Asia-Pacific from the air
33 cities across 14 countries — 6 the game rates easy, 21 standard, 6 expert.
Placing a city in Asia-Pacific
Placing the region is the first and cheapest decision you make in a round, and getting it wrong costs you the whole guess. In Asia-Pacific the giveaways are the combination of landscape and building pattern rather than any single landmark: once you have seen Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok from above, the family resemblance across the rest becomes obvious.
The cities the game rates expert here — Christchurch, Sapporo, Adelaide, Wellington, Hanoi, Hobart — are the ones without a signature feature. On those you are reading grid texture, tower distribution and the shape of the edge where the city stops.
Japan
- Fukuoka Reads as: bayfront city.
- Hiroshima Reads as: river delta.
- Kobe Reads as: mountain harbor.
- Kyoto Reads as: temples and basin.
- Nagoya Reads as: broad urban plain.
- Osaka Reads as: bay and rivers.
- Sapporo Reads as: northern grid.
- Tokyo Reads as: vast urban plain.
- Yokohama Reads as: bay skyline.
Australia
- Adelaide Reads as: parkland ring.
- Brisbane Reads as: river bends.
- Gold Coast Reads as: beach towers.
- Hobart Reads as: river and mountain.
- Melbourne Reads as: river and grid.
- Perth Reads as: river and coast.
- Sydney Reads as: harbor landmarks.
New Zealand
- Auckland Reads as: harbor and cones.
- Christchurch Reads as: flat grid and hills.
- Wellington Reads as: harbor amphitheater.
South Korea
- Busan Reads as: harbor mountains.
- Seoul Reads as: river megacity.
Vietnam
- Hanoi Reads as: lakes and old quarter.
- Ho Chi Minh City Reads as: river sprawl.
China
- Beijing Reads as: ring-road capital.
- Shanghai Reads as: river towers.
Thailand
- Bangkok Reads as: river and dense sprawl.
Singapore
- Singapore Reads as: marina skyline.
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Reads as: harbor towers.
Taiwan
- Taipei Reads as: basin and tower.
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur Reads as: twin towers basin.
Indonesia
- Jakarta Reads as: coastal megacity.
Philippines
- Manila Reads as: bayfront capital.
Macau
- Macau Reads as: casino peninsula.