Jet Lag 1 - Silence of the Clams Virtual Cache
Jet Lag 1 - Silence of the Clams
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This is the first in a series of ‘jet lag’ caches – interesting places I have found on business trips to Japan while walking very early in the morning. When you arrive in Japan from overseas, your jet lag (jisai bokke) makes you wake up very early. Plus, if you are in Japan in the summer time, you will find that sunrise is much earlier than in other countries because Japan does not use daylight savings time. So, if you want to explore on foot from your hotel, morning is a good time.
This virtual cache is located in Kuwana City, Mie prefecture. The people here were really friendly to me, and there was not a geocache anywhere nearby, so I thought this virtual cache would be a good one. You can take the Kintetsu line or JR from Nagoya to Kuwana – it’s about 450 yen by express train, maybe 30 or 40 minutes. This cache is an easy 10 minute walk from the station. (On the way, enjoy the manhole covers!) The area around the cache is a little bit of older Japan – not ancient japan like you find in parts of Kyoto or Nara, but a little older and to my eye more appealing than the new concrete structures that are everywhere in many towns.
The cache point itself is one of the stranger little temple stories I have found (it will leave a foreigner a little bewildered), but mostly it’s just a reason for a walk in the town.
To log this cache, email me and tell me what kofun means in English, using the exact words on the sign found at these coordinates. And if you want, post a picture of your favorite manhole cover!
Afterwards, you can walk a little farther to Rokkaen (about 0.3 miles – coordinates N 35 04.249, E 136 41.611) and see some interesting Japanese and Western architecture. You can tour Rokkaen between 9 and 5.
MAY 2007 - Congratulations to Big C, the Curly One & the Little Man for being the first to complete the Jet Lag Series!
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