From Chiba, are you on the beach in the direction of Ibaraki?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...anadminmap.jpg

No.

are you in Mie prefecture?

You're getting colder.

Are you in Kanagawa-ken?

Yes.

Here's the view, roughly:

http://www.theartwolf.com/services/w...i_1280-800.jpg

This beach is the setting for the opening of one Natsume Soseki's novels. It's also a popular movie location.

Kamakura Beach, Kanagawa Prefecture

So after all the hard work look who swoops in for the kill! ;) I think you got it Tul, his novel Kokoro opens on Kamakura beach.

Bad Nick, you still have a chance. Kukjukurihama - 92. There are 3 beaches in Kamakura. This is the one in all the movie shots -- and also this Hiroshige print:

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/o...iroshige02.jpg

Here's the view in bad weather:

http://www.my-cosmos.jp/images/blog/...07314683_0.jpg

Shichirigahama Beach

ピンポンピンポンピンポン！！！

You're up Senor Tully.

OK, Tul...where the hell are you going this time?


pre-emptive inquiry: WH?

感謝の言葉

You're not a Navy guy are you Guyy? I spent nearly 6mos. in Yokosuka. Non duty days were often spent on beaches at Kamakura and nights were almost always in the bars with the "Yokohama Mama's."
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Give me a minute to spin my globe... that and look at a map to choose a location:oogle:
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Ok, done.

Yep WH.

No. I lived on that hill on the right hand side of the Hiroshige print as a kid. I also spent a few years in Zushi, which i'm sure you know, and a few in Yokohama as well. In Zushi i was right near the beach, a few hundred metres. I think the angle of the Hokusai print really puts you off Zushi or Hayama. Not that it's super realistic anyway. As you know, you can only see Fuji on a clear winter day, or maybe on a windy summer day when the wind blows the haze off the bay.

Are you in the Northern hemisphere?

Honestly no I don't remember Zushi. I remember there being a large Buddha in the area, somewhere up on a hill. It was huge. I remember taking the JR line just about everywhere. I remember getting lost if we ended up on another line. Also buying whiskey (and porn complete with black dots covering all the "good" spots) out of vending machines on the street. Oh, and of course the Circus Circus Club in Yokohama. It was a while ago, mid 80's. My memory isn't crystal clear. In fact when you posted there are three beaches at Kamakura my first thought was "BS, I've been there." Once I googled it I found out you obviously know more about the area then I do. But I do remember the beach(es) being either very nice or damn freaking cold. On warm days the beach would be full and the young girls would try to speak to us in broken English. These conversations almost always ended with the girls giggling wildly and running back to their friends.


No, southern hemisphere.

So, southwestren hemisphere.

You mean this guy, i think.

http://gonihongo.com/wordpress/wp-co.../03/070321.jpg

He was down the hill from us. Maybe you wouldn't know Zushi, which is right next to Kamakura. Most of it is around the point from Zaimokuza/Yuigahama. There was a US Navy presence there in the eighties, but it wasn't so large then.


Do they speak Spanish where you are?

I'm sure that's him. I have problems remembering some things, like the number of beaches a town might have. Partly because it was 20+ years ago, partly due to the amount of alcohol the average sailor drinks and in part due to the number of places I visited in a short period of time. For example my ship spent nearly six months docked at Yokosuka doing repairs on the USS Ranger. About half way through our six month stay we took a cruise to some island for two weeks of liberty. I had a great time but have no idea what was the name of that island.

Yes, Spanish is the official language where I am.

The other possibility is that it was Kannon in Ofuna (near the Shochiku movie studio), but you wouldn't see that on the way in from Yokosuka. She's definitely up on a hill, whereas the Daibutsu in Hase is in a valley. In fact, i think he's been knocked off his base once or twice by tsunami.

http://www.news.janjan.jp/area/0603/...photo89623.jpg



Are you in Ecuador?

patagonia?

Cool pix!

No, I'm not in Ecuador.

Chile?

Nope.


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I am in Chile.

city?

North of Santiago?

Are you north of Talca?

along the coast?

Not looking for a city.
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South
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Even farther South
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Yes

Since my daughter's middle name is Magda, I'll guess Magdalena National Park?

And much to Tully's liking, he can sniff all those sulfurous fumes from the Mentolat volcano there.

Nope.

South of Puerto Montt

I am a little south of Puerto Montt.

Are you at Monte Verde, in Caibuco?

Nope.

hint in last answer was JUST south of P. Montt

On the shores of lovely Lake Llanquihue? Oops -- that's north of Puerto Montt.

Are you on the Chiloe Islands? Scratch that, too.

Tenglo Island maybe?

Took ya three tries but yes I am indeed on Tenglo Island.

I was supposed to go there last summer but the guys on Wall St. decided I didn't need to see the place.

OK, you're up!

Here's the view:

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/o...jin/199301.jpg

Mt. St. Helens

mt olympus?

That is neither Mt. Olympus nor Mt. St. Helens.

Are you in the WH?

(new guyy, that's west. hemisphere in case you didn't notice our shorthand...sorry to be too obvious if you did)

NH?

Yes, in the west. Sometimes i read New Hampshire for NH.

Are you in New Hampshire?

If I squint my mind's eye, it looks like it could be lakes in New Hampshire

Northern hemisphere
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Nope, not New Hampshire

are you in Canada?

Not in Canada.

not EH, eh?

untied states?

oui, aux etats unis.

east of mrs. sippy?

coastal?

Not east of the Mississippi.

Yes, coastal.

are you south of the 37 deg. longitude?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0I/us-east.jpg

South

In the Tehachapis?

california?

Neither.

Hawaii

Yes, Hawai'i.

Are you underwater?

Now how am i going to paint underwater -- with watercolours no less? No, i am not underwater.

Ahhh, of course. I thought it might be an oil based paint.


Are you on Molokai?

Nope.

Mauna Kea on the big island?

Not on Mauna Kea

hilo?

on Kauai?

diamond head?

On the big island?

Yes, on the big island, but not in Hilo.

Are you near the tip of Oahu Island, between Kaneohe Bay and Kailua Bay

Pu'u Wekiu?

BadNick -- we're on the big island.

No, not Pu'u Wekiu

Kilauea?

not Kilauea

Pu`u `O`o cone?

Nope

Mauna Loa?

Not there, either.

On a mountain at all?

pineapple plantation?

No, just looking at one.

Not on a pineapple plantation.

city?

Kapoho Tidepools?

no, not the tidepools.
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not a city

are you north of the horizontal section 9 on this map?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...land-map-2.jpg

Nani Mau Gardens?

Not at Nani Mau gardens, no.

Yes, north of section 9.

king kamehameha statue?

Boiling Pots?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ing_pots25.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../Hawaii417.jpg

no, not at either one of those places.

University of Hawaii Observatory?

waimea bay?

This?

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/images/mko5.jpg

No. That's on top of Mauna Kea.

I don't know what to say about Waimea Bay. Definitely not the one in the Beach Boys song, and i'm not finding it on maps of the Big Island. Waimea itself wouldn't be a bad guess, but it's not where i am.

http://www.planetware.com/i/map/US/t...hawaii-map.jpg

Waipio Valley?

...using my magnifying glass, I think I saw you in this photo:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...lleyhawaii.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Hawaii-Mon.jpg

The Waipio valley is beautiful, but that's not where i am now.

It might be faster to figure out what i'm looking at and then try to guess where i could be looking from. Maybe you're already doing it, but check out my view and the view from the top of Mauna Kea. I'm not there, but the photographer and i were looking in more or less the same direction.

are you looking at lava flows?

Well, yes and no. Everything on the islands is or was lava flows. Older ones, yes, but nothing glowing.

Which reminds me of why I didn't ask about lava flows previously. Are you between Mauna Kea and Puako?

Not between as the crow flies, but if you go by road, yes.

I'll explore the if "not between" then maybe "at" perspective: Waipui fish pond?