If sneezing and freezing under the cherry blossoms isn’t your thing, why not check out Kyushu’s escape room scene this spring? People who know me well know that I can barely get through a conversation without the subject coming round to escape rooms, so it seems like the perfect topic for my first Kumamoto-i post. Admittedly, Kyushu doesn’t have much of an escape room scene, but Fukuoka has an escape room close toTenjin that doesn’t need any Japanese skills. Currently only one room (Wherehouse) is open but the company has three more in the pipeline. Visit escapegamesfukuoka.com to find out more! If you’re confident in your Japanese ability, one of the pioneers of escape rooms, Ajito of Scrap, has a few games dotted around the country, wth English available at their Asakusa branch in Tokyo. Hop on a plane to Seoul, though, and you have a couple of dozen English-friendly escape rooms to choose from. Fiona