+gildervoigts Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 I live in the South of Japan and I am looking to find and get more people involved with geocaching. If you are intrested please drop me a line. I have placed two caches both of which are still active. Quote Link to comment
Nightingale Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hi, I thought you are in Okinawa, as you say "South of Japan". I discovered you are in Iwakuni, me in Fukuoka. Local people around you usually refer the area to "West" but not "South" . South of Japan implies Kyushu and Okinawa. Anyway I know that yet many geocachers and caches in Japan are associated with US military installations. A weekly magazine "Aera" has one-page article about geocaching in Japan in the issue December 15 2003. The magazine claims that only 500 or so are participating in geocaching in Japan. Let's hope more people will join us. I am planning to hide a new cache in Fukuoka near future. Quote Link to comment
Schmidt_Tunnel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Do you think Mt. Fuji would be a good place to leave a cache? I have not been to the top for 20 years, is it too busy? Do you have any ideas where to put a cache? Near the Post office or the temple? What about one of the huts that you can spend the night in on the way up, would that be better? If the weather is good in June we want to take a hike to the top. Quote Link to comment
Nightingale Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hi. There are two virtual caches already on the summit; http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...83-e4f9d631aa11 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b0-8a3687b8f522 IN MY OPINON, Placing traditional cache either on the summit or on trails to the summit seems difficult. It is very busy during usual climbing season. It is very difficult to maintain the cache under harsh climate. As you may know there is civil movements attempting to register Mt. Fuji as a world heritage. There are cleaning (trash out) campaigns everywhere at the mountain in everyyear. It is likely that cache may be trashed away in such event. Quote Link to comment
Nightingale Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 (edited) deleted double posting Edited February 24, 2004 by Nightingale Quote Link to comment
NVGun40 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I certainly hope someone can help me out here. I am in the US Military and will be moving to Okinawa, Japan in June of 2004. My wife and I enjoy geocaching, we are hoping there are caches placed throughout Okinawa. Can someone please send me an email confirming this? Quote Link to comment
+Erawan Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Yup, there sure are caches on Okinawa. I have placed 4 of them myself. There are a couple difficult ones that take a couple hours to get to. We also have one that no one has gone to yet because you have to get out there at low tide, or take a boat. I'm sure you will enjoy around here, and then places when you go TDY. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment
+The Davis Clan Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Hey everyone just wanted to say HI. We started Geocaching about two months ago. There are about 4 to 5 of us in Northern Japan (Misawa) that love Geocaching. Hope to see you out there!! Quote Link to comment
V-iPAQ Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 where is that? I am in the north as well Quote Link to comment
+The Davis Clan Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 We are on the northern part of the main island. Misawa Air Base is about 1 to 1.5 hours south of Mutstu Bay. It is about 45 minutes north of Hachinohe. Where are you located. Quote Link to comment
V-iPAQ Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I'm in Akita, i guess opposite coasts eh. Quote Link to comment
+NomadVW Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 I will soon be moving to the Iwakuni area myself. As mentioned further up in the posts, military as well. I'm looking for topo type software before I go and curious to know if there is any commercially available - like MS Streets/Trips as well as TopoUSA from Delorme or the like. Any suggestions would be helpful and looking forward to the caching in Japan. NomadVW Quote Link to comment
+art begotti Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 and then there's people like me. i really wish i could get out to all sorts of different places (like not pennsylvania) and do caching sprees there... but i am a little short on pocket change, so it'll have to wait. when i do decide to get plane tickets, japan is the first place im gonna head out to. (colorado is next, then texas, then california.) Quote Link to comment
+Delta-S Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Anything on Tanegashima? I'll be there for a week soon. Quote Link to comment
+mdshamilton Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Fellow Geocachers, I have 2 travel bugs (Williams F1 Bug and Ferrari F1 Bug) that I am thinking about racing from the UK to Japan in time for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. Can you recommend a cache that I could use (perhaps one of yours?) - and if the bugs got to Japan would you be willing to retreive them and post them back to me in the UK for another race? Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment
+NomadVW Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I'm the Yamaguchi pref. and looking for cachers in the area. I cached in San Diego, CA and am now station at Iwakuni as US Marine. Will begin caching with zeal in the coming weeks. Look forward to placing some in a region lacking many. NomadVW Quote Link to comment
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