The “participatory reasoning accommodation plan” called “Mystery Hotel Urban Labyrinth Check In - The night begins-” is now available at five Tokyo Hotel Metropolitan locations, including Hotel Metropolitan (Ikebukuro).

Hotel Metropolitan (Ikebukuro) has been holding a “Mystery Night” theater-style performance for over 30 years. To avoid crowding during the pandemic, the first “Mystery Hotel” event began via an on-demand broadcast on the in-room TV and information available in the hotel in July 2020, and now the second edition is under way.

In the new story “Mystery Hotel Urban Labyrinth Check In - The night begins-,” participants must discover the truth surrounding the mysterious death of a person who attended a “secret meeting” by investigating the restaurants and locations where the secret meeting attendees ate, solve the case, and “check out safely” from the hotel.

After checking in, pick up a questionnaire and watch the description of the incident on the TV in your room. Then, enjoy a meal made with seasonal ingredients, get hints from the staff, and look for clues throughout the hotel to complete an “arrest warrant.

Finally, submit the arrest warrant to the front desk when you check out. The staff will check to see if it matches their sheet containing the truth about the case. Can you discover the criminal safely? This your chance to show your strength as a detective!

Hotels, dates, and prices for 1 night with dinner for 1 person (service charges and tax included)

• Hotel Metropolitan (Ikebukuro): April 12 - August 31, 2021; Single/Twin, weekdays and holidays from 25,000 yen, days before holidays from 27,000 yen

• Hotel Metropolitan Edmont: April 23 - August 31, 2021; Single/Twin Weekdays and holidays from 25,000 yen, days before holidays from 27,000 yen

• Hotel Metropolitan Takasaki: April 23 - August 31, 2021; Single 21,100 yen, Twin 18,100 yen

• Hotel Metropolitan Kawasaki: May 1 - August 31, 2021; 2-person Twin weekdays and holidays from 23,000 yen, days before holidays from 26,000 yen

• Hotel Metropolitan Nagano: June 1 - August 31, 2021; 4-person Suite, 15,800 yen, 2-person Corner Suite, 19,800 yen


Reservations

Reservations can be made on the official website. *Hotel Metropolitan Nagano reservations available from May 11th

• Regular cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of facilities
and equipment
• Hand sanitizer made available
• Disinfection of guest rooms after every check-out
• Proper ventilation
• Use of coin trays
• Protective partitions installed at reception desk
• Staff wear masks, gargle, wash hands regularly, and
monitor temperatures
• Monitoring the number of people who enter the hotel
• Appropriate seat spacing
• Entry denied to people who are feeling ill
• Guests requested to wear masks
• Guest temperature checks

For a limited time, JW Marriott Hotel Nara is offering Kansai's first themed adult mystery-solving experience, called “Mystery Solving Experience Intelligent Cocktail.”

The production is a collaboration with the “Mystery Group” mystery-solving game production company, created by people with an IQ in the top 2% of Japan’s population. You’ll be challenged to solve the “Intelligent Cocktail” mystery while matching wits with an eccentric bartender on the LINE app.

The event venue is the hotel’s first floor “Flying Stag” bar. After check-in, enter the bar at the reserved time and collect keywords as you try to solve the mystery presented by the bartender. If you discover the last keyword, you’ll be rewarded with a “secret” cocktail.

The maximum time limit is 120 minutes, and the “intelligent cocktail” is rumored to look and taste different depending on the intellect of the drinker. Which cocktail will you earn?

• Dates: April 1, (Thurs) - June 27 (Sun) *Thursday – Sunday and holidays only
• Price: 1 night/1-person rooms from 51,744 yen, 1 night/2-person rooms from 54,208 yen (tax and service charge included) *Some rooms can accommodate 3 guests.
*Mystery Solving Experience (secret cocktail, welcome drink, and snacks) and breakfast included
*Minors are not allowed to participate.

• Regular cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of facilities
and equipment
• Hand sanitizer made available
• Disinfection of guest rooms after every check-out
• Proper ventilation
• Use of coin trays
• Protective partitions installed at reception desk
• Staff wear masks, gargle, wash hands regularly, and
monitor temperatures
• Monitoring the number of people who enter the hotel
• Appropriate seat spacing
• Admission restrictions and reservation system
• Entry denied to people who are feeling ill
• Guests requested to wear masks
• Guest temperature checks
• Automated, non-face-to-face check in

Gifu Prefecture’s Ork Hirugano outdoor resort will be holding the one-night, two-day accommodation horror event “Inferno Lodge: People living in the Red Forest.”

When you visit the “Lodge Evergreen” private villa, you will immediately feel uncomfortable with the slightly creepy business owners and long-term guests. Then you’ll find a scribbled note in your lodge that reads, “Don't believe that family” ... Apparently, they’re a crazed group of Satanists who kill and sacrifice guests. As the mysterious ritual progresses, your mission is simply to escape the mountain depths with your life.

The most notable feature is that the story branches with differing results depending on your choice of words and actions. Your story will be experienced only by your particular lodge, and you’ll be greeted by a unique ending the next morning.

The horror is non-stop until the very end as you sneak through your lodge, and even includes an explosive ritual.

The entire Ork Hirugano lodge village is reserved for the event, which is a collaboration of haunted house producers Shochiku Obakeyahonpo and Honancho Obakeyashiki Obaken. One lodge is reserved for each participating group, and measures are taken to minimize interaction with strangers to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

• Dates: May 22 (Sat) - 23 (Sun); June 26 (Sat) - 27 (Sun); July 3 (Sat) - 4 (Sun), 2021
• Capacity: Up to 116 people per weekend, 14 lodges per weekend
• Prices: Lodge charter system limited to 14 buildings per day (minimum 1 guest to 10 maximum); 32,500 yen per person, 130,000 yen to 325,000 yen per lodge (tax included)
*Price includes meals (1st night & 2nd morning), participation in performances, special items for participation, and AIG domestic travel disability insurance.
*Reservations can be made by individuals or parties that do not meet the minimum number of participants, but fees for minimum number must be paid.
*Those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a guardian.

• Regular cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of facilities
and equipment
• Hand sanitizer made available
• Disinfection of guest rooms after every check-out
• Proper ventilation
• Staff wear masks, gargle, wash hands regularly, and
monitor temperatures
• Admission restrictions
• Guests requested to wear masks
• Guest temperature checks

All of these exciting events are immersive and enjoyable while maintaining social distancing. Now that it's difficult to go out, why not experience an extraordinary mystery-solving event at a nearby hotel or lodge?

*Event schedule and activities subject to change.
*Due to COVID-19, hours may change, temporary closures may be in effect, and event activities may change.

English translation by Gabriel Wilkinson