TFTC!! GEOCACHING RADIO

あけましておめでとうございます。

2024年は毎週お耳を拝借しありがとうございました。今回は視聴者さんを代表してゲストをお招きして日本で唯一のジオキャッシング系Podcast"TFTC!! ジオキャッシングラジオ"の年を振り返りました。

出演：kamelot、kamelot Jr.、トニッタ、カキノジン

今年もどうぞご贔屓に！

新年イベントキャッシュのお知らせを岐阜県から初登場のタクトくん、そして恒例の可児新年会のお知らせがトニッタくんからございます。

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1月3日（土）13:00〜13:30 GCBG9AK / 新年早々！岐阜にいらっしゃい！

1月31日（土）16:30〜17:00 GCBG7F9 / 可児市でこんにちは！2026

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出演：タクト、トニッタ、カキノジン

ジオキャッシング25周年は色んな企画目白押しでしたね。毎週金曜日放送の当ラジオも休むことなく配信できました。数少ない視聴者のみなさま、ありがとうございました。

今回はトニッタくん、そして日本のジオキャッシング系YouTuberといえばこの方ーえいけんさんをお招きして、個人的ジオキャッシングニュースTOP3を発表しています。あなたのトップニュースは何でしたか？良かったら、たまにはコメントしてみてください。

それではみなさん、よいお年を。来年もどうぞご贔屓に！

えいけんTV Youtube　登録者数1000人まであとちょっと！

出演：えいけん、トニッタ、カキノジン

ジオキャッシングの統計サイトがあるのはご存知ですか？

あなたの知らないジオキャッシングの世界。データから見える新たな世界がそこにはあるかも。今年は何をどのくらい見つけた？ちょっと順位とかも調べてみようかな。ナンテ1年の締めくくりにポチポチ遊んでみてください。

ProjectGC サイトはこちらから

ジオキャッシングブログで紹介された記事はこちら

出演：kojy、カキノジン

ジオキャッシング国際映画祭ファイナリスト監督へのインタビューも終わり、GIFFアワードの発表もありました。

今回のまとめはGIFF2025作品の考察、インタビュー裏話、受賞作品の発表に次回作の展望についてもお喋りしています。

GIFF2025 AWARDの記事はこちら

ファイナリスト監督インタビューまとめページ

出演：トニッタ、カキノジン

“Never a Straight Path” Justcarlo (Canada)

──What inspired you to create this film for GIFF 2025?
I have always enjoyed telling stories through the medium of video. I first found out about GIFF in 2021, which was the year I started geocaching. I attended my first GIFF event in 2023 and watching those films in a community setting was very inspiring. I wanted to create a film myself. In fact, I have a youtube channel where I post my geocaching adventures and thoughts about geocaching. The GIFF was a chance to try a different kind of storytelling that I have been thinking about for some time now.

──How many people worked on your film, and how long did the production take?
It was just me! Lol. I’m pretty much a solo film maker, but that’s only because I didn’t reach out to others or try to find additional resources. I didn’t have a long-term plan to film anything. I had a lot of ideas, but they required more people and resources than I had available. I shot the footage in January of 2024, and it was originally for a different video project–something for the Youtube channel, and not really for GIFF. But I didn’t do anything with the footage for a long time, and then in July of 2025, I took another look and decided I really wanted to make something out of the material I had. I began editing around the first week of July, and writing the voiceover at the same time. The voiceover went through a few changes, which affected the video edits. I can’t remember exactly how much time it took, but I submitted the film on the last day of the deadline!

──What was the most memorable or challenging part of making your film?
Because I shot the original footage in 2024, I couldn’t go back and correct anything or record additional footage. Also I recorded in winter, and when I was editing it was summer over one year later so of course the park I filmed at looked very different. I had to be creative in the writing and editing to fill in some parts that might have been missing, but I enjoy that!

──Is there a moment in your film that you hope geocachers around the world will notice or appreciate?
The overall message is to appreciate the small moments of happiness that we find in geocaching (or any other hobby we enjoy for that matter). After watching the past GIFF films, I knew I couldn’t film epic adventures, or design costumes or elaborate props. I didn’t have actors or a film crew, or even lighting. So I chose instead to focus on the emotion of geocaching, of the satisfaction of finding even the small hides, and still enjoy the adventure that brought us there.

──Please share a message for geocachers in Japan.
Hello geocachers of Japan! Not every geocache has to be epic to be fun. I hope you all find moments of happiness when you go out geocaching (sometimes even if it’s a DNF).

出演：Justcarlo、tonitta2199、Jin Kakino

“David CachinBro — First Lamp Post” DNF Hound (USA)

──What inspired you to create this film for GIFF 2025?
There is a famous British naturalist named David CachinBro. We often see him observing animals in the jungle. I thought it would be fun to imitate him — using his British accent and observing geocachers in their natural habitat, just like he does with jungle animals.

In the United States, those square, box-shaped geocaches attached to lamp posts are very common and honestly quite boring. They’re everywhere. So I thought this concept would at least be interesting for American geocachers.

In my film, my actor is genuinely shocked when the box lifts up. Every geocacher I know has had that same experience: “The box lifts up?!” We were all surprised the first time.

──How many people worked on your film, and how long did the production take?
I shot the film on an iPhone. I asked two of my geocacher friends to act in it, and for the final line I had a friend — who is not a geocacher — do the voiceover. Since I tend to procrastinate, I only started filming about a week before the deadline, and we shot everything in about one or two hours.

A few days later, I had one of the actors come back for about 30 minutes so I could film four or five close-up shots that were needed to improve the piece. It took me a few days to edit everything on my laptop. But in the end, the whole project was finished within a week, and I submitted it one or two days before the deadline.

──What was the most memorable or challenging part of making your film?
One memorable moment was when the actor pretended to see a bug and jumped — he had a pocket knife attached to his keychain and accidentally cut his finger a little. I ran back to the car to get a small bandage and wrapped his finger. After that, we continued filming.

──Is there a moment in your film that you hope geocachers around the world will notice or appreciate?
I hope that every geocacher can relate to the actor’s joy when he discovers the geocache under the lamp post. We’ve all experienced that moment while geocaching. That feeling never fades. It’s pure joy.

──Please share a message for geocachers in Japan.
Geocaching is similar to other games or sports. I’m sure that people who play golf, no matter what country they live in, share many things in common. They enjoy challenges, they love doing fun activities outdoors with friends, and they love the challenge itself — as well as the joy that comes from completing it. The same is true for geocachers.

I hope to visit Japan someday. Japan is high on my travel list. Even if I never make it there, I know the country is full of people who think just like I do — people like me, who enjoy spending time outdoors with friends.

出演：DNF Hound、tonitta2199、Jin Kakino

“Return of the Cache Napper Trailer” ZippyZipperZoo (USA)

──What inspired you to create this film for GIFF 2025?I had actually planned a similar film for GIFF 2023 after watching "The Batman" and thinking it would be funny to do a dark and gritty Geocaching story, but ran out of time to actually create it that year. Over the following two years, that concept developed, keeping the detective aspects and morphing into a more Film Noir style project, because who (in film) solves puzzles better than a detective? I always love to take a concept and think of a logical but unexpected direction to take it. I also enjoy taking silly concepts and playing them completely seriously; I personally find a good balance of comedy and sincerity in creating things in that style.

──How many people worked on your film, and how long did the production take?We had five people on this project. I did all the pre-production and post-production, and my actors all doubled as production crew when they weren't on camera! Not including the aforementioned two years I spent thinking of creating this, I spent around 2 days drawing up story boards and planning my shot list, we did all the filming on a single day (about 12 hours), and then I spent around 2 weeks editing it!

──What was the most memorable or challenging part of making your film?The most challenging part was filming at night. I have made many films and videos in my life, and lighting has always been my greatest opportunity for growth, and night time is one of the trickier things to light properly. Doing a noir-style film meant the lighting was really important, so I did my best to play with the shadows and darkness on screen just as much as I did with the light. Although it is not perfect, I am very proud of the progress I have made as a filmmaker, and will remember what I learned from this production!

──Is there a moment in your film that you hope geocachers around the world will notice or appreciate?

No specific moment, but I hope everyone who watched appreciates the distinct tone we tried to convey and inspires someone else to think outside the box of what a geocaching story can be!

──Please share a message for geocachers in Japan.

Thank you so much for being a part of this community! It is incredible to think how wide reaching the Geocaching community is, and to think that our film has been seen by people all over the world is just incredible. Thank you so so much, keep being amazing!出演：ZippyZipperZoo、tonitta2199、Jin Kakino

“Little Apple Tree” Rassis on tour (Germany)

──What inspired you to create this film for GIFF 2025?We've already submitted this type of film to GIFF twice. In 2019, we even won the audience award with our funny frogs. We simply want to spread a little joy with our mascot. Signal is Cacher's best friend.

──How many people worked on your film, and how long did the production take?We filmed the movie as a family, with four people and nine frogs. We had a lot of fun in our garden. We managed to film everything in one day.──What was the most memorable or challenging part of making your film?What we as a family will definitely remember is the fun we had and the joy of making it to the finals again. During filming, we were delighted every time the little frogs did what we wanted – which isn't so easy with puppets.

──Is there a moment in your film that you hope geocachers around the world will notice or appreciate?We hope to share the joy of geocaching together and, of course, the cuteness of frogs. And of course the spirit of „Together we can do it!“. Here in Germany, the Signals are a small, dedicated community, connected on platforms like Instagram.──Please share a message for geocachers in Japan.We wish you all the best of luck with your geocaching! If you'd like, you can follow Froggy's adventures on Instagram at Froggy_beim_geocaching. All the best, Rassis on Tour出演：Rassis on tour、tonitta2199、Jin Kakino

“Orthoceras” Breizh Geocacheurs (France)

──What inspired you to create this film for GIFF 2025?

Our main inspiration was to highlight Earthcaches. Too often, geocachers say that Earthcaches are too complicated. We wanted to show them that Earthcaches can also be fun.

──How many people worked on your film, and how long did the production take?Twelve people responded to the call to participate in the filming, which took place over the course of a whole day. We organised two events at two specific locations (https://coord.info/GCATNJJ and https://coord.info/GCB473Q) on the western tip of Brittany to get the footage we wanted. Once there, we had to pack up our gear several times due to a few rain showers and, more importantly, a big storm. The editing took a few days, then we sent it to our friend Rachel, who recorded some piano sequences directly inspired by the video.──What was the most memorable or challenging part of making your film?The most difficult part was persuading geocacher F1AKKdu29, who plays the role of Orthoceras coming out of the water, to shoot the scenes in the sea after the violent storm we had on location. He didn't want to go into the water because lightning had just struck very close to where we were.

──Is there a moment in your film that you hope geocachers around the world will notice or appreciate?We don't know if everyone noticed, but at 1:14 in our film, you can see mega fossil ridges behind us. This is a fairly rare geological phenomenon that can be found on earthcache GCA958F. And the monster coming out of the water is a representation of Orthoceras, which can be found as a fossil on earthcache GCA94KJ.──Please share a message for geocachers in Japan.To all our geocaching friends in Japan, we invite you to come and discover Brittany, its old caches (some of which are now over 25 years old) and the beauty of the different landscapes that make up our beautiful region.

出演：Breizh Geocacheurs、tonitta2199、Jin Kakino