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TESS - JR Yamanote Line Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/16/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Tokyo Eki Stamp Series (東京駅スタンプシリーズ)



Tokyo is a city blessed with what is often dubbed as the best public transportation system in the world. Tokyo's train and subway network is unrivalled - spotless, quiet and almost always on time.

Most Japan Railway stations have something in common, a unique stamp reflecting that station's history. Kids and train nerds often buy cute little books to collect the stamps of all the stations they've been to. In this series, we take a deeper look at the network that kept me moving in the half a year I spent in Tokyo, through the lens of train station stamps!


JR Yamanote Line (山手線)

The JR Yamanote Line is one of the busiest and most important train lines in Tokyo, connecting the major city centres together in the shape of a ring. Despite trains being 200m in length, the services on the Yamanote Line operate at an impressive frequency of every 2.5 minutes during peak periods and 4 minutes at all other times (from about 4:30am to 1am).

To find the cache, you will need to solve the puzzle below:

South Coordinates

East Coordinates

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sbex bs gur 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)