The story
Fiction and adapted settings written by Akitsora Gaming for this title, including invented dialogue and events. This is not a historical or folklore reference. The rules and specification tables define the gameplay and math.
In the Kyōhō era, a vermilion-prowed Chinese junk eased against the quay at Nagasaki.
Down its gangplank stepped a creature no person in Japan had ever laid eyes upon.
I. Arrival at the Port of Nagasaki
In the spring of the Kyōhō era, a tall Chinese junk dropped anchor in Nagasaki harbour, its hold brimming with curiosities from across the southern seas: a chiming Nanban clock, a plumed peacock, bundles of sweet sugar cane, and an official tribute letter addressed to the Shogun in Edo.
Most wondrous of all was a living elephant, guided slowly down the wooden gangway with an ornate elephant saddle upon its back while the harbour fell silent in awe. Whenever the great beast appears on the board, it stands as a massive block across the bottom three rows, acting as a towering wild that holds up multiple paylines at once.
II. Crowds Along the Highway
Because no coastal barge could carry such a passenger all the way to the capital, the elephant had to walk the length of Japan by road. Woodblock broadsheets spread the news ahead of the procession, and townsfolk carrying bamboo baskets and warm elephant-stamped manju buns lined every post town just to catch a glimpse.
Whenever the elephant stands on the reels, every wide-eyed onlooker gathered in the ring of cells around it—including the four diagonal corners—adds another step to that spin's line multiplier. The denser the crowd pressing around the road to cheer the traveller on, the grander the celebration along the highway.
III. Golden Footprints on the Tōkaidō
Collect enough tribute letters across the reels and the historic march from Nagasaki to Edo begins. Setting out from Nagasaki on the far left, the elephant strides one reel to the right on every spin—past Kokura, Osaka, Kyoto, and the mountain passes of Hakone—turning back if the journey continues past the capital.
Each time the elephant steps off a reel, its heavy tread leaves a golden footprint in the bottom cell behind it. Stepping on the same spot a second time raises that footprint's multiplier even higher, turning the highway itself into a trail of gleaming gold that adds up along every winning line.
IV. Audience at the Gates of Edo
The moment the walking elephant reaches the rightmost three reels, the procession arrives before the gates of Edo Castle for its audience with the Shogun. The great timber gates swing wide, banners flutter in the breeze, and the entire spin's line wins are multiplied on top of the cheering onlookers.
Inspired by the true eighteenth-century journey that captivated towns and villages across all of Japan, this highway parade from western harbour to eastern castle is the game's historical theme rather than a promise: every spin's outcome is decided solely by the server's random number generator.