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Determine turn order
From the second month onward, the player whose fire token is furthest along the fire track places their Ikizama first; if tied, the token on top goes first
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Select Ikizama position
Place your Ikizama meeple on an available field of the Ikizama track (fields show 1-4, 1, 2, 3, or 4 movement steps); a field is available if no other meeple occupies it
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Note movement allowance
The number on your chosen field determines how many spaces your Oyakata may move during the Action Phase
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Execute turns in order
Players take turns based on Ikizama track position, from left to right (leftmost field goes first but skips to Phase B2)
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Receive mon if leftmost
If you placed on the leftmost field, receive 1 mon instead of hiring a character or receiving income, then proceed directly to movement
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Choose one option
You must either receive income OR hire a character
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Receive income
Take 4 mon from the supply
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Hire a character
Select an available character card next to the central board and pay its cost (shown in mon at top-left)
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Handle inability to hire
If you lack sufficient mon, available Kobun, or no stalls are available, you must choose to receive income instead
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Move your Oyakata
Move your Oyakata exactly the number of fields shown on your Ikizama track position, following the arrows on the board
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Complete a lap bonus
When your Oyakata passes the starting area (completing a full circuit), all your characters on the board gain experience; move each of your Kobun up one field on their respective cards
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Trade with the shop
After completing movement, you may interact with the shop at your current field; each shop can only be activated once per action
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Trade with characters in stalls
You may also trade with one of the characters in the stalls behind the shop where you stopped
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Sandal Seller
Pay 2 mon to receive 2 sandals from the supply
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Rice Seller
Pay 3 mon to receive 2 rice from the supply
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Fire Brigade
Advance your fire token one field on the fire track; if other tokens occupy your destination field, place yours on top
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Tobacco Seller
Choose one option: buy a pipe / buy tobacco / buy both a pipe and tobacco of the current season; pay the cost shown on the tokens and place them on your player board
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Pawnshop
Choose one option: pay 1 rice and receive 4 mon / pay 1 sandal and receive 4 mon
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Foreman
Choose one option: pay 1 mon and receive 1 rice / pay 1 mon and build one building
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Fish Market
Select a fish token of the current season, pay the cost shown, and place it on the leftmost available field of your player board; you may not buy more than one fish per season
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Exchange Office
Choose one option: pay 6 mon and receive 1 Koban / pay 10 mon and receive 2 Koban / receive 2 mon
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Gather requirements
To build, you must have an available Kobun and the resources shown on the building card
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Pay building cost
Spend the required resources (Koban, wood, etc.) to the supply
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Place the building
Put the building card in an available stall on the central board and place your Kobun on it to show ownership
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Building permanence
Your Kobun remains on the building for the rest of the game unless destroyed by fire; buildings cannot be activated by Oyakata movement
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No feeding required
Kobun on buildings do not require rice during Salary Payment
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Retrieve Ikizama
Take your Ikizama meeple back and place it on your player board
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Add mon to character cards
Place 1 mon from the supply on each character card still next to the central board
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Advance calendar
Move the calendar token to the next month
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Remove old season tokens
Remove remaining fish, pipe, and tobacco tokens from the previous season and replace with the new season's tokens
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Remove old character cards
Remove remaining character cards from the previous season (face-up and deck); return any mon on these cards to the supply
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Reveal new characters
At the start of the following month, reveal 4 new character cards of the new season
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Step 1: Receive Income
Collect income from all your characters on the central board based on their current experience level; retired characters provide income based on the value shown at top-right of their card
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Step 2: Nagaya Harmony Bonus
Score IKI for each Nagaya group containing at least 2 characters of the same type (regardless of owner)
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Step 3: Pay Food
You must pay 1 rice for each character you have on the central board; retired characters and characters on buildings do not require food
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Determine fire origin
The player furthest along the fire track shuffles the 4 fire tiles and reveals one; this shows which stall the fire starts in
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Fire spreads from center
The fire spreads outward from the middle of the board and stops only when extinguished or reaching a Nagaya corner
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Check empty stalls
If the fire reaches an empty stall, it spreads to the next stall with reduced strength (strength decreases by 1 per empty stall)
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Compare fire strength to fire level
When fire reaches a stall with a card, the owner compares their fire token level to the fire strength
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Reshuffle fire tile
After resolving the fire, shuffle the drawn tile back with the other 3 tiles
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Add mon and advance calendar
Place 1 mon on each remaining character card next to the board, then move the calendar token forward
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Remove Winter character cards
Remove all remaining Winter characters from the game (face-up and deck)
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Keep Winter tokens
Leave any remaining fish, pipe, and tobacco tokens of Winter on the board for purchase during New Year
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Retrieve Oyakata
All players take their Oyakata meeple back
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Determine turn order
After all players retrieve their Oyakata, the player whose fire token is furthest along goes first; resolve ties by top token position
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Take final turns
Players take turns in descending fire track order
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Place Oyakata and trade
Place your Oyakata on any field in the main street; you may trade with the shop and one character in the stalls as normal
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Trigger final scoring
After the last player completes their New Year turn, proceed to end-game scoring
