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== Expedition==
 
== Expedition==
 
killing two birds with one stone: today's hashpoint on the way to kyoto university (yes i cycle more than 30km every time i have to be there). no GPS device available (like last time) so i orient myself by the google maps screenshot i memorized. easy though thanks to the fact that kyoto is organized like a chessboard and that i cycle the first 80% almost every day anyway.
 
killing two birds with one stone: today's hashpoint on the way to kyoto university (yes i cycle more than 30km every time i have to be there). no GPS device available (like last time) so i orient myself by the google maps screenshot i memorized. easy though thanks to the fact that kyoto is organized like a chessboard and that i cycle the first 80% almost every day anyway.
so i arrive there, and as suspected, the hashpoint lies on private property. no problem though: i accidentally run into yamazaki-san, a lovely 87 year old brisk lively woman, who (after i try to explain geohashing with my fucked up japanese) gladly shows me around on the first floor. keeps mentioning the war though.
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so i arrive there, and as suspected, the hashpoint lies on private property. no problem though: i accidentally run into yamazaki-san, a lovely 87 year old brisk lively woman, who (after trying to explain geohashing with my fucked up japanese) gladly shows me around on the first floor. keeps mentioning the war though.
 
however, now i'm here, so i might as well grab myself some refreshment and check out the temple complex nearby. not so many tourists - happy :o)
 
however, now i'm here, so i might as well grab myself some refreshment and check out the temple complex nearby. not so many tourists - happy :o)
  

Revision as of 14:52, 4 June 2012

Mon 4 Jun 2012 in 35,135:
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Location

shichiku seinancho in kamigyo ward, kyoto, kyoto prefecture, JAPAN

Participants

Expedition

killing two birds with one stone: today's hashpoint on the way to kyoto university (yes i cycle more than 30km every time i have to be there). no GPS device available (like last time) so i orient myself by the google maps screenshot i memorized. easy though thanks to the fact that kyoto is organized like a chessboard and that i cycle the first 80% almost every day anyway. so i arrive there, and as suspected, the hashpoint lies on private property. no problem though: i accidentally run into yamazaki-san, a lovely 87 year old brisk lively woman, who (after trying to explain geohashing with my fucked up japanese) gladly shows me around on the first floor. keeps mentioning the war though. however, now i'm here, so i might as well grab myself some refreshment and check out the temple complex nearby. not so many tourists - happy :o)

Photos

Achievements

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GeoSquishy Achievement FirstSip.jpg
TdL earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.
Gift.PNG
TdL earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission from Yamazaki-san to access the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.
Compass.jpg
TdL earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.
Bikegeohash.png
TdL earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 40km to the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.