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Steam News26 January 20265mo ago

Version 1.00.0300

New Content Added the Tottori Dunes level with new lessons and words Added "Road to Kurashiki 1" level between こうらくえん and "Road to Kurashiki 2" (formerly 1) in Okayama Prefecture.

Full notes

Full Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey update

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What changed

3 fixes17 additions7 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
  • Events
  • Fixes
addedNew Content
addedAdded the Tottori Dunes level with new lessons and words
addedAdded "Road to Kurashiki 1" level between こうらくえん and "Road to Kurashiki 2" (formerly 1) in Okayama Prefecture. This level is completed automatically after updating for the players vaing reached the former Road to Kurashiki 1 (lesson, quest, battle). The main puzzle of the level can still be replayed.
addedAdded Kanji Radicals to the Kanjidex
addedAdded one achievement in Road To Kurashiki 1
changedQuality of life improvements

Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey changes

addedNew Content
addedAdded the Tottori Dunes level with new lessons and words
addedAdded "Road to Kurashiki 1" level between こうらくえん and "Road to Kurashiki 2" (formerly 1) in Okayama Prefecture. This level is completed automatically after updating for the players vaing reached the former Road to Kurashiki 1 (lesson, quest, battle). The main puzzle of the level can still be replayed.
addedAdded Kanji Radicals to the Kanjidex
addedAdded one achievement in Road To Kurashiki 1

New Content

  • Added the Tottori Dunes level with new lessons and words

  • Added "Road to Kurashiki 1" level between こうらくえん and "Road to Kurashiki 2" (formerly 1) in Okayama Prefecture. This level is completed automatically after updating for the players vaing reached the former Road to Kurashiki 1 (lesson, quest, battle). The main puzzle of the level can still be replayed.

  • Added Kanji Radicals to the Kanjidex

  • Added one achievement in Road To Kurashiki 1

Quality of life improvements

  • Added visual feedback for misplaced sentence blocks during tests and dialogues (can be turned off in the options)

  • Added a retry button at the end of challenges after success

  • Added a retry button after failing to build a sentence during dialogues

  • Bubble dialogues can now be paused by clicking on them

  • Added stroke count to the Kanjidex

  • Added a stroke count filter in the Kanjidex

  • Added a prefecture filter for lessons

  • Added minigame unlock counts on the map

  • Improved tooltips for verbs and adjectives

  • Dialogues can no longer be exited during story-related cutscenes

Japanese material improvements

  • Reorganized lessons in "Road to Kurashiki" and Kurashiki, spreading the content across 6 lessons instead of 4 to reduce density

  • Improved あげる / もらう / くれる / 渡す lesson (explanation, lesson focus on those 4 verbs only, and better images)

  • Added よろしくお願いします in the same lesson as お願いします in Bizen

  • Added the temporal meaning of "before" to the definition of 前

  • Added kanji forms of words written in hiragana as notes in the dictionary

  • Improved and added several example sentences

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the first rival encounter could be skipped. If skipped, returning to "Road to Takamatsu" now allows you to name and challenge your rival

  • Fixed a soft lock issue that could happen after going back to Road To Marugame having previously skipped the rival cut scene

  • Fixed an issue affecting some AZERTY keyboards in Ninja Kana

  • Other bug and localization fixes

Additional Note

The update reworked some of the lessons organization around the area of "Road to Kurashiki", "Kurashiki". If before the update you were in "Road to Kurashiki" or in the beginning of Kurashiki, the lesson about weather moved to the new area is then new for you (it was before in Kurashiki).

We indeed analysed player feedbacks, and it was clear that this part of the game was unbalanced and that the lessons were too dense.

We then recommend for those players to:

  • review the lessons 天気 and Temperatures (weather) in the lesson section of your book (they got automatically unlocked)

  • play the "Road To Kurashiki 1" as there are a lot of situations / puzzles to practice those concept

  • play the Ben challenge unlocked in your challenge list (after the challenge of 白川)

Source

Steam News / 26 January 2026

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