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   [ Make sure you're on the right page:   ahead is the info to help you puzzle out the clue posters at the site for CLUE 3:  (Please start at CLUE 1)   ]:


Clue 3:
 Once known as Chinatown, Little Saigon, and Japantown, the District has a new , more all-encompassing name now!




To find the posters/Clues,  seek out one or more of these 5 poster site places:

First:
- This poster is just hanging around, out in public. 
- In a public Park, look for a kiosk , with a design motif similar to the Chinatown gate. 
- the hanging bulletin board has its own tiled roof: AND  this placement is according the principals of feng shui, to keep the qi/energy flow open to businesses across the street! 
- Sometimes chess and pingpong are being played nearby the Pavilion.
- Orientation:  The clue poster is in the SouthEast corner of the park, facing NorthEast.
- The annual DragonFest is centered on this park: there's also a mural featuring a dragon as well as railroad workers.
- The park was first built in 1973, and the Mayor of Taipei donated the brickwork, pavilion and bulletin board after a discussion with King County councilmember Ruby Chow.   The park was expanded and modified recently, with a celebration of completion held Spring of last year!
- The name of the park means "Park for Pleasurable Gatherings"
- To get here to the park, you could walk directly East from the Chinatown Gate (and the International District LightRail/Transit Tunnel station) at 5th & King: walk uphill and east, 3.5 blocks


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- This is titled as an Asian Experience museum
- Orientation: Just south of the Sign of 4 Seas,  but West of the freeway.
- Bruce Lee exhibits are often here, in this museum on King.
- The museum shares a name with a Elementary school in Seattle, too!
-The nickname of this org and building is 'The Wing' 
- Check on the wall, inside, to the right of the entry to the Tateuchi Story Theatre.

Or
- A retailer specializing in electronic gamer needs.
- A grape ape?  No.  A veridian simian?  Not quite, but keep guessing.  Start by mixing red & white... . This amazing store of geekdom, games, (& more) is also on King. 
- The entry is on the west side of the building, but the sign is to the North
- You can stop in for a free game of the old school video game, Street Fighter;  it's built-in to the wall. 
- FYI: There is another store with this name in the U District, near 45th.

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- This ID retailer has charming household items and whimsy art.
- South Jackson has a two syllable place that fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender might associate with a friendly flying lemur.
- Orientation: West of Higo, which is no longer Higo, but Kobo.  
- Look inside the windows, on the right hand side wall, for a sculpture/decor "high-wire flyers".
- Other locale based clues:  The 600 block; The Northside; The corner store. 
- In the outer window, right of front door, at kid height, you'll find the clue poster day or night.

or
- the amazing gift store on the 600 block of S Jackson is open 11am-6pm, and is kid friendly too!   
- formerly the Higo
- lovely art and housewares
- Ask the front counter where the poster is!

or
- This ID retailer has amazing teas and sweet dessert treats, many are Taiwanese.  A huge image/mural is on the East wall featuring Taiwan.
- The poster is inside, on the left, past the counter where you order - like a tree hidden in a forest of other posters
- This tea & treats place is just north of the Seattle Pinball museum, on the same block and same side of the street.
- If you stand at HingHay Park, and look SE from the tile roofed structure, you should see this place on the corner. 
- The name could also be said  "Dark-Sphere";  but is not to be confused with a Ferry line of a similar name.




 HANG ON!


Clue 4  - Spoilers below!









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- To find  CLUE 4:

This neighborhood inadvertently got a boost when the Great Seattle Fire cleared downtown - connected by streetcar it grew fast in the 1890s.  For decades streetcars covered the area, but then freeways took over and the streetcars were removed - however there's still a group of people, in aluminum, standing and waiting for those by-gone transports to arrive.  Not to mention other characters: a giant Russian, a missile rocket, and a monster under a bridge, about to eat a 'bug'.    If you're lost, the central signpost might help. Or at least amuse.

To find the next clue, find one of the posters at:

- This music-related store is not in need of a housecleaning, despite its name.
- If you were to find, fix, get lessons in guitar, I'd send you here. Whereas for a French Horn or other brass instruments,  I likely would not.   
- The poster site in inside, down more than a flight of stairs, but not IN the store
- Fremont Ave has been home to this place, as well as Jive Time (just a block and a half north of here), for a long time.    (Experienced treasure hunt fans might recall that the winning clue for the 'ECS' was at Jive Time too!) 
- One of the best shopkeeper 'door bells' in the city!
- The poster is on one of the community boards.

or:
- North of the neighborhood-named Bridge, on Evanston.
This artist gallery space is next door to a non edible cobbler, two doors down from a sweet spot (Also NON edible), as well as next door to the neighborhood's 'Habitude'.  A good block for self-care!  :) 
- A featured collection right now is Housewares, including artist Jennifer Joy. Practical AND affordable arts, jewelry, decor, housewares, and more.
- There's a moth-like design on the sign
- There's a table of fun stickers and pins, too:  bring some cash for a quick shopping stop
-   The poster is in the front window!

or:
- School-age children may know this local business's delicious educational tours
- found on the 34 hundred block of Phinney Ave, near the ship canal
- This factory/kitchen/store might make you feel a little like Charlie Bucket while doing the tour!     
- The name of the company sounds like a first name, but the founders names are actually Joe and Debra ! 
- Housed in red brick, this factory's product, a brown sweet treat, is organic, too!

or
- This burger place is a chain yet the name references a specific term that suggests ''high rarity'.
- The poster is inside on a wall
- The clue poster is at a relatable height, at the right edge of a large wall of posters! 
-  N. 34th is the Street
- Two very famous statues* flank this restaurant AND the Fremont Bridge rises just behind!  *One is a set of aluminum people waiting for the streetcar line that no longer runs;  the Other is a facepainted bronze of a silly local TV character, who according to his show, lived with good friend Gertrude at the City Dump.   
- A primary color is part of the name of this establishment! As is a heavenly body!

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