Want a New Way to Explore Tokyo? Play the Tokyo Underground Mysteries game!

More reasons to love Japan.
by Therese Aseoche | September 25, 2018

The game begins the moment you use the 24-hour train ticket. Your problem-solving skills and street smarts will be put to the test as you travel to places around Tokyo — most of which you probably have never heard of or thought of visiting — all via the Tokyo Metro.

The game can take you around 4 to 6 hours to solve completely, which means you don’t have to keep running around trying to complete the game as fast as you can; the appeal of the whole challenge is that you can do it casually and make side trips, go sightseeing, or take rests whenever you want to as long as you can finish the game within 24 hours.

Whenever you’re stuck in a rut and need hints, Tokyo Underground Mysteries has a dedicated website where you can ask clues and even enter the answer to a specific puzzle to see if you got it right.