Let's Go To Japan

Draft the ultimate, bucket-list vacation itinerary through Tokyo and Kyoto in a beautifully vibrant, cozy card strategy game that utilizes a day-by-day scheduling matrix and a high-stakes final trip evaluation phase for the ultimate tactical sightseeing showdown.

Let's Go to Japan (designed by Josh Wood and published by Alderac Entertainment Group) masterfully captures the joyful, high-anticipation magic of planning a dream vacation. Moving completely away from cutthroat conflict or high-stress combat systems, this puzzle-centric title focuses on clever card optimization, spatial layouts, and sensory satisfaction. The core objective is a delightful logistical dance: over a series of rapid drafting rounds, players curate a week-long travel itinerary, placing highly detailed activity cards underneath the specific days of the week on their personal tracker boards to balance happiness tokens, stress levels, and transit budgets.

The primary strategic hurdle lies in maximizing your daily operational bonuses while managing the logical timeline efficiency of your cards before triggering the final, game-ending Trip Phase. Every card represents a real-world Japanese experience—from eating savory street takoyaki to visiting the historic golden temple of Kinkaku-ji. Players score massive bonuses by stringing together cards with matching icons or placing specialized activities on their optimal days. However, jumping back and forth between Tokyo and Kyoto requires spending precious train tickets; running out of transit options spikes your stress and tanks your final rating. True tactical mastery culminates in the final scoring round, where you physically activate your calendar from Monday to Sunday, visually walking through your tailored itinerary card by card to harvest victory points across an incredibly smooth and rewarding 45-to-60 minute session.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 10+ Years
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
Play Time: 45-60 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: Low-Medium (Closed Card Drafting, Set Collection, Linear Tableau Buidling, Resource Efficiency Tracking)

What's in the Box?

• 4 Dual-Layered Player Calendar Tracker Mats
• 150+ Tokyo and Kyoto Activity Cards
• 4 Plastic Resource Trays
• 60+ Punch-Out Wooden / Cardboard Happiness, Experience, and Street Tokens
• 20+ Train and Bullet Train (Shinkansen) Transit Passes
• 1 Double-Sided Central Research Round Tracker Mat
• 4 Dry-Erase Player Reference Boards and Markers
• 1 Rulebook Booklet