Nikko Scavenger Hunt: Nikko Mode: The Sacred Mountain Chase
Two hours. One epic Nikko adventure. Your team will solve puzzles, complete challenges, and explore historic landmarks. On this modern day treasure hunt in Nikko you will compete for the top spot in your city. You can start your scavenger hunt any time your group is ready. Learn how it works.
This scavenger hunt will help you explore Nikko. This top rated Nikko Scavenger Hunt scavenger hunt is 2.25 miles and has 8 stops.
Activity Info: Nikko Mode: The Sacred Mountain Chase
Explore Downtown Nikko through a walking tour that leads you to historic landmarks like the Ninomiya Horitsuke Suijinhi and the Imaichi-juku Honjin. Solve riddles, answer trivia, and complete photo challenges at each stop while learning about local legends and unique architecture. Compete for points on the leaderboard as you uncover hidden gems and fascinating stories along the way. Perfect for group outings, family adventures, date nights, or team building events, this city exploration brings history to life in a fun and interactive way.
You can do our interactive scavenger hunt at any time.
Featured Locations On This Scavenger Hunt
Ninomiya Horitsuke Suijinhi
Pause by a marker to farming ingenuity—a stone that celebrates the power of water to transform communities. Nikko's fields still whisper the story started here.
Monument for the Site of the Imaichi Hotoku Office
You have reached a hub of ingenuity where agricultural revolutions took shape. This site pulses with the energy of diligent reformers and bustling planners eager to better Nikko's future.
Nikko Cedar Avenue Guideboard
Get ready to marvel at a path once graced by shoguns, monks, and pilgrims beneath whispering giants. Nikko’s Cedar Avenue is a living green corridor that has amazed travelers for generations. Let’s meander at it's gateway!
Site of the Guest House for Korean Envoys
Venture into a park where international diplomacy once flourished! This site buzzed with parades, ceremonies, and cross-cultural meetings between nations, telling an unexpected chapter of Nikko’s story.
Site of the Imaichi-juku Honjin
Stroll through the heart of historic Imaichi, once a bustling crossroad for Japan's elite travelers and feudal lords. This corner is steeped in stories of grand processions and vital rest stops that fueled the town's fortunes. Let us uncover a relic of Nikko's great highway history!
Imaichi Town Road Starting Point Marker
This quiet corner holds the heart of Imaichi’s travel legacy—a place where every journey once officially began. Step into the shoes of old-time explorers and imagine the open road ahead!
Grave of Ninomiya Sontoku
Within tranquil shrine grounds rests one of Nikko’s most beloved reformers—a man whose wise principles shaped both the land and it's people. Step softly on sacred ground and let inspiration take root.
Aizu Nishi Kaido Oiwake Road Marker
At this juncture, roads and fates parted ways. Explore a stone marker that was once a key decision point for officials and merchants braving the highways of feudal Nikko.
How the Nikko Scavenger Hunt works
Explore Nikko like never before. All you need is a phone and some free time! Our cross-platform mobile app (available on iOS and Android) uses GPS and AI photo scanning to help you navigate from stop to stop as you uncover hidden art, history, and culture all around you.
Solve riddles at each stop, complete hilarious photo challenges, and compete with your team to score the most points and top our city-wide leaderboard.
Earn The Nikko Scavenger Hunt High Score
Love a little competition? On your photo scavenger hunt, each player on your team will receive interactive challenges. You'll work together to solve riddles, answer trivia and complete photo challenges for a chance to top the Nikko leaderboard—and compete for ultimate bragging rights!
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Reviews for Nikko Scavenger Hunt: Nikko Mode: The Sacred Mountain Chase
This was so much fun!!! My husband and I had a great time exploring. A great way to spend a day. Highly recommended!!
Carol Hild
Had so much fun today with my team spice girls for Laura Bachelorette party
Pam Fox
Easy and fun adventure. Good way to tour the city
Scot Branham
Super fun! Great team building for a great company function
Maggie Silliman
Lots of fun, and a great activity with a group! We took the light rail down for some extra adventure. We learned a few fun facts.
Terri Hensen
So much fun and not pricey at all. Did it with a group including kids. They had fun too. We will for sure do more hunts in the future.
Tania Paddock
It was good family fun. Great that you can pause to have lunch etc. was fairly easy but didn’t initially realise clues had time limits - hence missed out! Would definitely do another elsewhere.
Joanne Clements
Had lots of fun. Would definitely recommend this as a fun day.
Megan Prenc
Great time with family and friends would definitely do another tour!
Mike Vigil
Had an enjoyable time and visited a place I've not been before.
Stephanie Yencer
Awesome fun! You should try this. Great competition.
Ben Rathbone
Super fun experience reconnecting with my city and work team!
Sabrina Foster
Awesome way to learn more about our beautiful city! Great date night!
Laura Taylor
SO Fun!! It’s a great team bonding experience & fun to learn about the town you’re in. And an added bonus of exercise!
Monica Thomas
That’s a fun way to see the city and it’s history!
Howard Usher
Awesome game -it rocked!!
James Macie
Loved it! Great experience and challenging as well. Highly recommend!
Aaron Doman