Tokyo Mystery Circus - Interactive Role Play Games In Shinjuku!

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Tokyo Mystery Circus is a new place in Shinjuku where you can pick out from different kinds of interactive live role play games. You will need some serious brain power to clear all of these missions. Are you ready to solve the mystery?

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Chiara Mischke

Tokyo,Japan

I was born and raised in Berlin, Germany and am living in Tokyo, Japan since 2008. I am native in German and English.

I am a cat-mom to three rescue cats and I have a deep love for 90s rock music, kickboxing, history, chocolate and cookie dough, anything pistachio flavored, cats and bats, dragons and vampires and all things creepy-cute.

My favorite book author is Anne Rice. My favorite band is LUNA SEA.

My most recommended Japanese movie is 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence', featuring David Bowie and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Recently, interactive live role play games such as inSPYre have become more and more popular in Japan.

The newly opened Tokyo Mystery Circus is a five-storied building in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku where you can play various types of interactive games. You can choose your game by theme or depending on how much time you have.

What Is Tokyo Mystery Circus?

Tokyo Mystery Circus - Interactive Role Play Games Over Five Floors!

Tokyo Mystery Circus can be considered a role play theme park. The facility aims to create an experience everyone can enjoy. No matter if you have only ten minutes extra time at your disposal, want to play a short game on your break or experience a two-hour adventure with friends, at Tokyo Mystery Circus you will have a great time.

They want to create an environment where both Japanese and foreign visitors or residents can have fun. That's why they made some of their games available in English as well.

What Kind of Games Can You Play At TMC?

Tokyo Mystery Circus offers a wide variety of fun games. But please don't underestimate them as they are not ordinary games. You will need some serious brain power to clear all of these missions. Let us introduce to you some of their games.

1. Escape From a Sinking Luxury Ship

Language: Japanese only
Playtime: 100 minutes

In this game, you have to escape from a sinking ship with the help of a girl who tries to communicate with you through a closed window. Can you make it in time?

2. Escape From The Prison

Language: Japanese, English
Playtime: 10 minutes

This is a game where you get locked in prison and try to escape. You will have to solve puzzles and gather clues to find the key to freedom. It will be your only chance to get out!

3. Detective Seven

Language: Japanese only
Playtime: 90 minutes - 120 minutes

This is an underground gang game that takes place in Shinjuku. In this game, you can pick your favorite character to play with. The character will decide the setting and which side you are on.

4. The Secret Agent - Destroy the Ultimate Weapon

Language: Japanese, English
Playtime: 30 minutes

This is a secret agent game in which you have to stop a deadly missile from launching. You get to solve riddles and unlock codes to reach the missile room. Watch out for the guards and traps!

5. Escape From Planet Orion

Language: Japanese only
Playtime: 100 minutes

In this game, you are an astronaut who goes to planet Orion to get the "water stone" and save the Earth from a terrible draught. However, the planet is about to explode and you have only one hour to find the water stone and save the Earth. Can you make it?

6. Spellbound Supper

Projection Table Game
Language: Japanese, English
Playtime: 100 minutes

A great witch invited you to a dinner party. You will receive your own magical powers and will be asked to solve riddles and puzzles to receive your dinner. What kind of power will you receive? Fire, wind, ice, water or a mystical power?

Stop by the Souvenir Shop for Mysterious Goods

The souvenirs shop offers a wide variety of goods related to the games you can play here at Tokyo Mystery Circus.

From T-shirts and Tote bags to puzzle-solving clipboards, these items are practical and you'll most surely have fun using them in daily life. They even have toilet paper and candy inspired by Tokyo Mystery Circus.

Of course, you can also find the Tokyo Mystery Circus mascot on many items. His name is Kumakey (bear key). He is neon green and his nose is a keyhole.

Hungry? Go to Yelo. CAFE!

Tokyo Mystery Circus has their own food stand called Yelo. CAFE. There is no need to go out to get some food if you are hungry after all the gaming.

At Yelo. CAFE you can enjoy drinks and snacks such as hot dogs, pancakes, fries, and others. Their recommended items are the shaved ice and the hot dogs.

The cutest item on their menu must be their Kumakey Shaved Ice. It costs 880 yen (before tax) but it's quite filling and it tastes great. It is definitely big enough to be shared with friends. Its flavor is a mystery! Can you guess what it tastes like?

Tokyo Mystery Circus - The Perfect Place to Visit with Friends

Tokyo Mystery Circus managed to create a great interactive game space with something for every taste, time frame, and budget. All the games we played needed some serious thinking and failed to get solved right away. Even the short ten-minute prison escape game.

Even if you don't speak Japanese, you will surely have a great time here as three of the games can be played in English! If nothing else, it is worth dropping in for the delicious shaved ice or cute Kumakey goods alone.

We recommend trying at least one of the games if you are out with friends. They are definitely a fun change from the usual games you might play in game centers otherwise. We'd love to hear which game you liked the most!

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