Kairosoft Game Guide and Walkthrough

All items will increase in price every time you purchase one. This includes all decorations which are bought through the store.

Consumable Items:

Item	Base Cost	How to Unlock	Effect	Best Used On
Iced Tea	¥4,400	Initially Available	Boosts facility popularity and price	Vending Machines
Green Tea	¥5,000	Initially Available	Boosts facility popularity and price	Vending Machines
Milk	¥6,200	Complete the Pasture Investment	Boosts facility popularity and price	Restaurants & Vending Machines
Honey	¥6,800	Complete the Garden Investment	Boosts facility popularity and price	Restaurants
Seaweed	¥5,600	Initially Available	Boosts facility popularity and price	Restaurants
Mushrooms	¥7,400	Complete the Hiking Course Investment	Boosts facility popularity and price	Restaurants
Flower Poster	¥10,000	Complete the Design Studio Investment	Boosts facility popularity and price	Western Rooms & Restaurants
Comic Books	¥14,000	Complete the Art Colony Investment	Boosts facility popularity and price	Reading Rooms & Souvenir Stands
Price Seed	¥40,000	Appears from Y2 M4	Boosts facility price	Rooms (Western/Tatami) and Baths
Popularity Seed	¥30,000	Appears from Y2 M7	Boosts facility popularity	Rooms (Western/Tatami) and Baths
Glamour Seed	N/A	Rank 1 in Glamour Springs Guidebook (1 Only)	Boosts compatability for females by +1 hearts	Baths (W) & Large Baths (W)
Fame Seed	N/A	Rank 1 in Top 100 Springs Guidebook (1 Only)	Boosts bath effects	Baths & Large Baths
Gourmet Seed	N/A	Rank 1 in Gourmet Springs Guidebook (1 Only)	Boosts Restaurant price by +¥600 and popularity by +30	Restaurants
Relaxation Seed	N/A	Rank 1 in Relaxing Springs Guidebook (1 Only)	Boosts facility base scenery	Rooms and Baths

Notes:
* Mushrooms have a negative effect on the Western & Tatami Rooms!
* Honey has a negative effect on baths!
* The Fame Seed will add one level of Jacuzzi, Spa and either Silfound hereky Smooth/Springerade depending if it is used on Bath (W) or Bath (M)!
* Milk will add one level of Silky Smooth if used on a bath (W), applies for Large Bath (W) as well.
* The Relaxation Seed will add a different amount of scenery depending on the type of facility it is being used on.

Land Deeds:

Item	Cost	How to Unlock	Land Received
Land Deed I	¥20,000	Appears in Y2 M3	Adds +1 Rows to the Top and +2 Columns to the Left
Land Deed II	¥400,000	Appears after Land Deed I is purchased	Adds +2 Rows to the Top and +2 Columns to the Left
Land Deed III	¥500,000	Appears after Land Deed II is purchased	Adds +1 Rows to the Top and +3 Columns to the Left
Land Deed IV	¥1,500,000	Appears after Land Deed III is purchased	Adds +3 Rows to the Top and +1 Columns to the Left
Land Deed V	¥2,500,000	Appears after Land Deed IV is purchased	Adds +4 Rows to the Top and +0 Columns to the Left

Investment Targets:

Investment	Cost	How to Unlock	Target Unlocked
Acting School	¥380,000	Nurse target Pop = 30	Actress
Airport	¥420,000	Trader target Pop = 30	Nobleman
Art Colony	¥160,000	Illustrator target Pop = 30	Cartoonist + Comic Book Item
Art Gallery	¥360,000	G. Manager target Pop = 30	Painter
Big Hospital	¥340,000	Announcer target Pop = 30	Nurse
Botanical Garden	¥160,000	Biz-man and Biz-woman target Pop = 30	Young Couple + Azalea Decoration
Career Change	¥480,000	COO target Pop = 30	Governor
Ceremony	¥700,000	All target Pop = 40	Rich Couple
Church	¥200,000	Yng Couple target Pop = 30	Young Family
Comedy Jam	¥320,000	Landlord target Pop = 30	Comedian
Concert Hall	¥240,000	TV Host target Pop = 30	Pianist
Convention Centre	¥180,000	Cartoonist target Pop = 30	Booth Babe
Design Studio	¥130,000	Biz-woman target Pop = 50 + Garden Investment complete	Illustrator + Flower Poster Item
Develop Resort	¥520,000	Chairprsn target Pop = 30	Noblewoman
Electioneering	¥580,000	Rich Missus target Pop = 30	First Lady
Famous College	¥460,000	Actress target Pop = 30	Chairperson
Fashion Show	¥290,000	Booth Babe target Pop = 30	Model + Inn Pop + 7
Fishing Grounds	¥80,000	Hiker target Pop = 30	Fisherman
FT School	¥40,000	Antique Dir target Pop = 30	Fortune-teller
Game Company	¥80,000	Biz-man target Pop = 30	Programmer
Go National	¥550,000	Govenor target Pop = 30	Legislator
Golf Course	¥300,000	Novelist target Pop = 30	G. Manager
Heliport	¥480,000	All target Pop = 30	CEO
Hiking Course	¥40,000	Appears at Y1 M11	Hiker
Hire Secretary	¥260,000	G. Manager target Pop = 30	Secretary
Lavish Party	¥600,000	CEO target Pop = 30	Rich Heir
Law Office	¥330,000	Model target Pop = 30	Lawyer
Luxury Apts	¥360,000	Lawyer target Pop = 30	Celebrity
Magazine	¥200,000	Pastry Chef target Pop = 30	Journalist
Mansion Land	¥480,000	Opera Sngr target Pop = 30	Rich Missus
Mountain Hut	¥180,000	Manager target Pop = 30	M. Artist
Mountain Path	¥180,000	M. Artist target Pop = 30	Old Couple
Move Lab	¥150,000	Prgrmmr target Pop = 30	Researcher
Move Large Firm	¥420,000	Painter target Pop = 30	COO
News Program	¥290,000	Journalist target Pop = 30	Announcer
Opera House	¥300,000	Tea Expert target Pop = 30	Opera Singer
Pastry School	¥140,000	Housewife target Pop = 30	Pastry Chef
Pop Star Debut	¥420,000	Celebrity target Pop = 30	Pop Singer
Start Venture	¥90,000	Biz-man target Pop = 30	Manager
Stock Exchange	¥380,000	Pianist target Pop = 30	Trader
Tea Contest	¥160,000	Fortuneteller target Pop = 30	Tea Expert
TV Station	¥180,000	Researcher target Pop = 30	TV Host
Writing Classes	¥240,000	M. Artist target Pop = 30	Novelist

Investment Special Guests:

Investment	Cost	How to Unlock	Target Sex/Age Group	Unlocks upon Completed
Architect	¥100,000	Appears when Land Deed II is purchased	Male/Adult	Stone Floor, Side Gate, Front Gate & Reception
Beautician	¥40,000	Appears when total female target Pop = 200	Female/Youth	Salon
Cafe Owner	¥40,000	Appears when Manager target Pop = 65	Male/Adult	Cafe
Chimpan Z	¥360,000	Appears when you achieve Rank 1 in every Guidebook	Male/Youth	Large Bath (M) & Large Bath (W)
Famous FT	¥60,000	Appears when Fortuneteller target Pop = 40	Female/Senior	Fortuneteller
Kairobot	¥120,000	Appears when all targets Pop = 90	Male/Adult	VIP Room
Tea Master	¥60,000	Appears when Tea Master target Pop = 40	Female/Senior	Tea Room

Investment Decorations:

Investment	Cost	How to Unlock
Bamboo	¥220,000	Appears when 20 Tatami Rooms are present in your Hot Spring
Lantern	¥180,000	Appears when 10 Natural Stones are present in your Hot Spring
Plum Tree	¥260,000	Appears when 20 Bamboo are present in your Hot Spring
Maple Tree	¥240,000	Appears when 10 Plum Trees are present in your Hot Spring and you have completed the Expand Store II Investment
Pond	¥400,000	Appears when 20 Natural Stones and 20 Lanterns are present in your Hot Spring

Investment Other:

Investment	Cost	How to Unlock	Effect
Advertise	¥50,000	Starts appearing from Y1 M11. Reappears after 6 months after it is researched	Increases staying customers in the following month
Expand Store I	¥130,000	Appears after you have bought 55 items from the store	Expands item selection in the store
Expand Store II	¥500,000	Appears after you have bought 130 items from the store	Greatly expands item selection in the store
Garden	¥60,000	Appears in Y1 M11	Increases Inn Popularity +2

Facility Behaviour
Behaviour Related to Baths
Baths are one of the two facilities that can be used by Day Visitors (those who do not stay over night at your inn). The other facility is the Souvenir Stand.

Day Visitors takes less time to bath, since Day Visitors do not get a satisfaction increase. This can sometimes make the next person waiting outside the bath wait a little longer, since Day Visitor bathes so fast they queue up to change their clothes back to their normal attire right after the previous bather. As such, the next person waiting outside has to wait for two people to change back to normal attire instead of one due to the Day Visitors bathing speed.
While Large Baths have two bathing spots, they only have one spot to change clothes.
After baths, male guests will go directly to either a Massage Chair or a Vending Machine. After that, they will return to their room, then actively seek a Massage Chair or a Vending Machine if they have not used it yet. However, if the Massage Chair or Vending Machine is really far away from his room, he can skip them and use other facilities instead. However, since they are willing to walk far distances to use these two facilities, it is ideal to place both of them near the baths to save them walking time and maximize the efficiency of your inn. They will usually substitute an unavailable Vending Machine with a Tea Room or a Cafe, though even after using a Tea Room or a Cafe, they will still try to seek for an available Vending Machine.

After baths, female guests will go directly to either a Massage Chair, a Vending Machine or a Salon. Female guests have one more actively sought out facility as compared to male guests. Try to place these facilities near the bath to save the guests walking between the facilities they seek out. Vending Machines and Massage Chairs should be spread out over the inn, since they will cut walking time as well as increase compatibility with rooms and other facilities.

Group guests will seperate to different baths according to their sex. When one sex is finished bathing, they will not directly go to a Massage Chair, a Vending Machine or a Salon, but go back to the room and wait for the other sex to return. After both sexes have returned to the room, then they will together actively seek out a Massage Chair or a Vending Machine. Group guests never use the Salon.

Because the game calculates the distance and time to reach facilities, sometimes only one sex of a Group guest will walk to the bath while the other sex waits in the room. For example, at 11:30 PM, the male of the Young Couple might walk to a near by Male Bath while the female will wait in the room, not going to the far away Female Bath.

Facility Usage
Ping Pong Tables can only be used by Group guests.

Salons can only be used by Women. None of the women in Groups can use it.

Pachinko Machines cannot be used by Group guests.

All Baths and Souvenir Stand can be patroned by Day Visitors (those who do not stay overnight at your inn) while other facilities can only be used by Stayers.

Use of the Karaoke Room can trigger a guest to go directly to a Vending Machine. It is advisable to place a Vending Machine directly next to your Karaoke Machine to maximize efficiency.

Karaoke Rooms take up more time when a guest is using it. The animation is longer than other facilities.

There’s a two step process for guests using the Souvenir Stand; the first step is selecting the product which increase their satisfaction level and the second step is walking to the cashier to pay. If the guest has finished selecting the product but are walking to the cashier as the time limit is reached, they will abandon their action and go back to their room without paying money.

Each facility has special affinity according to the different guest types. For example, from the same walking distance, Seniors will go to a Tea Room more than an Arcade. Music or TV related guests like Pianist, Pop Idol, Announcer prefer the Karaoke Room. Youth and Tech-related guests prefer the Arcade.

The Vending Machine is the best facility by far. It is one of the actively sought out facilities after using the Bath, and can sometimes be sought out after using the Karaoke Room. Along with the fact that the Vending Machine gives ‘All Up’ compability to both Tatami and Western Room, as well as other facilities such as the Arcade and the Ping Pong Table, it is recommended that you have plenty of Vending Machines for multiple usage. It also has one of the fastest usage animation to boot.

Star Key:
* – Very Easy
** – Easy
*** – Slightly Hard
**** – Hard
***** – Very Hard
****** – Super Hard

Effect Key:
Votes – Will input more votes to current guidebook ranking.
Items – Will randomly give you items from facilities they have used.
Stayers – Are more likely to stay more nights in your hot spring.
Money – Will randomly increase the amount of money they bring to future visits when checking out of your inn.
Facilities – Will randomly increase the scenery of the facilities they visit.
Advertising – Will randomly increase the amount of people who will visit your inn.

Target	Difficulty	Gender	Age Group	Effect
Antique Dir	*	Female	Senior	Votes
Biz-man	**	Male	Youth	Items
Biz-woman	**	Female	Youth	Stayers
Booth Babe	***	Female	Adult	Votes
Cartoonist	***	Female	Youth	Money
Fisherman	**	Male	Adult	Items
Fortuneteller	***	Female	Senior	Items
Hiker	*	Male	Senior	Money
Housewife	**	Female	Adult	Votes
Illustrator	**	Female	Youth	Facilities
Journalist	***	Female	Youth	Advertising
Landlord	***	Male	Senior	Stayers
Journalist	***	Female	Youth	Advertising
M. Artist	***	Male	Adult	Stayers
Manager	**	Male	Adult	Money
Opera Sngr	****	Male	Senior	Votes
Pastry Chef	***	Female	Adult	Items
Prgrmmr	**	Male	Youth	Stayers
Student	*	Male	Youth	Advertising
Tea Expert	****	Female	Senior	Facilities
Yng Couple	**	Group	Youth	Stayers
Yng Family	**	Group	Youth	Votes
Govenor	****	Male	Adult	Money
Painter	***	Male	Adult	Facilities
Comedian	****	Male	Senior	Advertising
Trader	****	Male	Youth	Money
Nurse	****	Female	Adult	Stayers
Lawyer	****	Female	Adult	Money
Secretary	***	Female	Youth	Stayers
TV Host	***	Male	Youth	Advertising
COO	****	Male	Adult	Advertising
Celebrity	****	Female	Youth	Items
Pianist	***	Male	Youth	Items
G. Manager	***	Male	Adult	Advertising
Actress	****	Female	Adult	Advertising
Announcer	***	Male	Adult	Stayers
Chairprsn	*****	Female	Senior	Votes
Novelist	***	Male	Adult	Votes
Old Couple	**	Group	Senior	Items
Nobleman	****	Male	Adult	Items
Noblewmn	*****	Female	Adult	Facilities
Rich Missus	*****	Female	Senior	Stayers
Model	****	Feale	Youth	Advertising
CEO	*****	Male	Senior	Items
Researcher	***	Male	Youth	Facilities
First Lady	******	Female	Senior	Advertising
Pop Singer	*****	Female	Youth	Advertising
Legislator	*****	Male	Adult	Votes
Rich Couple	******	Group	Senior	Stayers
Rich Heir	******	Male	Senior	Facilities

Notes:
- Super Hard isn’t technically classed as 6 stars, but for the three that are classed as Super Hard, I wanted to differentiate between them.
- The more difficult the guest is to please, the stronger their effect is. (e.g. CEO will find better items than Biz-man).

Image below applied to all scenery and bottom image applies only to Ponds.

Scenery	Y	YG	G	BG	B
Pine Tree	6	3	1	0	0
Hydrangea	6	3	1	0	0
Hydrangea (Summer)	8	4	2	1	0
Natural Stone	10	5	2	1	1
Azalea	12	6	3	1	1
Azalea (Spring)	15	7	3	1	1
Lantern	13	6	3	1	1
Lantern (Night)	16	8	4	2	1
Bamboo	16	8	4	2	1
Maple Tree	18	9	4	2	1
Maple Tree (Autumn)	22	11	5	2	2
Plum Tree	18	9	4	2	1
Plum Tree (Spring)	24	12	6	3	2
Plum Tree (Summer)	20	12	6	3	2
Pond	32	16	8	4	2

For 2 tile facilities placed on both Y values of the pond, the scenery increase is +52. For facilities placed on both G values of the pond, the scenery increase is +12.

All compatable facilities add/subtract 0.5 hearts to the affected groups

Facility 1	Facility 2	Effect
Room (Western/Tatami)	Pachinko Machine	Room: All Down
Room (Western/Tatami)	Karaoke Room	Room: All Down
Room (Western/Tatami)	Massage Chair	Room: Adults Up, Seniors Up
Room (Western/Tatami)	Cafe	Room: Men Up
Room (Western/Tatami)	Fortuneteller	Room: Women Up
Room (Western/Tatami)	Vending Machine	Room: All Up
Tatami Room	Tatami Room	Both: All Up
Tatatmi Room	Tea Room	Tatami Room: Adults Up, Seniors Up
Western Room	Western Room	Both: All Up
Western Room	Restaurant	Western Room: All Up
Souvenir Stand	Western Room	Both: Youth Up, Adults Down, Seniors Down, Groups Down
Souvenir Stand	Vending Machine	Both: Youth Up, Adults Up, Groups Up
Souvenir Stand	Vending Machine	Both: Youth Up, Adults Up, Groups Up
Pachinko Machine	Arcade	Both: Men Up
Pachinko Machine	Tea Room	Both: All Down
Pachinko Machine	Pachinko Machine	Both: Adults (M) Up
Massage Chair	Salon	Both: Women Up
Cafe	Karaoke Room	Both: Adults (M) Up, Seniors (M) Up
Cafe	Reading Room	Both: Adults (M) Up, Seniors (M) Up
Cafe	Arcade	Both: Adults (M) Down, Seniors (M) Down
Salon	Fortuneteller	Both: Women Up
Salon	Pachinko Machine	Both: Women Up
Vending Machine	Ping Pong Table	Both: All Up
Vending Machine	Arcade	Both: All Up
Tea Room	Reading Room	Both: All Up
Tea Room	Restaurant	Both: All Up
Reading Room	Karaoke Room	Both: All Down
Reading Room	Pachinko Machine	Both: All Down
Ping Pong Table	Arcade	Both: Groups Down
Room (Western/Tatami)	VIP Room	Room: All Up
Tea Room	VIP Room	Tea Room: All Up
Vending Machine	VIP Room	Vending Machine: All Up
Massage Chair	VIP Room	Massage Chair: All Up
Restaurant	VIP Room	Restaurant: All Up
Souvenir Stand	VIP Room	Souvenir Stand: All Up
Arcade	VIP Room	Arcade: All Up
Reading Room	VIP Room	Reading Room: All Up
Pachinko Machine	VIP Room	Pachinko Machine: All Up
Salon	VIP Room	Salon: All Up
Karaoke Room	VIP Room	Karaoke Room: All Up
Cafe	VIP Room	Cafe: All Up
Fortuneteller	VIP Room	Fortunerteller: All Up
Ping Pong Table	VIP Room	Ping Pong Table: All Up

General Hints
Check the store every single week. The inventory in the store is refreshed every night at Midnight, so make sure that you look to see if new items have arrived.

ALWAYS buy Popularity and Price seeds as they become available in the store. They are the best items in the game.

Focus on using Popularity and Price seeds on your Rooms and Baths as these facilities are the most frequently used and will generate the most income and satisfaction points for your guests.

Establish a layout for your inn and try to stick to it as best you can. Having the demolish and rebuild takes time and money, and can become a major hassle, even if you have the funds to do so.

Change your target guests regularly. Guests with a sufficiently high Pop will still frequent your inn, and will inherently gain further Popularity points, so it helps to change targets to get other types of guests to visit your inn without having to directly focus on drawing them in.

Try to complete as many investments as possible to unlock more targets. The higher the total number of targets you have, the more guests you will have visiting your inn.

Guest Behaviour
Stayers – General Behaviors
People who walk along the roads near your inn have a chance to walk and check in to your inn. 8 PM is the latest time where a potential guest will spawn from one of the 3 spawning points.

Potential guests can start spawning at your inn as early as 10AM, but during M5 (Golden Week) or a month that the Advertising Research investment is completed, normal guests do not enter your inn until 12 PM when a large number of people will flock to your inn, spawning from the South East spawning point. From this point, the large amount of guests will automatically spread out to each reception desk you have, though building a reception desk on the South East area where they spawn will allow you to receive some guests more efficiently. Guests spawning in such way walk at a much higher speed to queue up at your reception desk.

After a guest has checked in, he/she will be randomly assigned to an empty room. However, if you have more than one reception point, the AI will try to assign each guest to a room closer to each reception desk. Rrooms with low compatibility and scenery are usually the last to be checked in. Also, rooms you build last tend to be last to get checked into, giving that its scenery and compatibility values are average. Since you would want the rooms closest to reception point to get checked in first (maximizing guest time at your inn), try to focus on scenery for the rooms near the front of your inn.

The guest goes to their room and put their bags down, paying the room cost as they do so. Then, they will sit down and receive popularity points, according to the popularity and compatibility of the room. They do this only ONCE – guests who stay overnight do not pay the room cost or gain popularity points on the second and subsequent days.

Guests will walk from their room to a facility, then to return to their room before going to another facility. The exceptions are baths and karaoke room (see below section).

If a guest is going to check out on the next day, the only activity they will perform is to check out. They will not use any facilities on the way to the reception desk.

All guest will use each kind of facility only once, with the exception of the Vending Machine. The vending Machine is actively sought out by guests after using the Bath and sometimes after using the Karaoke Room, thus enabling multiple uses of Vending Machines in the same day.

Stayers – General Timetable
Potential stayers spawn around 10 AM at the earliest and 8 PM at latest.
Most Youth have a time limit (see below) of Midnight, Adults around 11:30 PM and Seniors around 11 PM. I say most because certain guest types from the same age group have different timetable. For example, Antique Dir and Hiker go back to their rooms as early as 10 -10:30 PM, while Fisherman can stay up as late as 11 PM. For Group guests, Yng Couple and Yng Family are considered as Youth, while Old Couple and Rich Couple are considered as Senior. However, Rich Couple is more flexible time-wise than Old Couple.

The earlier the guest sleeps, the earlier they seem to get up the next morning. This somewhat balances out Seniors worth, since they wake up earlier and can use more facilities on their subsequent days. Overall though, Youth is still the best age group, as they can stay up the latest, maximizing their worth on the very first day they check in. There is no guarantee for Seniors to stay over for more than one night, so if a Senior checks out the very next morning, then waking up early does not have any extra benefit.

When the time limit of each guest type arrives, the guests who have not reached their next facility will turn around and go back to their room. By “reach”, I mean that they are already using the facility. Thus, if they are queuing up when their time limit is reached, they will head back to their room and not use the facility. This also occurs once it hits Midnight every week. For baths, if the guests have already changed their attire when their time limit is reached, they will wait even if there’s another guest currently using the bath. For the Souvenir Stand, there’s a two step process for the guest; the first step is selecting the product which increase their satisfaction level and the second step is walking to the cashier to pay. If the guest has finished selecting the product but are walking to the cashier as the time limit is reached, they will abandon their action and go back to their room without paying money.

The game automatically calculates the walking time needed for a guest to reach their next destination. For example, sometimes you see Youth guests sleeping as early as 10 PM. That is because to reach the next unused facility, the game calculates that the time would exceed their time limit. This is also why sometimes Seniors, who usually go back to their rooms around 11 PM, can still be seen walking to the next facility, because the game calculates that this guest would arrive at this facility just before their time limit of 11 PM. However, sometimes the game can miscalculate this as well. You can see a guest walking to a facility and when they are just about to reach the place, they turn around. This is also because the AI is not perfect; sometimes the guest takes the longer route when there is a short route availableor goes to the far Vending Machine instead of a closer Vending Machine because the nearer one is being used by another guest or has another guest heading there simultaneously.