Studio Escape has established an amazing little business with incredibly high end experiences. We went in knowing little to nothing about this experience other than it was a period piece set it 1800s Japan. With that said, I recommend you do the same. Shadow Zen is one of the most beautifully realized, constructed, atmospheric, advanced (both physically and technologically) escape rooms I have ever seen, anywhere in the world. You are immediately sucked in to the experience upon entering and beginning. You can’t help but waste time looking in awe at the entire space and what follows. Calling it “creative”doesn’t do it justice. It’s mind blowing and full of great thematic twists you will never see coming. Best of all, it’s fun. Perfectly paced, not terribly difficult and doesn’t overstay its welcome. And it’s playable in both Japanese or English, and it’s 100% perfect English with no translation issues whatsoever. In fact I’d say it seems apparent the room wasn’t even translated from Japanese and that its written originally in English. I can’t think of a recent room I’ve played that was just so incredibly perfect. If you’re ever in Osaka, Japan, you absolutely must experience Shadow Zen!