Bad News Inc. The latest in the series with a cumulative total of over 100,000 participants nationwide! The Niigata Mystery Trip, a sightseeing mystery-solving event that takes place around Niigata city, begins on July 25th!

[Bad News Co., Ltd.] The latest in the series with a total of over 100,000 participants nationwide! The Niigata Mystery Trip, a sightseeing mystery-solving event that takes you around Niigata city, starts on July 25th! ​
Bad News Co., Ltd. Press release: July 11, 2025 To the media The latest in the series with over 100,000 participants nationwide! The Niigata Mystery Trip, a sightseeing mystery-solving event that tours Niigata city, begins on July 25th! In addition, a new performance will be held at Wonder Lab, a permanent mystery solving store in Niigata!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-f1eab78a65b312ecab88bad915d5ae53-2400×1260.jpg Niigata Mystery Trip Bad News Co., Ltd. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo,
Representative: Kazutoshi Chiba) will be holding the experiential mystery-solving walking event “Niigata Mystery Trip” from Friday, July 25, 2025, where you can solve mysteries and enjoy sightseeing around the center of Niigata City (around Niigata Station to the Bandai area). “Niigata Mystery Trip” is the latest in the “Mystery Trip” series, which includes “Kanazawa Mystery Trip” (online edition/town walking edition) and “Saitama Mystery Trip”, and is the latest in the series of puzzle-solving adventures that have attracted more than 100,000 participants in total, with the aim of improving the appeal of the region through puzzle-solving city walks. In addition, a new room that has not been revealed until now will be introduced at “Nazotoki Entertainment Space Wonder Lab”, Niigata’s first permanent
puzzle-solving store. “Escape from a Prison with Execution Facing,” where you are actually locked in a cell and trying to escape, and “Invitation from Wonder Lab, where dreams come true,” a hall-type performance, will be held in the main hall. Now, let’s go and discover the mysteries hidden in Niigata! Niigata City, which flourished as “Echigo Province,” is a historic port town that has developed as a gateway to the Sea of ​​Japan since ancient times. Echigo culture, which was nurtured along with the flow of the Shinano River, is alive in its beautiful streets, traditional crafts, and rich food and sake. In recent years, urban development, including the large-scale renovation of Niigata Station, has progressed, and the city is now undergoing a dynamic transformation. The “Niigata Mystery Journey” unravels the secrets of Niigata City, where the atmosphere of the historic Echigo region and the comfort of a modern city blend together. Enjoy Niigata’s cuisine and culture while advancing the story with your own inspiration! An attractive game kit that lets you enjoy solving mysteries while walking around Niigata!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-89f98283eb88983cecea61ecc5c840b2-1432×632.png Niigata Mystery Travel Game Kit The clear file bag makes it convenient to enjoy solving puzzles while walking around the city, and includes a puzzle-solving guidebook with tourist information and special items. In addition, the curious original character “Toki”, based on the Japanese crested ibis, the symbol of Niigata, will guide you through the puzzle-solving game and show you the charms of Niigata in a fun way through the game’s LINE. Enjoy it from anywhere around Niigata Station or the Bandai area!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-bd940ac76c4d414021416dfe1737cdf5-2326×1146.png Niigata Mystery Travel Area
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-704ab80945b83c763e163d9df6fe5085-1722×800.png How to play the Niigata Mystery Trip Game Register for the
game-specific LINE account and solve the puzzles listed in the Nazotoki Guidebook! Send the answer to the last puzzle on LINE, and if you get it right, you’ve cleared the game! There are plenty of hints, so this is a game event that families, couples, and friends can enjoy while sightseeing or going out for a little while. “Niigata Mystery Trip” Event Overview ■Event Name Niigata mysterious trip ■Event period July 25, 2025 (Friday) to March 31, 2026 (Tuesday) ■Location Niigata City Center (Around Niigata Station to Bandai Area) ■Recommended Participation Time 11:00～18:00 *Please refrain from participating early in the morning or at night out of consideration for the neighboring residents and facilities. ■Participation kit fee 1. Special price for purchase at the Wonder Lab Nazotoki Entertainment Space store: 1,800 yen (tax included) 2. Regular price: 2,000 yen (tax included) ■Participation kits on sale 1. Puzzle entertainment space Wonder Lab Address: 5-1 Kasuga-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, 950-0903 Business hours: Friday 15:00-21:00 Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays: 10:00-21:00 2. Information Center En, 1F, Niigata Nippo Media Ship Address: 3-1-1 Bandai, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, 950-0088 Business hours: 10:00-18:00 (irregular holidays) 3. Nazoad Online Store https://nazoad.stores.jp/ ■Official homepage
https://nazoad.com/event/niigata_nazotabi/ ■Official X Nazotoki Adventure @nazotoki_adv ■Official LINE Nazotoki Adventure 381ayiun ■Credits Organized, planned and produced by: Nazotoki Adventure Cooperation: Niigata Tourism Convention Association, Niigata City Manga and Anime Information Center, Niigata Nippo, Bandai City Shopping District Promotion Association Sponsored by: Niigata City, Niigata City Board of Education ■General inquiries Nazotoki Adventure https://nazoad.com/inquiry/public/ Nazotoki Entertainment Space Wonder Lab (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays: 11:00-18:00)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-587963f8a840f6ff992778686f71bc59-1958×1266.png Summer Puzzle Festival [New Room] A new room has appeared in Wonder Lab! You can actually be locked in a prison!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-d7561d3328243506114764d7a0fddcd7-2400×1260.jpg Escape from a prison facing execution Puzzle entertainment space Wonder Lab is releasing a new room that has never been revealed before! You are actually locked in a cell. Can you solve the mystery and escape within the time limit!? “Escape from a Cell with Execution Facing” starts on August 2nd! ◼️Title: Escape from a prison facing execution ◼️Event period: August 2, 2025 ~ *Only held on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays ◼️Performance time
11:00~/12:00~/13:00~/14:00~/15:00~/16:00~/17:00~/18:00~/19:00~ ◼️Required time: 40 minutes / Time limit 30 minutes ■Ticket prices Solo: 2,500 yen Pair: 4,500 yen * 2,250 yen per person Solo: 2,800 yen Pair: 5,000 yen *2,500 yen per person *All prices include tax ◼️Ticket sales: Tickets will be on sale from 10:00 on Saturday, July 19th at the online ticket sales site “ESCAPE.iD” ◼️Introduction Get the key to escape You have been taken to a cell in the Borah Wanda Prison as a felon. As soon as you are handcuffed and locked in a cage, an announcement is made. “You are serious criminals and deserve the death penalty! … I’d like to say that, but I’ll give you a chance. If you can solve the puzzle set in the cell and escape, you will be acquitted! However, if you do not escape within 30 minutes, you will be executed immediately! ” 30 minutes left until your execution. Solve the mystery and get the key to escape! The highly popular WonderLab Opening Commemorative Performance will be held again in August!
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/25871/66/25871-66-6cd0f117364fe9a515eab28362a16460-2400×1260.jpg An invitation from Wonder Lab, where dreams come true The “Invitation from Wonder Lab: Dreams Come True” performance, which was held to celebrate the opening of Wonder Lab and recorded an astounding 96% participant satisfaction (average satisfaction rating of 4.6 out of 5), will be held again for 10 days only from August 2nd! This is a “hall-type” performance in which teams of up to 4 people are formed and multiple teams divided into tables solve puzzles at the same time, aiming to clear the puzzle within the time limit. The stage is the opening party of Wonder Lab. The story revolves around an unknown device discovered during construction that is said to grant people’s dreams and wishes, and the player, who is invited to a party, is in for a surprise turn of events and extraordinary experiences. ◼️Title: An invitation from Wonder Lab, where dreams come true ◼️Event period: Saturday, August 2, 2025 to Monday, August 11, 2025 (holiday) *Only held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays ◼️Performance times: Fridays from 18:00, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11:00, 13:50 and 16:40 ◼️Duration: 120 minutes / Time limit 60 minutes ■Ticket prices General tickets (1 person): 3,500 yen Student discount tickets (1 person): 3,200 yen Group ticket (1-4 people): 13,200 yen / 3,300 yen per person Student discount group ticket (1-4 people): 12,000 yen / 3,000 yen per person *All prices include tax ◼️Ticket sales: Ticket sales will start on Saturday, July 19th at 10:00 on the online ticket sales site “ESCAPE.iD” ◼️Introduction Welcome to the laboratory full of mystery and wonder The laboratory “Wonder Lab” with the theme of mystery and wonder You have been invited to the opening party. There, they will be announcing the release of an unknown device called “UNKNOWN” that was discovered during the construction of the lab and is said to grant people’s dreams and wishes. A piece of paper with a wish written on it is handed out only to invited guests of the party, and An unknown device that grants that wish. Will you be able to solve the mystery of UNKNOWN at this special party? Can you make your dreams come true? *Event content may change without notice. More information about this release *This email has been sent automatically, so please do not reply.