Spring Break memories for families at Escape Hunt Tokyo!
Playing an escape game with family is a chance to have a unique experience together.
Recently, one of our Game Masters recognized a player who was back at Escape Hunt Tokyo for more fun. This is not unusual because many players who try one of our games are excited to come back for one of our other games. But this time, it seemed that the player was trying the same game as last time. We had to find out why.
The player, named Emma, told us that she had played the ZEN room with friends a few weeks earlier. Because we offer an opportunity for speakers of different languages, ages and interests to work together in a fun environment, many students come to play our games with friends and teachers.
Emma had a great time and wanted to share the experience with her mom, dad and younger brother. Even though she had already discovered the secrets of the ZEN room, she did not spoil any of the puzzles for the other players. Emma told us that she got to see a different side of her family as they interacted and communicated under unusual circumstances. Turns out, they did not escape! But that was not the point. Emma and the other players had a great time as a family.
We here at Escape Hunt Tokyo were inspired by Emma and her family to extend a special limited-time offer to families from international schools to come play an exciting escape game.
"Spring Break Memories Family Campaign!"
When：Saturday March 25 ~ Sunday April 2, 2017
Who：Tokyo area international school students and their family members
Price：
3 Players： ¥8,000
4 Players： ¥9,500
5 Players： ¥11,000
Make a reservation by calling 03-6231-6621 and telling us the school in which your student is enrolled.
Make Spring Break memories with your family at Escape Hunt Tokyo!
Escape Hunt Tokyo in historic Asakusa is a real-life escape game experience! Players solve mysteries by using observation, critical thinking and intuition. Work together, decode puzzles and escape before time runs out!
The time limit is 60 minutes.
Look for clues to solve the mysteries before time runs out!
Each of the 3 games at Escape Hunt Tokyo offers a unique story to explore as a team with other players.
You will discover previously unknown skills both in other players and yourself. Discover, share and explore a unique environment that is fun for kids and adults.
Think you and your family have what it takes to escape? Give it a try and play RIGHT NOW!
What is the Sakura Festival all about?
If you've come to Japan hoping to have a glimpse of the country's famous cherry blossoms, here are a few things you need to know.
The cherry blossom season is one of, if not the most anticipated moment of the year for the Japanese people, who take it very seriously. As early as the end of January, a forecast is published that lists up to a thousand different cities spanning the whole country, as well as the dates when the cherry trees are expected to start flowering, but also reach full bloom.
According to this forecast, people accross the country get organised and sometimes take a day off to celebrate a centuries-old and cherished ritual, Hanami. For Hanami, or flower viewing, friends and families get together for a picnic under the cherry trees, where special bentos or enjoyed, sake is drunk, and the sakura (cherry blossom) are admired. If, on the outside, this ritual looks like a simple occasion to gather and eat together, it has a much deeper meaning to the Japanese people, taking root in the very nature of the sakura.
Coming with the spring, the sakura bloom in a spectacular explosion of white and pink, but for a brief moment; after only two weeks, they fall gracefully to the ground and wither, before disappearing with the wind. Because of their transient beauty and their fragility, the flowers are a symbol of the fleeting nature of life. Hanami, therefore, is an occasion to seize the day, to take the time to admire the beauty of life, as well as commemorate the loss of loved ones.
The sakura, finally, is a symbol of renewal: the blooming season coinciding with the beginning of the Japanese calendar, the flowers suggest a future full of possibilities for students starting their first day at school.
In Tokyo, the cherry trees will start blooming from March 25th this year, and the Hanami spots are numerous around the Capital. In Taito-ku, where we are, a popular viewing spot is the Sumida Park, with as many as 600 cherry trees! And how about experiencing a different kind of Hanami? Combine sakura viewing and an exciting adventure in old Japan with one of our games: admire the cherry blossoms in our lounge, before solving a mystery and escaping just in time to enjoy special sakura-flavoured delicacies!
If, like us, you cannot wait for spring to start, come and celebrate an early Hanami at Escape Hunt Tokyo!
Celebrate White Day at EHT from March 11th to 14th!
While many countries celebrate love on Valentine's Day, Japan has a second day for all couples: White Day.
To understand White Day, one must first understand Valentine's Day as it is celebrated in Japan. On February 14th, girls and women give chocolates to the boys or men of their choice, as a way of confessing their love. Often handmade, to show true love for the person they are intended for, those chocolates are called 本命チョコ (honmei-choco). But 本命チョコ are not the only chocolates gifted on Valentine's Day. There exist three other types of Valentine's chocolates:
- 義理チョコ (giri-choco), or "obligation chocolates", given to co-workers and aquaintances
- 友チョコ (tomo-choco, short for tomodachi-choco), or "friend chocolates", given, you guessed it, to one's friends
- 俺チョコ (ore-choco): a new trend, they are chocolates that one gifts oneself
A tradition started by the Japanese National Confectionary Industry Association in the 1970, White day is an "answer day" to Valentine's Day. On March 14th, boys and men generally give cookies to the girls and women from whom they received chocolates a month earlier. According to the kind of chocolates received, the cookies given can imply that romantic feelings are reciprocated, or simply express a social obligation to return a gift.
Cookies, like chocolate, always make a great gift, but how about trying something special this year? For a unique White Day, take the women in your lives to Escape Hunt Tokyo and experience a new kind of games! Our live games will take you back in time for three different Japanese missions: complete your Zen training, save the Shogun and your honor as a Samurai, or discover what happened to our disappeared Bride. And to celebrate this special occasion with you, we will hide treats in our game rooms just for you!
Give back to the women in your lives for White Day, with Escape Hunt Tokyo!
Spring break is coming!
For students in Japan, Spring Break is a very anticipated holiday: after a year of waking up early for classes, learning so many different things and participating in extra-curricular activities, it is finally time for a break free of the stress of exams and homework!
And for many, it also means graduation: a day that celebrates one's achievements and hard work, before the beginning of something new.
For all these reasons, Spring Break, or 春休み (read haru yasumi) is the perfect opportunity to try something new and different. Some university students, who enjoy longer holidays, will take advantage of their free time to prepare their future - it's the time for doing internships, arubaito (Japanese part-time jobs), or trying to get a driver's licence - while others will celebrate graduation by enjoying a 卒業旅行 (graduation trip) abroad with friends.
For younger students and teachers, who enjoy a shorter break, there are luckily plenty of things to do around Tokyo in this season. For example, we know for a fact that Tokyo Disney Resort will be absolutely packed (but really, when is it not?), and the capital's popular landmarks, like the famous Meiji Jingu, the Tokyo Tower and Sky Tree, or the Ueno zoo, are likely to be very crowded. So why not try avoiding the crowd and doing something different? You could have a drink in one of the numerous themed cafes of the city, enjoy an amaizing vew of the Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba, or try a unique and challenging experience at Escape Hunt Tokyo!
Located 250 metres only from Kaminari-mon, our game rooms are close to the bustling central area of Asakusa, and yet conveniently away from the crowd.
Come with your friends, and try to solve a mystery taking place in traditional Japan under 60 minutes!
Escape from an ordinary Spring Break with Escape Hunt Tokyo!
EHT celebrates young girls for Hina Matsuri!
Every year in early March, Japan celebrates Hina Matsuri, a very special day dedicated to young girls.
A few days before Hina Matsuri, families with daughters install in their living room a platform of different stages covered with a red carpet, where a set of dolls representing the Emperor, the Empress, attendants and musicians are displayed. Often handmade by very famous artists, the dolls wear traditional court dresses of the Japanese Heian period, and can be very expensive. For this reason, it is not uncommon for the sets to be passed down several generation of a family, from great-grandmothers to great-granddaughters.
Originally, on the day of the celebration, families would go to the temple to pray for their daughters to grow strong and healthy, but nowadays, people more often gather to have a nice family dinner and sometimes give present for the young girls in the family.
At Escape Hunt Tokyo, we believe in empowering our young girls and helping them build self-confidence to give them the best start in their lives. Our games, accessible from 7 years-old and up, are the perfect mix for an exciting and educational family activity: for an hour, join your young detectives who have the opportunity to test their deduction skills and solve a mystery, all the while discovering a unique story taking place in traditionnal Japan!
From Saturday February 25th until Friday March 3rd, enjoy our Hina Matsuri event!
Will you find the Hina dolls we have hidden in our rooms? After the game, take a memorable picture together, and relax while enjoying some refreshments: we will offer you drinks and Hina Arare, a colourful rice snack treat that is shared on this particular day.
Whether it is your daughter, granddaughter, sister or niece, our escape games will make for an original surprise for the young girls of any age in your family.
Come to Escape Hunt Tokyo, and share something special on Hina Matsuri!
Japan launches the Premium Friday!
If you live and work in Japan, you must be aware of the country's long working hours. Large amounts of monthly overtime is a common thing, and it is not rare for Japanese workers to only take half of their paid leaves entitlements, which has long been an issue.
But here is the good news: this February 24th, the government, along with some business groups, will launch the Premium Friday campaign. In an attempt to curb the country's long work hours and boost consumption, it has decided to let workers leave at 3pm on the last Friday of every month, to start their weekend earlier than ever.
So far, the number of companies that will participate in the campaign is still unknown, but you might very well be among the lucky ones to start their last weekend of the month earlier! And if this is the case, how will you spend this extra free time? Among the obvious answers are shopping, of course, but also travelling, and for those who cannot go too far, fun and exciting activities such as our Escape Games!
Come and share an hour of fun with you colleagues, friends or family: solve puzzles and riddles, escape from our rooms, and have the rest of your weekend to enjoy with the people you love!
Looking forward to the Tokyo Marathon 2017!
For many runners in Japan, the Tokyo Marathon is THE event of the year.
Dating back to 1981, the Tokyo Marathon originally consisted of two separate events: the Tokyo International Marathon, which took place in even-numbered years, and the Tokyo - New York Friendship International Marathon, which took place on odd-numbered years.
In 2007, those two events were combined into one, to become the Tokyo Marathon as we know it today. Taking place at the end of February, it is one of the six World Marathon Majors (along with the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City Marathons), and gathers thousands of participants each year from all around the world.
This year's Marathon will be different, however, as the organizers have decided to modify the course for a more symbolic and impressive finish line: instead of ending at Tokyo Big Sight as years past, the race will now finish at Tokyo Station's Gyoko-dori, with the participants running in front of the Imperial Palace for the last stretch. One thing that hasn't changed though, is that the course will still run through Tokyo's traditional Asakusa, and of course, we'll be there, waiting for you!
If you plan on going out in the streets to watch the Marathon live, you might be among the ones who will be at Asakusa's famous Kaminari-mon on this February 26th. And while you are waiting to cheer and support the runners during the race, why not visit us and share a unique experience with your partner, family, friends or colleagues?
Located within a 5-minute-walk from Kaminari-mon, our game rooms are full of well-thought-out puzzles that will tease your brain and test your detective skills: for an hour, get locked in a room with your team, and try to solve a mystery and escape before your time is up! Complete a last mission given by your Zen Master, save the Shogun from an imminent assassination, or discover what happened to our disappeared Bride...
After the experience, enjoy some light refreshments. Cross your own finish line before getting back to Kaminarimon in time to cheer for more runners!
