Nancy Drew 23: Shadow at the Water's Edge
by Her Interactive
Walkthrough by MaGtRo October 2010
Gameplay: This is a point and click game.
Nancy shows the desk in her bedroom. This is where the 'How to be a Detective
Book' that shows the game manipulations can be accessed. The Scrapbook has past
Nancy Drew Games information.
Read the Case Files to learn about the present mystery
case. Once you are ready to play the game, click on the plane ticket to go to
the new case location.
Select to play either Junior or Senior detective.
The main screen has pictures at the bottom of the
page.
The bag at left is the inventory link. The journal
shows Nancy's notes about the present case. The task list shows the junior
gamer what needs to be done or was done to progress in the game. The cell
phone is on the next slot.
The gear icon shows the options. Here the voice,
effects and music volume can be adjusted. Also, the bottom background can be
changed. Closed captioning, text size and screen size selection are also in
this page.
The Load folder has the list of the saved games that
can be replayed. The diskette is used to save the game. The rightmost icon
closes the game.
Nancy is
taking a break in Kyoto, Japan; an offer given by P.G. Krolmeister. She is
staying at Ryokan Hiei, a traditional inn known as one of the scariest places
in the city. Nancy will teach English during the day.
The game is non-linear. Use the
walkthrough as guide only and sleep if the time during the gameplay runs out.
Actions can be done in any order (some needs a trigger).
Look around Ryokan Hiei.
Lobby:
A
portrait falls to the floor when Nancy approaches the reception desk. The old
lady is upset and says that "she" doesn't want Nancy here.
Take the
room 24 key. Talk to Miwako. Learn about Suki the robotic cat. Tate
command makes Suki sit up. Learn about the ryokan. Yumi her elder sister will take
over the ryokan. The cultural classes are in room 18.
Note that
the reception desk is open 7 am to 1 am. Check the board and see that there
are 5 guests in the ryokan.
Turn to
the right and check the table. Read the article about Rock Garden in the book.
Learn about the different stones and their descriptions.
At
opposite corner, check the fire pit used for tea ceremony. See a fire burning in the pit.
Turn left
and read the Ghost Stories of Japan book at corner right of the door.
Ryokan:
The ryokan has guest rooms at left and right wings. The
garden and the front desk are at the center part of the building.
Each side
wing has 2 floors. Nancy's room and the bath are on the left wing while the
cultural room where Takae is in is at the right wing.
Nancy's
room:
Go
through the door left of the fire pit. The phone rings. Talk to Bess and
George.
Go
upstairs and use the room key on the third door at right - #24.
Teacher Exchange: Check the green box on the floor at
left.
Read the
leaflet about the TE - Teacher Exchange program that Nancy is on. Read the
student bios and grade the assignment on the back folder.
Use the
stamps on the left to mark the answers (check or X) and then add a mark beside the name of
the student (face or star).
If you
grade enough assignments, you might get an award. Check the
cards with Japanese script in the box
Ryokan
folder: Open the brown folder at right.
Read the
information paper. Learn
that the hot springs - bath is across room 7.
Misawa is
the train station near here. The pachinko parlor is in Kure and the Exposition
Center is in Matsue. A Fasca
train ticket is needed to ride the train.
The front
desk is open 7am to 1 am. Check the
envelopes on the left side. You will need it later.
Suitcase: Turn left and open the closet ahead.
Open the
suitcase and take the FASCA train pass and the English-Japanese
phrasebook (dictionary).
Bath -
hot springs:
Exit the
room and go down to the first floor. Turn to the hallway at left.
See a
blue curtain at right at end of hallway and across room 7.
Try to go
through the blue curtain and meet Rentaro. Learn that red curtain means the
bath is open for women only while blue banner means it is men only.
Garden:
Turn
right and forward to hallway. Go left to the main lobby.
Enter
through the door left of the front desk and be at the garden.
Look
around completely. Go
forward to the large stone lantern that is in the water.
Go right to the blooming Cherry tree. Use the stone path in front of the Cherry tree or
the wooden bridge to cut across to the other side.
Beside
the maple tree close to the wooden bridge is a bamboo - water structure that makes a
knocking sound.
Rentaro's
work shed:
Go the back wall and around to the
other side. The left way goes to the bath hallway.
Go right and enter the shed at
right. Talk to Rentaro. Learn about the
ghost.
He gives a puzzle book
that you can
play. He is making a robotic dog, the Rentaro 4000.
Puzzles:
Open the puzzle book in inventory.
This can be done anytime
during gameplay. The puzzles can be done all at once or one at a time as
you go through the game.
Nonogram:
Read how to play nonogram. Do the nonogram puzzle at next page.
Click on a square to darken it.
Clear at right restarts the puzzle. I did it.
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Sudoku: Talk
to Rentaro to return the book. He will give it back and then you can read
and play sudoku.
There should be 1-9 horizontally,
vertically and in a box. No repeated numbers.
Click on a number to select it
and then click on a square to enter that number.
When a mistake is done, click on
erase and then the number that you want removed.
Clear at right restarts the
puzzle. A number is grayed out when that number is completed in the
puzzle.
Do the square or the row or the
column that has the least blank areas first. I did it.
Renogram:
Talk to Rentaro to return the book. He will give it back and then you can
read and play renogram.
At start, click on a number and
enter it in a selected blank square connected horizontally, vertically or
diagonally to a previous number. From then on the number is attached to the
cursor. Clear at right restarts the puzzle. I did it.
After finishing the renogram,
talk to Rentaro.
If you do a lot of puzzles
in the book and
then return the book; you might get an award.
Sleep time:
If it is time to sleep or you want
to do something that can only be done at a specified time; go to your room and use the cell phone clock.
Select menu and then clock. Change
the time to 7 PM to move to the next day or after 1AM if you want to move around when the front desk
is closed. Then click on 'set alarm'.
Nancy teaches during the day from 5
- 7; so there is no gameplay during the day.
Be sure to check the green box in her room to grade the assignments.
Guests:
Go down to the lobby and you might
hear a client complaining at the front desk.
Check the board and see that there
are only 2 guests left. Talk to Miwako.
Cultural Room - Takae:
From the garden, go forward to the
back area. Go right and enter the hallway at far right. Or use the hallway
right of the front desk and go forward and left to the hallway.
Enter room 18, first door at left.
See the sign - Cultural Room. The hours are 7 to 10:30.
Talk to Takae, the grandmother.
She teaches how to write Nancy's name in Japanese.
Katakana:
Click to take the brush at top
right.
Click-hold the brush inside the
line and do the script in one stroke only. Stay within the lines and fill
the inside area.
It does not matter if the line is
shaky (like mine). Start at wide end and do the script following the number
order.
If a mistake is done, take a new
paper from the top of the screen.
Open the top drawer of the chest
on the left. Read about Writing Japanese - calligraphy.
Hot Springs - bath:
Go to the other wing at first
floor. Check if the bath room curtain is red. If so, enter to check the
bath.
Bath:
Check the baskets at right of room.
Take the Pachinko card from
upright basket at bottom shelf.
Read the Haunted Tours paper found
in upright basket at left end of middle shelf. Learn that numbers 4 and 9 are
unlucky. Don't write the name in red.
Something bad will happen if you do.
Ghost: Look at
the mirror and see the ghost. The glass breaks. Look around.
Hot Springs:
Enter through the glass doors left of the sink.
Look around. Look close at the
colored tiles on the shower wall. Something is missing.
Jump in the hot springs and have a
nice soak. Good for bad back. If you soak here often enough,
you might get an award.
Front desk:
Go to front desk and tell Miwako about the mirror.
Rentaro:
Go to the shed in the garden. Talk
to Rentaro about Takae and the mirror. Ask about the portrait from the
lobby.
Portrait wire puzzle:
Click-hold-drop a black dot to a
new position. Make sure that no wires overlap another.
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examples of the solution:
Certificate of Spirit Removal:
Click on the torn part of the
backing and see a Certificate of Spirit Removal given to the Ryokan Hiei by
Savannah Woodham, Paranormal Expert. It states that the ryokan has been
cleansed of spirits and fit only for human habitation.
Newspaper article:
See and take a newspaper article written in Japanese. This needs to be
translated.
Talk to Rentaro about Savannah.
Learn about Kasumi, the mother that died.
Ask Rentaro about the article. He
gets mad.
Front desk:
Robocat Suki:
Go to your room and set the alarm
for 1 AM. Go down to the front desk and see
that Miwako is gone.
Go behind the front desk and check
Suki, the robocat.
Talk to Suki. Use "Suki, tate"
dialogue.
Check the brown-black box under the
counter. Suki is in guard mode. Don't try again or game ends.
Computer:
Check the computer and realize that a password is needed. Note the keyboard
keys are in Japanese.
Key cabinet:
Pull back and check the cabinet with slots on the back wall.
See 4 colored cards. One card is
missing. Read the Krolmeister Card 3000 on
the clipboard.
Ghost:
Go back to room and set the alarm
for 7 PM.
See a shadow in the balcony. Open
the balcony door. The screen tore. Look around at the balcony.
Another day:
The next day, grade the assignments
found in the green box in your room. Check this box every new day to see if
there is a new assignment. You can see a new tab on the notebook.
Exit the room and get a phone call
from Bess and George. They met Yumi, Miwako's sister at a Bento shop.
Robocat commands: George is at the expo. Talk to
George about the robocat. She will check on the cat commands.
Go down to the front desk. Talk to
Miwako about the screen and certificate.
Do not
ask Miwako about the newspaper article or game over. Use the second chance if
you do.
Visit Takae for new lesson:
Go to room 18 and enter. Talk to
Takae.
Origami:
See finished origami at the center of the puzzle. The patterns on the sides are
origamis that are one
step before completion to a finished product.
Match the pattern on the side to
the finished product at center.
Check the shape of
a pattern for
possible wings, legs, tail to see if they match one at the center.
Place the
appropriate pattern from the sides under the finished origami.
Do not ask Takae about the
article.
Check the chest at left and open
the second drawer. Read about origami and learn the folds. Exit the room.
Get robocat commands:
Get a phone call from George and
Bess. George talked to the creator of the robocat and he was willing to give
the commands if a puzzle be done first. George will send the puzzle to the
ryokan.
Go to the work shed in the garden
and talk to Rentaro.
Meet Yumi, the elder
sister.
Train station:
Exit the ryokan. See signs on the left. Use the
dictionary on the signs and see a translation.
The top sign points to the train
station. Click on arrow to be at the train station.
Based on the ryokan info paper in
your room, the nearest train station is Misawa. The expo is at Matsue and the
pachinko parlor is at Kure stop.
Map: Look
close at the train route at left wall.
Note that the transfer-connection
points in the route are marked by circle within a circle that has colors of
the routes that intersect.
Click-hold-move the map to find
Matsue. It is at the bottom of the map and is on the brown line.
Note down the connection points
from Misawa to Matsue: Misawa - Nagoya - Otsu - Aomori - Kochi - Tochigi - Seto
- Niigata - Fuji - Iga - Matsue.
Look at the Information panel at
top of the screen. Click on the destination you want to go to.
Matsue train station:
Puzzle box paper:
Pick up the Japanese puzzle box paper on the railing at the Matsue
stop.
Use the back arrow to exit the
train station.
See that the expo tickets are sold
out.
Virtual Nyao - robocat:
Check the display of the robocat at left. See that the robocat can have 5
moods.
Bento shop:
Turn right from the robocat
display. Go forward and meet Yumi, Miwako's sister at the Bento shop.
Talk to Yumi. She
is the exact opposite
of her sister.
Bento box:
Immediately be asked to fill in an order of a bento box.
You get a list of what a customer
wants in a box and place them in the appropriate square.
The order and arrangement are shown
by the icons at right.
The legend or what the icons mean
is shown at left side.
Select by clicking
an icon on
the left and place it in the appropriate square-box at the center.
Yumi leaves to go to the store.
This is a random puzzle. Some
examples of bento setups are shown below.
Click on
the question mark to see the instructions.
Identify the icons
of the clues at right
(like sandwich, egg or rice in a shape of rabbit, bear or cat).
Do the orders that show an animal
with the order (egg, sandwich or rice) first and those that are shown in a 3x3
grid or the most squares.
Enter the
colored animals from the left on to the box puzzle at center.
A clue
with an animal, slash and ingredient are completed items that should be placed
on the puzzle squares first.
Deduce the squares with no clues
or with just an animal or just the ingredient.
Hey, I did it!
If you
do enough bento orders, you might get an award.
Talk to
Yumi. She run out of bento boxes and wants you
to get it from her apartment by Kurume station.
She gives her key and her
phone number. The phone number is now entered in the cell phone.
Continue talking to Yumi.
Yumi's apartment:
Train route:
Turn around, forward and left to the train station.
Study the route map at left wall.
Look for Kurume. See that it is at the middle of the map on a pink route.
Note down the stops or transfers
from here to there: Matsue - Iga - Kobe - Miyazaki - Urawa - Kurume.
Click on the destination on the
display board at top of the screen.
Apartment: Back
out of the train station.
Get a message on the cell phone.
See pictures of Bess, George and Yumi.
Use the key on the first door at
right - #42. It's pink!
Take the bento boxes on the
sink counter at left. Look around.
Closet:
Take the DVD below the pink dresses.
Check the sewing kit with dyes. Use
the dictionary on the tin cans.
Frogs: Go
to the corner of the room and check the frogs above the monitor.
Read the letter of Kasumi, Yumi's
mother to a Maryann by the left frog.
Look under the right frog and see a
plate that has code lock.
Shadow puppet book:
Read the book below the monitor.
Computer: Insert the DVD in the player and watch a
spooky shape appear. You might get an award if you watch this.
Click on the avatar
icon shown in the monitor and see that it needs a password.
You might get another picture in
the cell phone.
Savannah's book:
Check the bed and read the Unveiling Ghost book by Savannah Woodham.
Take the calling card of Savannah.
The phone number is automatically entered in the cell phone.
Flip through the pages and see that
the story about the Ryokan Hiei has been torn off the book.
Call Savannah using the cell phone.
Scroll through contacts and then press the call selection.
Talk to Logan, Savannah's
assistant. He hangs up on Nancy. Call Savannah again. Logan did it again. We
need to get hold of Savannah somehow.
Take care of the assistant:
Call Bess or George and tell them about the book and the assistant. Bess will
flirt with the assistant to get information.
Bento shop:
Exit the apartment and go back to
the Bento shop at Matsue. The train ride is automatic now.
You might or might not see Yumi at
the shop. Check the time. If she is not there, go back to Misawa and your room
at the ryokan. Set the alarm for 7 pm and sleep.
Take the train to go back to Matsue
and to the Bento shop. Give the bento boxes to Yumi.
Yumi gives a phone charm.
Talk to Yumi about the DVD, shadow puppets and outfit.
Learn about the fashion program
that you can use to send avatars to your phone.
Bento box:
Do another bento box puzzle. Remember that the orders are on the
right side and the ingredients to place in the box are on the left side.
Check the examples of done bento
boxes above at another part of the walkthrough.
After finishing the bento box, Yumi
gives the password for the avatar program.
Avatar program:
Take the train to Kurume. Get a
creepy phone call in front of the apartment. Use the key to enter Yumi's
apartment.
Avatar password:
Look close at monitor and then
click on Avatars at right.
Check the password given to you by
Yumi.
Note the shape of the password.
Select-click on the similar shape at bottom right. Move the cursor to screen
and see the shape cursor.
For ease
in searching, note the colors of the first top 3
lines of colored balls of the password. Look for those colored balls in the puzzle screen.
Move the shape over the selected
balls and click.
Make avatars:
Click on a body shape to choose a
model. Click start.
Select an icon on the left (flesh
tone, eyes, hair, dress, skirt, tops and head gear). See selections on the
right for that particular icon.
Click on any selection to complete
the avatar body. Click done when finished.
Send to phone:
Return to gallery. Highlight the
avatar. Enter Nancy's phone number on the right: 5235554399. Send.
Do an avatar for all those that are
in your phone book: Bess, George, Savannah and Yumi.
Install Avatars on the cell
phone:
Open the menu of the cell phone.
Select phone.
Select a contact using the scroll
arrows. Click on "options'. Use the side arrow to look through the avatars you
sent to this phone.
Click save to select that avatar.
Do this for all your contacts.
If you send enough made avatars to all your friends' phone number, you might get
an award. Check your phone list for the numbers.
Savannah Woodham:
Get a phone call from George. They
have distracted Logan the assistant.
Call Savannah now while Logan is
distracted. Talk to Savannah completely.
Article translation:
Get her to get the newspaper article translated. Savannah says to leave the article
at the front desk and Logan will pick it up.
She doesn't have a copy of her
book.
Picture(s):
Get a text message with pictures from Yumi.
Logan:
Get a phone call from Logan, Savannah's assistant. He warns Nancy about
talking to Savannah concerning ghosts.
There's a second book that Savannah
worked on before she dropped that career.
Ask Logan about a copy of
Savannah's first book. No help there.
More at the Ryokan:
Go back to Misawa.
Pick up the envelope left at
the front desk. It is the puzzle that George sent in order to get the robocat
commands.
Nancy's room:
Go upstairs to your room. See the lights flicker and doors
open and shut at the hallway.
See that the 2 is gone from Nancy's room number. It is now 4, an unlucky number.
Enter your room. Note Nancy's name
done at the calligraphy class is on the left wall and an origami is on the
shelf by the green box.
Newspaper article:
Open the brown folder on the floor and get an envelope.
Open inventory and take the
newspaper article that needs to be translated. Place it in the envelope.
Automatically write Logan's name on
the envelope.
Front desk:
Go down to front desk. Hear another guest complain and
leave. That leaves Nancy as the only guest here. Talk to Miwako.
Give the Logan envelope to Miwako.
Talk to her again and leave the envelope on the counter.
Talk to Miwako completely.
Master Sudoku:
Open the paper George sent. It is a
master sudoku made up of 5 interlocking sudoku puzzles.
Solve the puzzle. After solving the
top left puzzle, pull back and solve the next one. Do this until all 5 are
done.
There should be
#s 1-9 horizontally,
vertically and in a box. No repeated number.
Nancy will tell you if it is done
correctly. Alright, I'm pretty good at this!
Go back to your room. Get an
envelope from the brown journal and click the finished master sudoku on it.
Automatically write George Fayne on the envelope.
Give the
envelope to Miwako at the front
desk.
Newspaper article:
Get a text message on the cell
phone. Read the translation of the
newspaper article from Logan.
Last evening, officers responded
to an emergency call from fifteen year old Shimizu Yumi after she found her
mother Shimizu Kasumi, 42, who runs the Ryokan Hiei, lying unconscious in the
indoor ryokan bath. After arriving, the emergency crews were unable to revive
the apparent drowning victim. Police are currently treating the case as a
crime, but have yet to press charges. If this is an accident -
Alarm:
Sleep if it is time and set the alarm for 7 PM.
Remember
to grade the assignments if there are any.
Cultural room:
Go to room 18 and talk to Takae.
Learn Tea Ceremony. Identify the
items used in a tea ceremony. Take a label on the right and place it in front
of the item.
Use the ? question mark at bottom
right to repeat the identification of the items.
See a shadow walking outside at the
balcony. Talk to Takae twice. Exit the room.
Robocat command:
Get a call from George
or give her a call. The command
to control Suki is mate. Learn more commands from Bess.
Pachinko parlor:
Train route:
Exit the ryokan and go left to the train station.
Study the route map and trace the
route to Kure where the ryokan info paper states is where the pachinko parlor
is located.
Select the route: Misawa - Nagoya -
Otsu - Aomori - Ube - Sakai - Kure.
Comic book:
Enter and look around the parlor.
See the prize booth at the center.
Nancy comments that the comic book looks interesting.
It is the second from left top row.
You need 1339 balls to win it.
Shutterclunker:
Look left while facing the exit. Check the shutterclunker booth.
Click on the slot at bottom right
to automatically insert the cell phone.
Press the take photo pad at left. Look at a fuzzy picture of a
redheaded Nancy at slot below.
Easter
Egg (Thanks, Stefanie): A black and white picture with a
fuzzy egg should have been sent to you earlier.
Click on
the slot at bottom right and automatically insert the cell phone.
Select
Print photo. Click on the black and white picture and then click on "print".
Click
down arrow and take the picture. Take the Easter egg behind it.
Play Pachinko:
Turn left from the photo booth and
look close at the pachinko machines.
Use the pachinko card taken from
the basket at the ryokan bath on the slot at bottom right. That card can be
used on any of the 3 active machines and not run out of money
Insert the
card at bottom right slot and get 50 balls.
Press-hold the yellow button
and then select line. Release the button to shoot a ball in the play field.
The strength of the ball's run in the field depends on the line selection
before the button is released.
The aim is to get the balls down
the holes. There are 5 holes. The hole at the center inside a flower produces
a lot more balls and the jackpot.
I had a
lot of luck using the right machine and selecting the 3rd line from left before releasing the button. Also I use 2 -3 balls in the play
field. Have fun.
When you get over 1339 balls from
the different machines; go to the prize booth.
Prize booth:
Open the box at bottom right. Place the sack of balls won from the
machines in there. Close box. See the amount of balls
recorded at top.
Press or click the prize selection.
Get the comics from second from left top row. The cover is removed. Take
comics.
The
remaining balls are automatically placed in inventory.
Read the comics in inventory and
learn about Yurei (unfriendly ghost) and EVP (electronic voice
phenomena).
Nancy thinks that recording a
haunting might be a good idea.
If you
play lots of pachinko and win all the prizes, you might get an award.
Get Savannah's book:
Logan: Use
the cell phone and call Savannah. Logan answers.
Talk to Logan and learn that he's
interested in Bess. He will try to get the book for
Nancy.
Logan again:
Call Logan again and learn that he found a book but wants help getting a
present for Bess.
Avatar program:
Take the train to Kurume.
Enter Yumi's apartment and open the
Avatar program. Make an avatar of what Bess might
like as far as outfit goes.
Send the
avatar to Savannah's phone number: 4045554478.
Get a text message from Logan
saying thanks.
Go back to Misawa.
Back at Ryokan:
Nancy's room:
Go to room and see wet footprints on the floor.
Logan:
Call Logan again. He will send the book.
Rentaro and Miwako:
Go to the work shed at the garden. Talk to Rentaro completely.
Talk to Miwako at the front desk.
Talk to Rentaro at the work shed
again.
Nancy's room:
Go to room and see that Nancy's name is now in red. Set the alarm for 1AM.
Front desk:
Go to back of front desk.
Suki: Talk
to Suki and give her the new commands learned from Bess and George.
See her do a lot of tricks. Lastly, use the command Mate. Suki sleeps.
If you
command Suki often enough, you might get an award.
Travel brochures:
Read the 3 travel brochures behind Suki.
Puzzle box:
Take the brown box from under the counter.
Review the puzzle box paper taken
from the Matsue train station.
Open the puzzle box:
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1. Highlight all slats by clicking on
them. Move all slats down using the down arrow.
See tab at top that shows that the
step done is correct.
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2. Highlight the middle slat
only.
Click to unhighlight the other slats.
Move
middle slat to the left.
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3. Highlight all slats by clicking on
them. Move all of them up.
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4.
Highlight the bottom slat only.
Move it
to the right.
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5.
Highlight the middle slat only.
Move
middle slat to the left again.
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Highlight the top right slat only.
Move
top right slat to the right.
Alright, it's open!
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7. Highlight the top left slat only.
Move
top left slat to the left.
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8.
Highlight the middle slat only.
Move
middle slat to the right.
Alright, it's open!
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Check what is inside the box. Take
a tile piece and the envelope. Use the dictionary on the close up
of the envelope and see that it has the password. Nancy says that she needs to
open the envelope without anyone knowing she did.
Read the letter from Kasumi to
Maryann.
Set the alarm and go to bed.
Next day:
Get a call from George and Bess. They have the book.
Cultural Room: Talk to Takae. Check the left side
cabinet of the chest and see that the teapot is in there. Exit the room.
Bath: Go to the
other wing and check if the curtain is red in the bath. If red, enter and go to the hot spring
room.
Look close at the colored tiles on
the shower wall. Automatically the tile taken from
the puzzle box is inserted.
Fit all
the tiles from the left pyramid in the central diamond with a circle at the center.
Click on a tile and move it to the
diamond at the center. Click again to release the tile. Right click to rotate the tile.
When done, the circle moves to get
a peephole to another bath room. See Rentaro and Miwako arguing.
Record the ghost.
Savannah's book:
Go to the front desk and Miwako gives a delivery. Talk to Miwako.
Read Savannah's book in inventory.
See Logan's note.
Read Chapter 6 about the ryokan.
Learn about EVP and where Savannah placed the microphones.
Savannah:
Call Savannah and talk to her completely. Learn about the scariest place she
visited - a castle in a small town in Germany. She stayed in a second floor
room at the ryokan with a secret passage that goes to the basement. She
recommends that you check the records for a room that is not let out.
Rentaro:
Go to the garden. Get a new picture from Yumi.
Now that you read the comics and
Savannah's book, talk to Rentaro at the work shed about EVP. Get a recorder.
Learn about the new recorder that
he is making that can send the recorded message to others cell phone or
computers.
Rentaro wants a collar for Suki.
There's a collar that is a prize at the pachinko parlor.
Recording sites:
Go to the sites that Savannah wrote in her book and use the recorder.
Old cherry tree in the garden -
Exit the shed and go left.
Go pass the tree and then turn
around. With your back on the front desk area, click on the cherry tree
trunk. Be at the back side of the tree.
Click on an empty channel in the
recorder. Then click REC to record something. Wait for the recorder to stop and then exit.
Fire pit in the lobby - Face the
fire pit in the lobby and use the recorder.
Bath - Go to the bath and face the
mirror. Turn around and use the recorder.
Hot Spring - Go to next room and
use the recorder. No reaction.
Upstairs hallway left wing - Walk
to the middle of the hallway (close to Nancy's room) and use the recorder. No
reaction.
Upstairs hallway right wing - Walk
to the middle of the hallway and use the recorder. No reaction.
Listen to the recordings:
Go to your room and set the alarm for 1 am.
Go to the shed in the garden. Click
on the machine on the shelf at right to automatically place the recorder.
Click on a lit channel button to
listen to the recording. Then click on the arrow button at base of machine.
Recording by cherry tree - Listen
to an argument between Miwako and Yumi. Yumi throws something in the water.
The fire pit and bath have spooky
ghost sounds.
Find what Yumi threw: Exit the shed. Cross the wooden
bridge. Turn right at end of bridge and immediately turn right to look under
the bridge.
Go forward and pick up a brown
thing in the water - room 18 key.
Kasumi's secret places:
Stone slab:
See a stone slab on the left side under the bridge. There are rocks missing.
There are 5 indents with pictures and one stone.
Look for rocks:
There is already one stone on the stone slab; look for
4 more. Turn around and go
forward to walkway.
Go left and check the base of the
stone bench at right. Pick stone by the lantern.
Continue towards the entryway to
the front desk. Turn left and walk towards the large stone lantern. Take stone
from base of stone lantern.
Go towards the old cherry tree and
take the stone on left side of the base of the tree.
Continue towards the shed one click
and take stone beside the lantern on left side.
Rock Garden of Ryoanji:
Go to the front room.
Read the book on the table left of
the main door. Learn about the different shapes of stones.
Soul stone - low vertical stone.
Wide base and tapered top.
Body stone - tall vertical stone.
Slightly bigger at base than top and is the tallest stone.
Heart stone - similar to a stepping
stone.
Branching stone - has flat top
wider than base.
Ox stone - reclining stone. One end
is higher than other.
Place the stones:
Go back under the bridge.
Look close at the stone slab on the
left under the bridge. Place the stones on the etched
slots based on their shape and info from the book.
Take the
letter with markings. Read the letter of Kasumi to
Maryanne.
Room 18:
Go to cultural room #18. Use the door key Yumi threw in the pond to open the
door.
Pick up the card on the right side
of the room. It is the red security card for the key cabinet behind the
front desk.
Teapot: Go to the chest at left wall.
Open the left side door of the
chest. Take the teapot and key.
Use the key on the bottom right
drawer. Read another letter by Kasumi to Maryann.
Origami:
Read the origami book from the middle drawer.
Using the book info and markings,
select the steps needed to fold the origami:
I. Mountain fold.
II. Fold to front.
III. Fold to front.
IV. Fold Unfold.
V. Fold to back
VI. Push/invert.
It looks like a bamboo.
Garden: Go
to the bamboo-water structure at end of the left side walkway. Nancy comments that it looks like
the image on the letter.
Look close at the bamboo post at
left. We need a right tool.
Go to the shed. Take the
screwdriver left of the recorder stand on the right shelf.
Use the screwdriver on the bamboo
of the water structure. Take the paper that looks like a
part of a nonogram puzzle.
Check the Guest records.
Open the password envelope:
Fire pit: Go to
the fire pit by the front desk.
Hang the teapot on the hook above
the smoldering fire.
Take the password envelope and click
on the right side of the vented steam. See picture.
See a close
up of the envelope. Open the envelope. Read
the password - Takakawa.
Translate the password:
The keyboard of the computer is in Japanese script. We need to translate the password
to Japanese script.
Go back to room 18 and open the top
drawer of the chest.
Read the Writing Japanese book.
Check the Hiragana page and check the script for Ta, Ka and Wa.
Exit the room.
Computer: Go
behind the counter of the front desk.
Enter the password using the
keyboard. Press the keys of the 4 syllables of the password - Ta- ka- ka- wa.
(Remember to press ka twice). Press 'enter'
key.
See the 2 pages of guests and their rooms.
Check which rooms are not let out
to guest. Then check which rooms are on the second floor where Savannah
stayed.
Rooms 25, 30 and 33
are not in the
list.
Easter
egg - Puzzle box:
Give the
Mate command to Suki.
Take the
puzzle box and open it. Inside find an Easter egg.
Place the
password envelope back inside. This is not
necessary in the game but you might get an award doing this.
Key cabinet:
Look close at the metal cabinet at back wall.
Read the Krolmeister 3000 info
paper on the clipboard to know more about the security system.
With the red card taken from the
floor of room 18, we have all 5 cards needed.
Insert the cards from left to
right: blue card, red, green, yellow and purple. (Thanks, HI).
Then turn the knob below or above
each card to position the shapes below it to that shown in the picture.
Take the only key
in there. It
opens rooms ending in 8/9.
Go to bed and sleep.
Check rooms.
Pachinko parlor: Go
to pachinko parlor in Kure.
Check Prize booth to see that the
collar Rentaro wants requires 2100 balls.
Play pachinko until you have enough
balls to win the collar.
Place the balls at the prize booth
box and select the collar at second from right end at bottom row.
Talk to Yumi:
Go to Matsue and then to Bento shop. Talk to Yumi completely. You might
need to change screen or go to the train station and come back.
Learn
about the purikura booth.
Ryokan: Go
back to Misawa.
Talk to
Miwako at the front desk.
Also talk
to Takae in room 18 several times. Watch Takae while she is sitting - she falls asleep.
Savannah:
Call Savannah to see if she knows more about the room she stayed in.
She mentions a picture of a carved
wooden bird that opens the secret passage.
Rentaro: Go to the garden shed and talk to
Rentaro completely. Give him the collar. He leaves to give it to Suki.
Look at the work bench. Take a
star keycard. See the arm Rentaro is making for his planned robodog.
Talk to Miwako about Suki's collar.
Look for Savannah's room:
Since we can only open rooms ending
with # 8 or 9, go to the second floor of the right wing. Use the key on room 39 at left side
end of the hallway.
Enter and
see a star lock on the panel close to the right closet.
Use the star key on that star lock.
Look around room 37.
Use the star key on the star lock
right of the closet. Be at room 35. Hear a weird sound.
Use the star key on the star lock
right of the closet. Be at room 33. You are trapped.
Escape the room:
Immediately look close at the lock
of the balcony door.
See that it is a crystal pieces
lock. This is a timed puzzle.
There are 6 wedges in the circle.
They are all similar. What you do on one of the wedge - also do it on the
other 5.
Select a color from the right and
fill the empty areas with the correct color.
There are pieces there already that
show what should be placed on those areas.
You cannot save
while in the puzzle
but you can stop the time by opening the save feature. Good luck.
The lock turns. Click on the
balcony screen to exit. Nancy jumps to the garden.
Secrets Revealed.
Check the secret room:
Go back to room 39. Use the master
key and enter. Use the star card on the side panels until you get to room 33.
As Savannah stated, click on the
carved wooden bird on the left wall.
The closet right of the door
opens. Go down the passageway into the other bath.
Look around. This is the room seen
through the peephole.
Check the bricked entryway
and
the pool.
Look close at the table with the
lantern. Read a faded note by Y to M. Stop it already or you'll be sorry.
Nonogram:
See a small altar on the left with Kasumi's portrait.
Look close at the latticed work
above the altar. Automatically the paper found inside the bamboo is
placed on the wall. You need another set of numbers.
Look for another set of nonogram
numbers.
Pictures:
Check the text message and see more pictures sent by Yumi. You should have a
total of 7 colored pictures sent by Yumi.
Nancy will make a comment about printing them all.
Process Yumi's pictures:
Go through the secret door. Exit
the ryokan and go to the pachinko parlor at Kure.
Enter the pachinko parlor. Look
close at the shutterclunker booth.
The "take picture" side is out of
order.
Click on slot
at bottom right to
automatically insert the cell phone.
Click on print photo at right side.
Do each photo individually: click
on a picture and then click on print. Take photo from bottom slot. Do all the
colored pictures.
Arrange the pictures:
Click on one of the developed
picture in inventory and see all 7 laid out in squares.
Arrange the pictures to form
Japanese numbers that are hidden in the pictures.
The purple lines on edges of the
pictures are part of Japanese numbers.
Talk to Yumi:
Go to Matsue and then to Bento
shop. Talk to Yumi.
Help with another bento
preparation.
It's late. Yumi tells Nancy to stay
in her apartment.
Yumi's apartment:
Go to Kurume. Use the key to enter
Yumi's apartment.
Check the bottom of the right frog
on the shelf.
See the locked container. Enter the
numbers seen in Yumi's pictures.
Get the other nonogram numbers.
Visitation:
Set the alarm for 7 PM.
The window rattles. Open the
window. Read the message.
Ryokan:
Go back
to the ryokan. If there is any grading of assignments to be done, do so.
Secret bath:
Go to room 33 via room 39. Go down
to the secret bath.
Click on the lattice and see the
complete nonogram puzzle.
Right
click places an X on the unnumbered sqaures. There are already brown squares
that are clues in the puzzle.
When
correctly done, all the Xed squares will turn dark brown-black.
Solve the puzzle. See a ?fox?
Junior
Senior
Secret compartment:
See the secret compartment open.
Read Kasumi's letter to her daughters. Take the sword.
Turn back.
EEK!
Meet the yurei. You are under water. This is
a timed puzzle.
Immediately, take the sword from
inventory and cut the ropes on the marked areas.
Check the yurei. Look close at the
arm and the head.
Clarify things:
Go upstairs and talk to everybody.
Takae: Go to
room 18 and talk to Takae completely.
Talk to her again to find out what
really happened to Kasumi.
Miwako:
Look for Miwako. She is not around.
Rentaro: Check
the work shed. He is not there also.
Take the new recorder that
he built that is on the holder. This recorder sends recordings to computers and
cell phones. See an e-mail icon at top right of the recorder.
Look at the work table. Take and use the dictionary on the
pink note. It is a work order for room 33 - must finish today.
Take the door-o-matic.
Room 33:
Go to room 33; the infamous room. Save game here to see 2 endings.
Enter the room. Use the door-o-matic
on the door.
Immediately pick up the new
recorder from the floor. Press a channel to start recording.
See the ending based on your
selection on what to do with the baddie.
Watch the outtakes at end of the credits.
See you at The Captive Curse!
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