Fixes and new features, with thanks to the players who help us improve.
New: the Hokuriku edition
The Hokuriku Rail Challenge is live: 156 stations on 11 conventional lines across Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama. It has JR West's Hokuriku Main, Obama, Etsumi-Hoku, Nanao, Himi, Johana and Takayama Main lines, the three railways that took over the Hokuriku Main Line when the Shinkansen arrived (Hapi-Line Fukui, IR Ishikawa Railway and Ainokaze Toyama Railway), and the Noto Railway. Amaharashi by the beach, Kuzuryuko at the end of the line, and Shikibu and Takaoka-Yabunami, with hiragana in their names, are all in. As in the other JR editions, lines are cut at the prefecture borders: the Hokuriku Main Line ends at Shin-Hikida and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line at Etchu-Miyazaki. Line names are shown from the start.
If you spot a wrong station name, please let us know.
Corrected the readings of Sasabara and Shigo stations on the Aichi Loop Line
In the Nagoya private railways edition, Sasabara Station (17), previously labelled “Shinohara”, and Shigo Station (14), previously “Yotsugo”, on the Aichi Loop Line now carry their correct names. ささばら and しごう are accepted as answers.
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Seven Gotemba Line stations join the Kanto JR edition
Shimo-Soga, Kami-Oi, Sagami-Kaneko, Matsuda, Higashi-Yamakita, Yamakita and Yaga on the Gotemba Line are in, bringing the Kanto JR edition to 482 stations on 39 lines. JR Central runs the Gotemba Line, so it was left out while the edition covered JR East only; the edition now covers every JR station in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba. Like the other lines it stops at the prefecture border, at Yaga, the westernmost station in Kanagawa (Suruga-Oyama onward is in Shizuoka). Kozu becomes an interchange between the Tokaido and Gotemba lines. Answer rates for the seven new stations count only plays made after they were added.
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Fixed: “Give up” sometimes did nothing
“Give up” and “Start over” asked for confirmation with the browser’s own dialog. Some in-app browsers (the page you get when you open a link inside a social media app) and browsers set to block dialogs never show that dialog and treat it as “Cancel”, so the button seemed dead. The question is now drawn in the page itself, so finishing works in every browser.
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Special thanks to a streamer who played the game
The YouTube channel “Belfastは19街区のなか。@地理・都市論” played the game on stream in “【地理雑談】今後の活動について＆〇〇全駅当てよう”. The About page now has a Special thanks section with links to the stream and the channel’s X account.
Thank you for playing it on stream!
Typing 涉谷 now counts as Shibuya
Chinese writes the 渋 of Shibuya as 澀 or 涩, but many players type the look-alike 涉. Spellings like 涉谷 and 涉川 now count for Shibuya, Shibukawa, Shibusawa and Koza-Shibuya in every game; before, only the Tokyo subway edition accepted 涉谷.
Thanks for the report! If another spelling you type is not accepted, please let us know.
New: the Kita-Kanto JR edition
The Kita-Kanto JR Challenge is live: 168 JR East stations on 15 lines across Tochigi, Gunma and Ibaraki, including the Joban, Utsunomiya, Nikko, Karasuyama, Mito, Ryomo, Joetsu, Agatsuma, Shin'etsu Main, Suigun and Kashima lines. Doai, with its 462 steps, is in, and so is Kairakuen, open only during the plum festival. As in the Kanto JR edition, lines are cut at the prefecture borders, so Toride, Koga, Shimmachi and Gumma-Fujioka are in this one. Line names are shown from the start.
A player asked for this one. Thank you! If you spot a wrong station name, please let us know.
Runs past 400 stations now count in the stats
In the Kanto Private Rail (712 stations), Kansai Private Rail (598) and Kanto JR (475) editions, runs that named more than 400 stations were left out of the shared statistics (the score distribution and each station’s answer rate). This is fixed: runs of any length now count. Runs from before the fix cannot be added retroactively; we are sorry about that.
Thank you to everyone taking on all those stations.
Ajiyoshi is now two stations in the Nagoya private railways edition
Ajiyoshi on the Meitetsu Komaki Line (KM11) and Ajiyoshi on the Johoku Line are separate stations about a ten-minute walk apart, not an official interchange. They used to count as one; they now count as two, so the Nagoya private railways edition has 324 stations. Each time you enter 味美 (Ajiyoshi) it answers one of them, and 名鉄味美 or 城北線味美 answers that station directly.
Thank you to the player who reported this and helped improve our station data.
Corrected the readings of Nabata and Koboreguchi stations
In the Kansai private railways edition, Nabata Station (Kintetsu Ikoma Line, G18), previously labelled “Natabata”, and Koboreguchi Station (Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line, F02), previously “Kohoriguchi”, now carry their correct names. なばた and こぼれぐち are accepted as answers.
Thank you to the players who reported these and helped improve our station data.
New: the Kanto Other Lines edition
The Kanto Other Lines Challenge is live: 225 stations on the 19 lines in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba that are neither subway, nor JR, nor one of the major private railways. It covers the Yurikamome, Rinkai Line, Tokyo Monorail, Tsukuba Express, Toden Arakawa Line, Nippori-Toneri Liner, Tama Monorail, Hokuso Line, Toyo Rapid Line, Saitama Railway Line, New Shuttle, Chiba Monorail, Disney Resort Line, Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line, Kanazawa Seaside Line, Enoden, Shonan Monorail and Ryutetsu Nagareyama Line. As in the Kanto Private Rail edition, line names are hidden: name three stations on a line and its name and colour are revealed. This edition takes the Tsukuba Express only as far as Kashiwa-Tanaka, its last station in Chiba.
Thank you to everyone who plays. If you spot a wrong station name, please let us know.
New: the Kanto JR edition
The Kanto JR Challenge is live: 475 JR East stations on 38 lines across Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba. It covers the Tokaido, Utsunomiya and Takasaki lines that the Shonan-Shinjuku and Ueno-Tokyo lines run on, the Uchibo, Sotobo and Kururi lines on the Boso Peninsula, and the Tsurumi Line out to Umi-Shibaura, the station you cannot leave. Line names are shown from the start. Lines are cut where they leave the four prefectures, so Toride, Atami, Koga and Shimmachi are not included. The Tokyo-only Tokyo JR edition (142 stations) is still there to play.
Thank you to everyone who plays. If you spot a wrong station name, please let us know.
Fixed the Inokashira Line order and two station readings
In the Kanto private railways edition, Meidaimae (IN08) on the Keio Inokashira Line was wrongly placed between Shimo-Kitazawa and Shindaita. It now sits between Higashi-Matsubara and Eifukucho, so the map, neighbouring stops and quiz hints are correct. Koku-koen Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line, SS23), previously labelled “Kokuko-koen”, and Yoshita Station (Kintetsu Keihanna Line, C25) in the Kansai private railways edition, previously “Yoshida”, now carry their correct names. こうくうこうえん and よした are accepted as answers.
Thank you to the players who reported these and helped improve our station data.
Corrected the reading of Aioi Station
In the Kanto private railways edition, Aioi Station (Tobu Kiryu Line, TI56) was incorrectly labelled “Oioi”. It now reads “Aioi” and accepts あいおい, アイオイ and Aioi as answers.
Thank you to the player who reported this and helped improve our station data.
From Amaharashi on the Himi Line and Kuzuryuko on the Etsumi-Hoku Line to Anamizu on the Noto Peninsula: 156 stations on 11 lines run by JR West, the three railways that took over the Hokuriku Main Line, and the Noto Railway, across Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama. How many can you name from memory?
Progress by linePick a line to show only that line on the map
How to play and FAQ
How many stations?
156 conventional-line stations in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama: JR West's lines, the three railways that took over the Hokuriku Main Line, and the Noto Railway (Echizen-Takefu and Kurobe-Unazukionsen, served only by the Shinkansen, are not included). Stations served by several lines, such as Tsuruga and Takaoka, count once.
Which lines are included?
JR West's Hokuriku Main Line (Tsuruga to Shin-Hikida), Obama, Etsumi-Hoku, Nanao, Himi and Johana lines and Takayama Main Line (Toyama to Inotani); the Hapi-Line Fukui, IR Ishikawa Railway and Ainokaze Toyama Railway lines that took over the Hokuriku Main Line; and the Noto Railway Nanao Line: 11 in all. Toyama Chiho Railway, Hokuriku Railroad, Echizen Railway, Fukui Railway and the Manyosen are not included.
What happened to the Hokuriku Main Line?
Each time the Hokuriku Shinkansen was extended, the Hokuriku Main Line beside it passed from JR West to local railways. When the Shinkansen reached Kanazawa in 2015, Kanazawa to Kurikara went to IR Ishikawa Railway and Kurikara to Ichiburi to Ainokaze Toyama Railway. When it reached Tsuruga in 2024, IR Ishikawa Railway took Kanazawa to Daishoji as well and Daishoji to Tsuruga became Hapi-Line Fukui. Only Maibara to Tsuruga is still JR's Hokuriku Main Line, of which this game includes the two stations in Fukui, Shin-Hikida and Tsuruga.
What about stations outside the three prefectures?
They are left out: lines leaving the three prefectures are cut at the border. The Hokuriku Main Line ends at Shin-Hikida (Omi-Shiotsu is in Shiga), the Obama Line at Aonogo (Matsunoodera is in Kyoto), the Takayama Main Line at Inotani (Sugihara is in Gifu) and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line at Etchu-Miyazaki (Ichiburi is in Niigata).
How do I answer?
Type a station name and press Enter. Japanese, kana, romaji and Chinese names all work. Two stations have hiragana in their names, しきぶ (Shikibu) and 高岡やぶなみ (Takaoka-Yabunami). Romaji can follow the station signs (Wakuraonsen) or be split into words (Wakura Onsen).
How does the quiz work?
Use the line and the neighbouring stops to pick the hidden station from four choices.