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Japanese puzzles # 4 - NURIKABE Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/12/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is one of the eight caches in the Japanese puzzles series. In all the caches you will find some numbers and letters on the back side of the logbook. Gather all these numbers and you will be able to solve 9th, bonus cache of the series.

The cache is not at listed coordinates. If you want to find the cache you have to solve the puzzle below.


First you have to do a little brain excercise and then a small walk through the St.Annes Park......

Nurikabe

Nurikabe is a purely logic puzzle, which is played on a grid and each puzzle has only one solution. The object of Nurikabe is to shade each square black ( wall or stream) or leave it white ( island ).

A - how many squares has the island which contains the red coloured square

B - how many squares has the island which contains the yelow coloured square

C - how many squares has the island which contains the blue coloured square

D - how many squares has the island which contains the brown coloured square

E - how many squares has the island which contains the green coloured square

When the coloured square is not in the island, its value is 0.

Final coordinates

53.A+B+C+D+E.(AxC)B

006.(C-B)D.((CxE)-A)D

The cache

The cache contains only logbook, please bring your own pen . Please rehide it well to prevent many muggles from discovering it.

St. Annes Park

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)