Set-up

1) Place the game board on a flat surface.

2) Place the Achievement cards face up next to the board.

3) Shuffle the Souvenir cards (black back) and make a face-down pile.

4) Shuffle the Hot spring cards (light blue back) and make a facedown pile.

5) Shuffle the Encounter cards (purple back) and make a facedown pile.

6) Shuffle the Meal cards (red back) and make a face-down pile.

7) Sort the Panorama cards by type (Sea, Mountain, Paddy) and by value (placing the 1 above the 2 above the 3...). Place the 7 resulting piles on their corresponding locations on the board.

8) Place the coins next to the board as the bank.

A) Each player selects a Traveler piece and the correspondingly colored marker and color token (bag). Place the marker on square 0 of the path that records Journey points.

B) Each player then takes 2 Traveler tiles at random, chooses 1 and places it face up on the table before them. If this is the first time for any player, they may choose to reduce the complexity by starting with 7 coins instead of a Traveler.

C) The player then places their color token (bag) in the hole of their Traveler tile. Place all unchosen and unused tiles in the box out of play.

D) Each player gains coins equal to the number in the upper right corner of their chosen tile.

E) Finally, randomly place all of the Traveler pieces in a line at the leftmost inn (Kyoto).

Alternatively, all players may start on the rightmost inn (Edo) and move right to left throughout the game. For 2-player games, add a third traveler—the Neutral traveler—to the starting Inn.