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Japan Geocoin Ho-oo

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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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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

    Visited 5/11/2023 icabrian took it to La boite au livre - Manège 1913 Île-de-France, France - 3.05 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 5/11/2023 icabrian took it to Sélénocaching Île-de-France, France - 578.56 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 5/10/2023 icabrian took it to LA BÊTE HUMAINE - Gare de l'Est Île-de-France, France - 595.84 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/22/2023 icabrian retrieved it from Maister na poti: Unec Slovenia   Visit Log

    Got it in Unec, Slovenia.

    Dropped Off 4/16/2023 tornalle placed it in Maister na poti: Unec Slovenia - 26.83 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/16/2023 tornalle took it to Arenaria al Giardino Pubblico Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy - .05 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/16/2023 tornalle took it to Erosione sulle rudiste Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy - .04 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/16/2023 tornalle took it to Concrezione calcarea Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy - .03 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/16/2023 tornalle took it to Pietra di Aurisina Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy - 111.4 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/16/2023 tornalle took it to Il libro scomparso / The missing book Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy - .22 miles  Visit Log
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