Japan Geocoin Ho-oo

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Origin:
Washington, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of cacherigel_lh.

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Current Goal

travel to reborn (rehabilitated) geo-caches (pictures would be cool) and lend some karma (for anti-muggling)...

About This Item

found in a reactivated cache...

The name of this one will be Ho-oo..


In Japan, as earlier in China, the mythical Phoenix (ho-oo) was adopted as a symbol of the imperial household, particularily the empress. This mythical bird represents fire, the sun, justice, obedience, and fidelity.

According to legend (mostly from China), the Ho-oo appears very rarely, and only to mark the beginning of a new era -- the birth of a virtuous ruler, for example (or perhaps the re-birth of a geo-cache [to borrow very liberally - and perhaps not altogether accurately]). In other traditions, the Ho-oo appears only in peaceful and prosperous times (nesting, it is said, in paulownia trees), and hides itself when there is trouble. As the herald of a new age, the Ho-Oo decends from heaven to earth to do good deeds, and then it returns to its celestial abode to await a new era. It is both a symbol of peace (when it appears) and a symbol of disharmony (when it disappears).

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    Tracking History (23952.3mi) View Map

    Discovered It 1/28/2007 LLCOOL discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at event cache.
    Dropped Off 1/25/2007 Wiildrose placed it in The Second Annual Palouse Dinner (Lunch?) Washington - 280.5 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 12/31/2006 magking1971 discovered it   Visit Log

    My daughter and I have always wanted to go to Japan for a vacation but have never had the chance, maybe one day. THANKS WIILDROSE!!
    Grab It (Not from a Cache) 12/21/2006 Wiildrose grabbed it   Visit Log

    Well, I have JUST the cache to put this one in if it wants to be in reborn caches that have been muggled! Will place again asap. Thanx, Colbridge, for letting me see this kewl "koi"n!
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/23/2006 colbridge retrieved it from LIBBY VIEW - Reborn Washington   Visit Log

    How nice.
    Dropped Off 11/23/2006 cachedin placed it in LIBBY VIEW - Reborn Washington - 31.54 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/11/2006 cachedin retrieved it from The Perfect Spot Washington   Visit Log

    Will move it on.
    Dropped Off 11/8/2006 p.o.w.s.o.w.b. placed it in The Perfect Spot Washington   Visit Log
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