Tour-type Puzzle-Solving Booklet 'Shin-Nagata Shopping Street Puzzle Solving ~A Notebook Left by My Father~' Releases on Tuesday, March 31!
Nippan, in cooperation with Kobe City, will release a tour-type puzzle-solving booklet set in six shopping streets around JR Shin-Nagata Station on March 31, 2026, aiming to revitalize the local economy.
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NIPPAN (Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc.; President: Ken Togashi; abbreviated as Nippan) will begin selling a tour-type puzzle-solving booklet "Shin-Nagata Shopping Street Puzzle Solving ~A Notebook Left by My Father~ (hereafter referred to as this booklet)", set in six shopping streets around JR Shin-Nagata Station (Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture), at bookstores in the Kobe area starting Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
This booklet was produced and is being sold in cooperation with the Kobe City Urban Bureau, aiming to further revitalize and create a buzz in response to Kobe City's efforts to revitalize the area around JR Shin-Nagata Station.
■ Background and Objectives
To date, aiming to promote regional revitalization and book culture within Kobe City, Nippan has carried out various projects in collaboration with Kobe City. These include organizing a puzzle-solving experience event at the Kobe Kitano Ijinkan, opening a completely unmanned bookstore "Hontasu Shinkobe" at Shin-Kobe Station (which was a bookstore-less area), and publishing the booklet "zine KOBE", which contains a tour-type puzzle-solving game around the city of Kobe and literary works themed on various Kobe spots, as the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "FY2025 Written and Printed Culture Resources Utilization Promotion Project."
The Shin-Nagata area, the setting for this booklet, is a region where the culture as a "city of reconstruction" formed by redevelopment after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake coexists with the downtown culture that has continued since before the earthquake. It is also an area expected to create further bustle as a new hub for transmitting culture in the future.
In implementing the Shin-Nagata Shopping Street puzzle-solving project, we proceeded with the cooperation of Kobe City in coordinating various tour spots that serve as the stage for the puzzles, issuing limited coupons at local companies and restaurants, and disseminating information to project participants.
Taking this project as an opportunity, Nippan aims to develop it into deployments in other areas of the city and hold it as a regular project in the future. We will continue to aim to contribute to regional revitalization and the creation of a lively atmosphere while cooperating with Kobe City.
■ Features of the Tour-Type Puzzle-Solving Booklet "Shin-Nagata Shopping Street Puzzle Solving"
(1) A Tour Experience that Generates New Discoveries Set in 6 Shopping Streets
By designing a route that visits 6 shopping streets around JR Shin-Nagata Station, we provide a tour experience where you can feel the charm of the entire area while having fun.
▼ Puzzle-solving spots *In order of the tour route
1. Shin-Nagata Ichibangai Shopping Street
2. Taishosuji Shopping Street
3. Rokkemmichi Shopping Street
4. Marugo Market
5. Honmachisuji Shopping Street
6. Nishi-Kobe Center Street
(2) Comes with Project-Limited Coupons
In collaboration with 5 restaurants in the Shin-Nagata area, we will issue coupons that can be used exclusively by those who purchase this booklet. By encouraging the use of restaurants in the surrounding area during breaks between solving puzzles, we will lead to the revitalization of the local economy.
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This booklet was produced and is being sold in cooperation with the Kobe City Urban Bureau, aiming to further revitalize and create a buzz in response to Kobe City's efforts to revitalize the area around JR Shin-Nagata Station.
■ Background and Objectives
To date, aiming to promote regional revitalization and book culture within Kobe City, Nippan has carried out various projects in collaboration with Kobe City. These include organizing a puzzle-solving experience event at the Kobe Kitano Ijinkan, opening a completely unmanned bookstore "Hontasu Shinkobe" at Shin-Kobe Station (which was a bookstore-less area), and publishing the booklet "zine KOBE", which contains a tour-type puzzle-solving game around the city of Kobe and literary works themed on various Kobe spots, as the Agency for Cultural Affairs' "FY2025 Written and Printed Culture Resources Utilization Promotion Project."
The Shin-Nagata area, the setting for this booklet, is a region where the culture as a "city of reconstruction" formed by redevelopment after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake coexists with the downtown culture that has continued since before the earthquake. It is also an area expected to create further bustle as a new hub for transmitting culture in the future.
In implementing the Shin-Nagata Shopping Street puzzle-solving project, we proceeded with the cooperation of Kobe City in coordinating various tour spots that serve as the stage for the puzzles, issuing limited coupons at local companies and restaurants, and disseminating information to project participants.
Taking this project as an opportunity, Nippan aims to develop it into deployments in other areas of the city and hold it as a regular project in the future. We will continue to aim to contribute to regional revitalization and the creation of a lively atmosphere while cooperating with Kobe City.
■ Features of the Tour-Type Puzzle-Solving Booklet "Shin-Nagata Shopping Street Puzzle Solving"
(1) A Tour Experience that Generates New Discoveries Set in 6 Shopping Streets
By designing a route that visits 6 shopping streets around JR Shin-Nagata Station, we provide a tour experience where you can feel the charm of the entire area while having fun.
▼ Puzzle-solving spots *In order of the tour route
1. Shin-Nagata Ichibangai Shopping Street
2. Taishosuji Shopping Street
3. Rokkemmichi Shopping Street
4. Marugo Market
5. Honmachisuji Shopping Street
6. Nishi-Kobe Center Street
(2) Comes with Project-Limited Coupons
In collaboration with 5 restaurants in the Shin-Nagata area, we will issue coupons that can be used exclusively by those who purchase this booklet. By encouraging the use of restaurants in the surrounding area during breaks between solving puzzles, we will lead to the revitalization of the local economy.
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