1
Draw cards as indicated
Draw Activity cards simultaneously to your hand based on the Round Tracker Board position
2
Handle round 13 draw
Draw 1 card from either Tokyo or Kyoto deck, then draw the 1 remaining card from your player board (without looking at it first)
3
Play required number of cards
Play 1 or 2 Activity cards simultaneously to your itinerary as indicated by the Round Tracker Board
4
Use Research tokens (optional)
Discard a Research token to draw 3 cards from any combination of decks, then immediately discard any 3 cards to the face-up discard pile
5
Place Activity cards
Add cards to columns below any day (Monday to Saturday) on your player board
6
Consider strategic placement
Place cards to match Favorable Condition tokens, group Tokyo/Kyoto cards together to minimize train penalties, and position cards to meet Highlight bonus requirements
7
Plan a Walk (alternative action)
Discard 1 card, take the top face-down card from either deck without looking, place it face-down in your itinerary, and take 1 Research token
8
Handle yellow background cards
Choose whether each counts as Tokyo or Kyoto when scoring
9
Count matching icons
Total the icons in upper sections of all 3 cards that match the day's Favorable Condition token
10
Claim 1-icon bonus
Move Mood Tracker token 1 space to the right
11
Claim 2-icon bonus
Take either 2 Research tokens OR 1 Wild token
12
Claim 3+ icon bonus
Take either 1 Luxury Train token OR go on an Extra Walk (place face-down card in same day without earning Research token)
13
Select lesser bonus (optional)
You may choose a lower-tier bonus than earned
14
Pass cards left (rounds 1-7)
Place passed cards face-down on the indicated space of the player board to your left
15
Pass cards right (rounds 8-13)
Pass cards to the player on your right instead
16
Verify empty hand
You should have no cards remaining after passing
17
Advance Round Tracker
Move the token 1 space to the right
18
Flip unused Research tokens
Turn them to the side showing 1 point
19
Place train tokens between cities
When traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto (or vice versa), place a train token between those Activity cards
20
Place trains between days
If ending a day in one city and starting the next in another, place the train token above that day's column
21
Use Wild tokens
Discard to move any Experience token 1 space forward (cannot move Mood Tracker or count as other token types)
22
Reveal Walk cards
When reaching a face-down Walk card, reveal it and choose to either play it face-up (take Walk token as reminder) or leave face-down (gains 1 Happiness and Walk icon, scores 2 points if in Highlight position)
23
Activate cards in order
Score Monday through Saturday, top to bottom in each column
24
Score card points
Gain the base points shown on each card
25
Move Experience tokens
Advance tokens for each matching icon in card's upper section
26
Adjust Mood Tracker
Move left for red arrows (stress), right for green arrows (happiness)
27
Score Highlight of the Day bonuses
Check if requirements are met using only icons activated up to that point
28
Track Mood changes
When Mood Tracker reaches rightmost space, move Happiness Tracker right 1 space and reset Mood to center; when reaching leftmost space, move Stress Tracker right 1 space and reset Mood to center
29
Score Experience Track
Earn points based on each Experience token's final position
30
Score Stress/Happiness Trackers
Gain points for Happiness position; lose points for Stress position
31
Count train points
Add 2 points per used Luxury Train; subtract 2 points per Regular Train
32
Add Research token points
Score 1 point per unused Research token
