Let's Go! To Japan FAQ
83 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components and Setup
Round Order
- Can Wild tokens be used during planning to complete a day bonus?
- Can you take a lesser day bonus than the number of icons you matched?
- Do Favorable Condition day bonuses need pairs of matching icons?
- Can a day's bonus be claimed from three walk cards?
- For a day's bonus, which side of a face-down walk card counts?
- When can you add a fourth card to a day?
- Does going for a walk give you a Research token?
- When going for a walk, can you take the card from either the Tokyo or the Kyoto deck?
- Can a walk card go at the top, middle, or bottom of a day's cards?
- Can you move a card to a different place in a day after you have placed it?
- Does the position of a card within its day matter?
- Can you play the same activity twice on one trip, or visit the same place twice on the same day?
- When drawing with a Research token, do you draw all three cards before looking at them?
- Can you use two Research tokens in one turn to draw six cards at once?
- Can you use a Research token earned earlier in the same turn?
- Can you take both cards as regular walks in a round where you play two cards?
- Does the Happiness day bonus count stress icons, or only green happiness icons?
- What do the Favorable Condition tokens on the player board do?
Final Round: Going on a Trip!
"Highlight of the Day" Bonuses
- Can Wild tokens help meet a Highlight of the Day requirement?
- For a Highlight requirement, do you count the Experience Track or the icons on your cards?
- Do Highlight of the Day requirements count icons from earlier days of the trip?
- Do the icons on a luxury train token count toward a Highlight of the Day?
- Do icons gained from a Highlight of the Day reward count toward a later Highlight?
- Does the Onsen card's Highlight of the Day give two energy, two cultural and two nature experiences?
- Do Highlight of the Day icon requirements have to match exactly, or is the listed number a minimum?
- Does the Photo Sticker Booth score 8 points as a Highlight of the Day, and what is its shopping symbol for?
- Does a train used before the first activity of the day break a city Highlight of the Day?
- Are Tokyo and Kyoto city Highlight bonuses scored per card or per full day?
- How do bracketed icon sets, like Temple and Nature, score in a Highlight of the Day?
- Do mood icons earned from earlier Highlight of the Day bonuses count toward mood-based requirements?
- Does the flavour text on a Highlight card, such as a named tour, affect the bonus?
- If a walk card is your Highlight of the Day, what does it score?
- If you reveal a walk card at the bottom of a column, does it become that day's Highlight of the Day?
Mood Tracker
- For a bonus that shows Mood Tracker icons, do you count the mood track or your cards and luxury train tokens?
- What happens when the Mood Tracker token moves past its rightmost space?
- Can the Mood Tracker go past its end, or do +12 tokens extend it?
- Can a Wild token be used to move the Mood Tracker?
- How should the round Highlight of the Day mood disc be oriented?
Trains
- When are train tokens placed in the final round?
- When does a luxury train change your mood: when you place the token, or when you travel during trip scoring?
- Do train points go on the train line of the scoresheet or in each day's total?
- Must you use the Start train if a luxury train is available?
- Can you use a train on Monday morning before your first activity, or on Saturday night after your last?
- Can you travel between Tokyo and Kyoto more than once on the same day?
- When do you decide whether a yellow-background card counts as Tokyo or Kyoto?
- If a face-down walk turns out to be a yellow card, which city does it count for?
- Do unused Luxury Train tokens score anything at the end of the trip?
Experience Track
Final Score
Solo Rules
Let's Go! To Japan: Day TripExpansion
- During Day Trip setup, can each player swap any two Favorable Condition tokens?
- How do you use the Location token on a Day Trip city card?
- Do Day Trip cards with a purple arrow count icons gained from Highlights of the Day or from Wild tokens?
- How do you score Sunday when the included score sheet has no Sunday slot?
- What are the three Day Trip tokens for: the purple circles, the pointer, and the small purple rectangle?
- Does a Day Trip located near Tokyo or Kyoto count as that city for train travel?
- When is the solo Travel Agent's Day Trip scored, and how many points does it give?
- Does the Nara card's double sakura bonus add to the Experience Track score, or double it?
Let's Go! To Japan: Grab Your PassportExpansion
- How are Passport cards dealt at setup?
- How does the Discerning passport score the Experience Track icons?
- How many points does the Discerning passport score when your Food and Unique Experience tokens both reach space 9?
- Do Wild token experience bumps count as experience icons for the Discerning passport?
- Does the Go-Getter passport's first two Highlights mean the first two achieved or the first two scored?
- Does the Resourceful passport's doubling carry into later Highlight scoring?
- Does the Resourceful passport's doubling apply to the Neko cat bonus on a Highlight?
- Does the Ambitious passport count three food and two temple icons as four different experiences?
- Does Able to Speak Japanese count unique experiences gained from Highlight of the Day bonuses?
- Does a Wild token that advances the Unique Experience track trigger the Able to Speak Japanese passport card?
- How does the Returning Visitor passport work with the starting experience token and Highlight of the Day?
- What does the Adept passport change about Wild tokens and Experience tokens?
- If you flip a Walk instead of using its Go For a Walk side, do you lose the Adventurous passport point for its mood symbol?
- How does the solo Travel Agent use the Grab Your Passport expansion?