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46 postsUpdated September 26, 2026
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A cross-line contest that resets every night and pays the podium in Pro days. Five lines opened — the Keio Inokashira Line, the Keisei Main Line out to Narita, and JR West’s Nara, Sagano and Biwako lines from Kyoto. Plus a romaji engine that stopped accepting keys nobody types, complimentary Pro that stacks as a day ledger, and avatars on every leaderboard.
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The first of a weekly note on what changed. Two major private railways opened — the Keihan Main Line up the Yodo River to Kyoto, and the Keio Line west out of Shinjuku. A romaji bug the Keio Line exposed, every leaderboard reopening after the boarding leg, a home page that finally shows live play, and seven corrections sent in by players.
Kyoto Municipal Subway is now playable — the arrow-straight Karasuma Line and the awkward-to-read Tozai Line. What is on each route, why 四条/五条/九条/十条 will catch you out, and why Kyoto is its own network.