Okay, its been two weeks since I was there, but still one of the highlights of my trip to Japan was geocaching. Most businessmen like to play golf when they travel and meet associates. Not me.
Geocaching is a game/sport/hobby of searching for hidden boxes and things using longitude/latitude coordinates posted at geocaching.com. My team/family, has about 1,300 finds.
I had thought I could do it mostly myself, just with a taxi ride to a central location, but ended up going out with my hosts (separately) on my last two days. It was a neat way to get to know the city of Osaka better, as well as my associates. And much better with a car, as we could hit many more than I could have walked to, despite getting stuck in city traffic.
Take a look at pictures and commentary at this Flickr set.
Net result: Two new fans of Geocaching, and 10 more ‘finds’ for me.
Lesson: Don’t stay in your hotel, find a reason to get out there. And don’t be afraid to drag someone else along.