano-miya” was constructed in AD645. Osaka was a port city from ancient era and served as an important gateway for trading with foreign countries including not only mainland China but also Europe. Thanks to the strong tradition of trading business, Osaka became particularly famous for delicious foods -- not only traditional Japanese foods but also local junk foods because both foreign and domestic merchandise are traded here. Osaka was once called “TENKA-NO-DAIDOKORO” which means “Kitchen on top of the world”. Unlike Kyoto or Nara, Osaka was heavily bombed in WW-II therefore most of the city was reconstructed after the war. Nevertheless, there are beautiful places to visit in this city including Osaka Castle. Osaka is also called “Aquapolis” as the city was developed around rivers and channels. Nakanoshima is a beautiful island between two rivers Tosaborigawa and Dojimagawa.
At present, there are over 500, 300, 250 caches in Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara respectively. In mostcases, one can explore each city just by hunting cache to cache. So why don’t you come and explore!!
The cache is placed at the listed coordinates on a pedestrian bridge between north-west corner of the Shin-Osaka Station complex and nearby business district. If you have difficulty finding the cache, please look for magic code “W-20”.
GERMANY
hiding user: Schlauchen
GC-code: GC3M25B
hiding region: Franconian forest
Description: The franconian forest is an area near to the border to the Czech Republic. There are only few tourists from abroad, which prefer to visit bigger cities or Rothenburg ob der Tauber (a city in which you can find more japanese tourists than inhabitants :-) ). The region around the franconian forest is neglected without any reason, though.
(image: landscape view)
It’s the perfect place for
*hiking and nature (we have a lot of forests - with a lot of geocaching trails!),
*history (the village of Mlareuth was split in two during the separation of Germany in West and East Germany),
*culture (nearby is the city of Bayreuth, host of the world-famous Wagner-Festspiele, opera) .
* statistics for all kind of websites - as it’s near to the Czech Republic you can cache in two countries in a short time ;-)
* beer! ;-) . There are many breweries around here, and in the city of Kulmbach there's even a brewery museum. And yes, it is possible to test their products there!
Other cities for possible day-trips are Nuremberg, Dresden, Coburg, Regensburg, W・zburg and Bamberg.
The geocaching scene here is very active, you can find difficult mystery caches, trails in the forest, and various geocaches with great views.
(image: Wagner-Festspiele, Bayreuth)
ITALY
hiding user: ravestorm
GC-code: GC3M258
hiding region: Ferrara
Description: Ferrara is a city in the Po Valley and it grew, during the Renaissance period, into a cultural center thanks to the Este family. They left us the most important sights of the city that survived until nowadays and that make Ferrara an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The castle (Castello Estense, see image on the left) is a brick buildingsurrounded by a moat and used to be the residence of the Estes. Nearby the romanesque cathedral you find the jewish ghetto and many beautiful palaces.Among them there is Palazzo dei Diamanti, named after the diamond points into which the facade's stone blocks are cut, it houses the National Picture Gallery.Palazzo Schifanoia is full of frescoes. Palazzo di Ludovico il Moro houses the Archaeological Museum of the Etruscan city of Spina. All the city centre is still surrounded by the 11 kms of ancient walls (see image on the left) where you can enjoy a walk or you can go by bike. Ferrara is also famous as a city of bicycles because
the inhabitants love to use it to get around.
The seaside is only 50 kms away and the cities of Verona, Florence, Venice and Bologna are perfectly reachable in day-trip. Unesco-World-Heritage-collectors will enjoy visiting Ravenna, Modena and Padova as well. The geocaching-scene is growing quickly and you can find a variety of well-made caches here.
Um das Listing in deutscher Sprache zu lesen, lese bitte die Beschreibung f・ GC3M25B. Der Text ist gleich, der Hint f・ diesen Cache lautet "W-20".
Per leggere il listing in lingua italiana, si prega di consultare il listing della cache GC3M258. Il testo ・uguale, il hint per questa cache ・"W-20".
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