Museum Meiji-mura and SCRAP Have Teamed up to Create a New Real Escape Game with a Totally Original Story!

SCRAP Entertainment Inc. has teamed up with Museum Meiji-mura to offer the Real Escape Game "The Imperial Hotel Manager's Magnificent Powers of Deduction"! Test your puzzle-solving skills on this brand new Real Escape Game from Saturday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Dec. 11 at Museum Meiji-mura.

Set inside Museum Meiji-mura, this game doesn't have a time limit, so participants can enjoy solving riddles at their own pace. Participants take on the role of guests at the Imperial Hotel, a place that is filled with secrets. The aim of the game is to solve the cases of Hideyo Noguchi and Ichiyo Higuchi. (Hideyo Noguchi was a Japanese bacteriologist from the Meiji period, while Ichiyo Higuchi was a Japanese author from the Meiji period.) This Real Escape Game is split into two courses - "The Case of Hideyo Noguchi" and "The Case of Ichiyo Higuchi" - and you can start from whichever course you like. There's also a third challenge that only participants who succeed in cracking both cases can attempt. Get ready for a Meiji period puzzle that's filled with mystery!

■ Museum Meiji-mura x Real Escape Game
"The Imperial Hotel Manager's Magnificent Powers of Deduction"
~ Two Traps Lie in Wait ~

□ Story
My name is Raito Kuroido. I'm the manager of the Imperial Hotel. It's my duty to oversee the unhappy lives of the hotel's guests. So come with me, abandon yourself to curiosity and take a peek into the hotel rooms.

In one room, a giant man is lying on his back and writhing in distress. There are small scars on the nape of his neck, as though he's been bitten by something. The suspect of the crime is a guest who brought a snake into the hotel. That guest's name is Hideyo Noguchi.

In another room, a female writer is overcome with grief. Her completed manuscript has suddenly vanished from inside a locked room. This author's pen name is Ichiyo Higuchi.

These two incidents seem completely unrelated. However, they're actually intricately intertwined, and hide an unexpected truth. Ladies and gentlemen, can you use your magnificent powers of deduction to solve this mysterious case?

□ Dates & Times
Saturday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
*The opening times are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in November and 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in December.*
*Meiji-mura is closed on Monday, Dec. 5.*

□ Location
Museum Meiji-mura
1, Uchiyama, Inuyama, Aichi

□ Reception
Inside Meiji-mura at the Imperial Hotel Main Entrance Hall and Lobby (a registered Tangible Cultural Property)
*Advance reservation is required.*

□ Price
"The Case of Hideyo Noguchi" course and "The Case of Ichiyo Higuchi" course cost ¥1,300 all together (including tax)
*The Meiji-mura entry fee is charged separately.*

□ How to Play
1. Choose either the "The Case of Hideyo Noguchi" course or the "The Case of Ichiyo Higuchi" course at the reception and set off on a riddle-solving adventure! Participants can start from whichever course they like.
2. In order to obtain the next chapters of the story, put your powers of deduction to the test while you walk around the village's genuine Meiji era architecture!
3. Use the information and hints that you've collected to crack the case!
4. Solve all the mysteries and achieve peace for the Imperial Hotel! Once you've completed both courses, you can tackle the hidden third chapter!

□ Organised by
The Museum Meiji-mura, SCRAP

□ With Support from
Aichi Prefecture Board of Education, Gifu Prefecture Board of Education

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**What is a Real Escape Game?**
Starting with the free online game Crimson Room in 2004, escape games have become wildly popular. Real Escape Games bring the blood-tingling experience of the escape game format into the real world. Real Escape Game events are held in all kinds of places, from single apartment rooms to abandoned schools, abandoned hospitals, and even Tokyo Dome and Tokyo's swanky Roppongi Hills area. From its launch in 2007 until now, over 2.4 million people have experienced the thrill of Real Escape Games. And it's not just in Japan - Real Escape Games are taking the world by storm, from Shanghai to Taiwan, Singapore, San Francisco and more. For men and women both young and old, Real Escape Games are the latest sensation in interactive entertainment.
*Real Escape Game is a registered trademark of SCRAP Corporation.*

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About Meiji-mura
Specialising in Meiji period architecture, Meiji-mura is an outdoor museum that is home to over 60 historical structures, 10 of which are Important Cultural Properties. The collection includes buildings that have been dismantled and reconstructed at the museum, and the museum cares for and exhibits the buildings in its collection. Visitors to the museum can immerse themselves in Meiji culture while taking a ride on steam locomotives and Kyoto City trams that were actually used in the Meiji period, or while enjoying reproductions of cuisine from the time.
Check out the official website here!

Source: @Press