Exploring Japan

Learn to navigate Kamurocho and Sotenbori in Yakuza 0. Understand map icons like restaurants, shops, entertainment, story points, and save locations.

The Japan of 1988, while in the past compared to the rest of the series, still has a lot of familiar sights and sounds that Yakuza fans have come to love. In this game, you'll explore two major neighborhoods: Kamurocho in Tokyo and Sotenbori in Osaka. While you'll travel to other locations during the story, the bulk of your adventure happens here. You'll explore the streets, take in the sights, enjoy the local cuisine, engage in entertainment activities, and savagely beat up the local criminal element.

Map Controls

Both city areas come with a map, accessed by tapping the Touch Pad (Windows button on Xbox), and accessible buildings are marked in colors depending on their function:

• Orange Fork and Knife - Restaurants and bars that deliver food and drink that restores your health on the spot. You typically cannot carry out food from these places, but some places have a special carry-out menu.
• Yellow Shopping Cart - Shops, like convenience stores or department stores, which sell items you'll carry in your inventory.
• Purple Star - Entertainment establishments, such as bars, karaoke, bowling, shogi, mahjong, pool, etc.
• Blue Exclamation Point- Story locations, such as hideouts or places of business.

Furthermore, there are markings on your map which direct you to certain important things found in the cities:

• Pink Dot - Your story objective.
• "S" - Save Point, in the form of a pay phone.
• Cab with an Arrow - A Taxi Stand. You can take a taxi here for a small fee to another taxi stand around the city. In certain cases, you can also take the taxi to a location away from the city, like the docks or a story location.
• A Person - This is a Master. Go to them to learn new techniques.
• Exclamation Point - This is a Substory. It will usually not appear unless you have the "Trouble Finder" accessory, but it can appear if you've begun a substory and need to find a new place to continue it.
• Purple Arrow - If you have the "Encounter Finder" equipped, this is where Mr. Shakedown is. He moves locations if you enter/exit a building, or if you engage in combat. He won't move if you use a Taxi.

Saving the game is performed at any phone, whether pay phones in the streets or regular phones at your business. At any of these points you can also access the Item Box, which allows you to store any of your items for safekeeping and not have your inventory cluttered. If you get items that you can't hold onto, you'll automatically be prompted to send one to the Item Box.

About halfway through the game, each character will be introduced to someone known as "Mr. Moneybags". In addition to money transfer between the two characters, you can also use a "Shared Item Box" to transfer Items, but ONLY Items, not any Equipment.