Real Escape Game Crossing - Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: 45 minutes Age limit: 12+ recommended (6+ requires ticket) Player limit:...

Studio Escape - Daikoku-cho (Osaka, Japan) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: 10+ (ages 10-16 requires an adult) Player limit: 2-4 Difficulty: Easy Awards: TERPECA Finalist (2025), TERPECA Top Room No. 95 (2024), TERPECA Nominee (2023) Date visited: July 2025 With a trip to Europe or North America out of the question for the foreseeable future, our only chance to play a room in the 2024 TERPECA Top 100 was to head to Osaka, Japan, home of Studio Escape and the world’s 95th r

Dark Escape (Yokohama, Japan) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-6 Difficulty: 4/5 Date visited: January 2025 Our...

Tokyo Mystery Circus (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: 50 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-4 Difficulty: Expert Date visited: January...

Tokyo Mystery Circus (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: 50 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-4 Difficulty: Expert Date visited: January...

Tokyo Mystery Circus (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: 10 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 1-3 Difficulty: Medium Date visited: January...

Real Escape Room Asakusa Crossing (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: None (3-4 hours gameplay) Age limit: None Player limit: None Difficulty: LOL Date played: January 2025 Immediately after playing Escape from the Red Room , the boys and I had some time to spare and decided to purchase the game kit for SCRAP’s outdoor escape game, Asakusa Puzzle Adventure . This one was initially not on my list, as I had intended to try A Mystery at Magic Academy Shinjuku  at Tokyo Mystery Circus, b

Real Escape Game Asakusa (Tokyo, Japan) Time limit: 40 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-6 Difficulty: Expert Awards: TERPECA Finalist (2019-2021), TERPECA Nominee (2022-2025), Honorable Mention - Puzzle Master - Bullseye Award (2019) Date visited: January 2025 After enjoying the Kansai region, our Japanese holiday took us to Tokyo, where we had a chance to try out the games by SCRAP, of one of the pioneers of the escape room format. As I understand it, their earliest

Review of the escape room The Dame and the Diamond by Studio Escape in Osaka, Japan.

Review of the escape room For Queen and Country by Studio Escape in Osaka, Japan.

Studio Escape (Osaka, Japan) Time limit: 60 minutes Age limit: None Player limit: 2-4 Difficulty: Medium Awards: TERPECA Nominee (2025) Date visited: December 2024 There aren’t many escape rooms in Japan that are playable by English speakers, but one of the few that do exist — in Osaka’s bustling Nipponbashi district — is among the best in the world. Studio Escape, co-founded and operated by twin brothers Edd and Ben Daggers (one a comedian and the other a magician), offers