SV selfie (Answer)

Real tough. Only i got lots of different images. 

Aug 8, 2021 18:27:23 GMT pͤlaͣyͬeͭrͪ said:

Real tough. Only i got lots of different images. 

INdeed, too many possible locations, the car is not always at the right spot for a selfie. 
This location in special has a nearby landmark, clue later after the appropiate tiem has passed.

Well, not the reglementary 24h, but as most of the players are sleeping now, and I heading to bed in a few minutes.

Clue: 

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If you have identified the country, the exact location is near the house of a very renowned guy.

I was looking for Forest Spirts but the house logo is no visible in SV, and there no blue dots, so was fooling around and found the selfie.

i guess i'm in the correct area...

thanks for the clue even if i've been in the right country before that ...but on islands...

renowned guy's house: found!

what's the meaning of "near" anyway?!

I know, it's not easy

second mirror of the same post/corner

The clue just confirmed the country, but it is a big one with lots of corners!

Impossible is possible.

I've searched for "Forest Spirts" & "Forest Sports" and basically it didn't help me identify the country.

Aug 10, 2021 17:18:52 GMT why2k said:

I've searched for "Forest Spirts" & "Forest Sports" and basically it didn't help me identify the country.

The effective order for me, was to search for the person and then the spirit.

I think I'm close.  I'm submitting this for a half credit.

Aug 11, 2021 2:10:43 GMT why2k said:

I think I'm close.  I'm submitting this for a half credit.

Nice view, sorry for keeping all searching for spirits in a city full of trees. 
I am looking for a tall and chubby one.   <---- this is a bigger clue

I think this covers it

 

 

Let me check other locations.
Found reference to this location in an article about the creator and where he got the ideas for the settings. 

Here is the aerial view, there is a marker in GE

Last clue

The spirit I was looking for is this, he is just around the corner from the SV car, but as mentioned before, NO BlueDot

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huh, i sent you the link to the main house mentioned everywhere on the net, the one posted by our friend why2k :

Aug 11, 2021 3:21:02 GMT why2k said:

and you told me i was very close

well, the searched location is in another area, 15 km away from all captures posted by the players (except pͤlaͣyͬeͭrͪ 's 2nd image):



strangely this one is never mentioned in the articles i read (in english)(wikipedia for instance) ...then, suddenly, one mentions it!

Aug 13, 2021 9:04:01 GMT krenek said:

huh, i sent you the link to the main house mentioned everywhere on the net, the one posted by our friend why2k :

Aug 11, 2021 3:21:02 GMT why2k said:

and you told me i was very close

My biggest apology Krenek, I didn't open the link in your message as I was reading in my cellphone and was heading for breakfast, just read that you had found the studio, just assumed you were still looking for the house

well, the searched location is in another area, 15 km away from all captures posted by the players (except pͤlaͣyͬeͭrͪ 's 2nd image):

strangely this one is never mentioned in the articles i read (in english)(wikipedia for instance) ...then, suddenly, one mentions it!

I "liked" all the answers finding a "SV selfie" as I knew it was hard to find this specific corner.    The link to how I found about this place in the next post. 

The Spirit of the forest lives in

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The house of Korosuke, now known as Totoro Fund,

This is the article that took me there, mentioning the area as the inspiration of the landscapes and some views in the movie,
www.mentalfloss.com/article/564973/my-neighbor-totoro-hayao-miyazaki-studio-ghibli-facts?a_aid=46850I&fbclid=IwAR2hTwVRxSEFYQEzGsSNenGdKhgcJYtaCSA5HJ36Rgg4o88q5dNb1tYyO9w