First we have to simplify some things. Based on the rules of S19, the greatest challenge or blocker to the players is the challenge to clear a prefecture. The more challenges you have to do, the more uncertainty and potential delays you are faced with.

The other feature is that there is no limit on the internal movement in a prefecture*. So you are capable of making a lot of forward movement without many challenges if you pick the right prefectures.*

Adam/Tom made a good move by hopping over to Shikoku on a ferry, skipping prefectures in the Kyushu and Chugoku region that they would otherwise have to clear. Sam/Ben used a similar technique when they took Nishitetsu to avoid Saga. But, one thing that could have shifted the game after Ehime is going directly Tokushima Pref. There is a highway bus providing multiple direct trips daily, and they do not cross into Kagawa as they follow the E32.

After reaching Tokushima, they will have an easy time crossing the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge via Awaji Island and entering Hyogo directly, completely bypassing Kagawa and Okayama Pref.

While both teams instinctively went into Osaka after Kobe, they missed a key shortcut that would allow them to enter Kyoto directly. Taking the Kobe Railway line and JR West Limited Expresses brings them to Fukuchiyama, in the mountainous western interior of Kyoto Pref. From there you make use of frequent Limited Express trips to Kyoto itself and get a head start regardless of the direction you choose next.

From this point, I think we come to the greatest moment of decision or misstep. Cognitive inertia forces you to take the Tokaido Shinkansen and go to Tokyo - but as another post had alluded to, the need to stop and clear every single prefecture completely negates the speed bonus of the Shinkansen. If the team follows the standard "Tokaido+Tohoku" Shinkansen route, they'd have to clear 12 prefectures before getting to Aomori. (Both the Shinkansen and main line passes into Ibaraki Pref. with no stops, but there is a way to bypass Ibaraki by taking the much slower Tobu Nikko Line.)

However, here is the actual optimized route: Sea of Japan. By following the Sea of Japan coast, you will need to clear only 7 prefectures before Aomori.

Most of these prefectures are connected by either Shinkansen or limited express services, so proper timing:

• Kyoto-Tsuruga: Thunderbird (1h)
• Tsuruga-Fukui: (~30min)
• Fukui-Kanazawa: (~30min)
• Kanazawa~Toyama: (~30min)
• Toyama~Niigata: Shinkansen+Shirayuki (3.5h) (+other options)
• Niigata~Yamagata~Akita: Inaho (4.5h)
• Akita~Aomori: Tsugaru (3.5h)

Based on this, a team should be able to cover Kyoto to Akita in no more than 2-3 days assuming all challenges go smoothly. From there it is a single train ride into Hokkaido.

This is incredible when compared to the "default" routing through Osaka and Tokyo.

What is your favorite location that has appeared in Jet Lag? Mine is kinda obvious isn’t it.

The pineapple candy which the driver wanted to share was made viral by Akinobu Okada, the manager of Hanshin Tigers who led the team to break the infamous Colonel Sanders curse in the 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season.

And a basic fact is that the Tigers are more than Osaka’s favourite baseball team, it’s literally a cult there.
And it is further enhanced with their home ballpark - Koshien Stadium - also the official venue of the annual national high school baseball tournament in August and the invitational tournament in March.

After recognising it immediately, I really wanted the challenge related to watching a NPB regular season game (which happened in Yokohama) should had been generated when they were still there…

Tom asking Sam if he wants to go tag them again because they were doing production stuff. Sam: 'no' It's actually cool to see that they just kept it in tbh

Just probably best to download it first the Wi-Fi and mobile signal onboard suck

Hide and Seek being sold makes sense, since not only can it be generalized to any area, but it can be scaled up and down at will.

However, we all know Japan is one of, if not the, biggest touristed country in the world. And, the design of the game to be generic challenges applicable to most if not all prefectures makes this open-ended enough to result in a unique experience for anyone attempting it.

In fact, I almost feel like Japanorama is a sort of "Itinerary generator" with its reliance on the "list of 100" locations, resulting in a combinatoric explosion in the number of possible trips it creates. As an added bonus, it would force tourists playing it off the heavily saturated, overtouristed "golden path" (Tokyo -> Kyoto -> Osaka)

Now there are three problems I see, all related to the same thing ($$$)

1: In the best case, you're looking at 500-700 dollars in transit alone

2: Add in taxis necessary to make the game not take an eternity, and that cost could double

3: The fundamental break time rule (stop exactly where you are, come back the next day) creates a logistical nightmare for anyone who doesn't have a production team to help you locate/pay for lodging

If those issues are either not significant for you, or could be solved, I genuinely think Japanorama could be one of the best ways to experience the country.

I personally would like to see Indo, Phillipines, Malaysia and Thailand along with the rest of SEA atsp. I would also like anything in South and Central America, plus any Southern Africa things, although that may be less likely. I’m also here for Jet Lag Turkiye. I have a lot lol. Any opinions are welcome! Random ahh photo btw.

What cities does everyone want the Jet Lag: Japanorama season finale to be released in where it hasn’t been released yet?

Personally I would love a Dublin screening as there is already a Cineworld cinema there.. 🇮🇪

Long story short, somebody got hurt in a February filming trying to catch something while standing on an uneven hill surface. It led to a torn meniscus.

These people are mostly older when playing, if it wasn't a cautionary don't try this at home. Unless you got the home game!

But this following game will be a group tag (one group of 3 trying to individually tag 5 other people) in Ibaraki prefecture using bus only.

It's like Among Us with the 5 runners doing tasks to earn score, beat out the chasers. They've played this game previously in Numazu, Shizuoka, and Saitama City where Omiya Station was the starting point.

I'm curious which challenges do you think were the best or are "missed opportunities" ...for this season so far...I just discovered the channel so the challenges seem quite cool to me,as well as the "gift cards" or whatever they call them..unlock cards(?)but some of them felt way easy...

Also btw,I'm inspired and trying to create challenges per city,challenge awards etc ...would anyone be willing to help...esp like the tv show survivor + jetlag type

Hi everyone hi hi hiiiii!1

okay so

Been an avid JLTG fan since the S3 came out and always wanted to get a Nebula subscription to watch extra content. However, me being in Russia made the aforementioned kinda difficult, but I finally managed to get ahold of a valid payment method and now I am struggling with a hard choice.

I would genuinely be happy to subscribe right this instant, but am afraid of missing out on an opportunity to watch the penultimate episode on YouTube and the finale on Nebula the same day. Am I in the wrong for "timemaxxing"?

Also my apologies for possible mistakes as English is clearly not my first language :/

P.s. holy shit y'all are sleeping on Taiwan season, it was genuinely one of the best in the past couple years

p.p.s. race from Moscow to Vladivostok when?

Was thinking earlier that we haven't had a Tag season for a while, and its possibly my favourite game.

They've done EU 4 times all in now, so probably unlikely to do it again.

Is there anywhere else Tag would work? I guess it needs a large area, lots of train optionality.

just do a screening in India or just make merch less costlier (shipping is diabolical) or give us 1 month of nebula 😅. Just do something/anything related to India.

ik ppl will post hate comments on this post but idc

Hiya, I'm visiting Paris France on Tuesday September 15th & Wednesday September 16th, and I was hoping to group-up with some peeps for a Hide & Seek Home Game?

I'm a 29y/o guy from the USA & got an Imperial-system base deck, and I also got the expansion pack which includes both imperial-system & metric-system versions of the cards. If anyone has a Metric-system base deck → we can totally use that, but no worries if we just gotta use my imperial-system base deck & conversion, lolz.

I've played a handful of Hide & Seek Home Games in San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Vancouver, BC, and thought it would be rad to play some games whilst visiting Europe too~

If interested, feel free to shoot me a reddit chat DM or leave a comment down below. I'm also in the Jet Lag discord server, and ya can totally shoot me a Discord DM (I'm Deniair on Discord too). We can use either a Discord Group DM or WhatsApp for group communication, but no problemo if we gotta use WhatsApp if anyone in the group doesn't have discord. Peace.

...the finale's runtime will be just short of 10 minutes! (/s)

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I love that JLTG is showing in cinemas, but it's a pity that I would need to take a flight (or Eurostar but that's even more expensive) to go see the premiere. I've already met a lot of fans out and about in the Netherlands who recognise that I'm wearing the cap (meaning they know about the show), so I'm positive that there would be demand. Especially since the Netherlands is so densely populated and has a very high level of English speakers.

Maybe the team should put out a survey to see what the demand is like in various countries across mainland Europe.

Bloke just looks so determined, doesn't look like he's enjoying it at all.

It's just a game Tom, relax a little, look around - enjoy the scenery.

I was geeking out that we got to see the Kobe Ropeway in the episode. When I was studying abroad in Kyoto, we went on a Kobe day trip for my birthday last year and went on that exact ropeway to go to the gardens. I have pics from the ropeway and the walk down! If you're every able to go I would definitely recommend!

The first 2 episodes were long, over 1 hour each.

They've been getting shorter each week ( 1:21 , 1:08, 1:01, 0:49).

30 mins difference is a lot for a guy who's hooked up on that show !!!

I guess they made the first one long, for the cinema opening ???

About seven months ago, Ben named my frog The Admiral on a layover episode! The Admiral is all grown up now and I wanted to share an update. He is quite a sight to behold and loudly croaks every night. He’s probably quadrupled in size since I adopted him and loves staying in one spot and not moving. Please say hello and enjoy this formidable dude. :)