{"id":172463,"date":"2025-07-29T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172463&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:48:02","slug":"kokura-castle-adds-xr-escape-game","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kokura-castle-adds-xr-escape-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Kokura Castle Adds XR Escape Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu has unveiled a new XR escape game using immersive digital technology. Developed to mark the 65th anniversary of the castle\u2019s tower reconstruction, the attraction recreates the 1837 fire that destroyed the original castle. Participants use goggles to explore a virtual burning castle and solve six puzzles to escape. The experience includes English subtitles and is intended to appeal to international tourists as well. <\/span><b>\u00a0Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kokura-castle.jp\/xr-escape-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kokura Castle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kokura-castle-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kokura Castle Adds XR Escape Game\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kokura-castle-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kokura-castle-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kokura-castle-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_kokura-castle-kitakyushu_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City official photo gallery<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu has unveiled a new XR escape game using immersive digital technology. Developed to mark&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172463","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}