Difference between revisions of "2012-06-04 35 135"

Revision as of 14:30, 4 June 2012

Location

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

Participants

TdL

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 i try to explain geohashing with my fucked up japanese) gladly shows me around on the first floor. keeps mentioning the war though [cause i'm german?]. however, since i'm here now, i might as well grab myself refreshment drink afterwards and check out the temple complex nearby. not so many tourists, i'm happy :-)

Photos

2012-05-29 35 135-kamo.JPG

kamo river
2012-05-29 35 135-hashpoint street.JPG

view from the street towards the hashpoint
children's drawings
2012-05-29 35 135-yamazaki-san.JPG

owner of the hashpoint - ms. yamazaki
2012-05-29 35 135-hashpoint.JPG

hashpoint
2012-05-29 35 135-temple.JPG

temple
2012-05-29 35 135-way.jpg

same temple
2012-05-29 35 135-gate.JPG

hell of a gate
2012-05-29 35 135-stilbruch.JPG

break in style
2012-05-29 35 135-forest.JPG

bamboo forest :-)
2012-05-29 35 135-temple3.JPG

more temples
2012-05-29 35 135-squishy.JPG

squishy
2012-05-29 35 135-7eleven.jpg

7-eleven
2012-05-29 35 135-7elevenmap.JPG

7-eleven map
2012-05-29 35 135-soccer.JPG

football game
2012-05-29 35 135-daimonji.JPG

大文字
2012-05-29 35 135-google map.jpg

google map

Achievements

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TdL earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement

by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.

TdL earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from Yamazaki-san to access the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.

TdL earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.

TdL earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 40km to the (35, 135) geohash on 2012-06-04.

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 == Expedition==
-started about 7km east of the destination (as the crow flies) and took me about one hour to get there by bicycle (took a bit longer cause no GPS available). on the way: highways, ricefields, the local headquarters of the japanese self-defense forces and the usual scenery of an industrialized country. at the target point: the warehouse of a tomato farmer in the middle of nowhere (don't ask me what nishiimoarai is supposed to be - the only thing i know is that it lies between oyamazaki's and kumiyama's city limits). nice trip though, all in all.
+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 [cause i'm german?].
+however, since i'm here now, i might as well grab myself refreshment drink afterwards and check out the temple complex nearby. not so many tourists, i'm happy :-)
 == Photos ==


Mon 4 Jun 2012 in 35,135: 35.0458348, 135.7443343 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox