The table here shows the general flow of a yujo visit. However, you cannot offer a gift to the yujo on your first visit to her. You can only do so from the second visit onwards. Depending on what you say during the dialogue options with the yujo, her heart gauge can go up or down. When you get it up to a certain amount, you are able to play a mini-game with her.

A typical yujo visit

To raise the heart gauge, you must select dialogue options that she will like and order food/drink that she enjoys. In conversations, you get 3 dialogue options to choose a response. Of those 3 options, there is always at least one that will increase the heart gauge. In addition to food/drink orders and dialogue options, the equipment Kiryu is wearing also has an effect on the heart gauge. You can also offer gifts to increase the heart gauge.

When presented with a dialogue option, you must choose the most appropriate response to that particular yujo, taking their personality into account.

When you get a yujo's heart gauge up to 6 hearts, you can play a mini-game with her. If you win that mini-game, the max hearts on the gauge goes up to 15 hearts. If you lose the mini-game, you must again get the heart gauge up to at least 6 hearts and challenge her again. You must win the mini-game to increase the max heart gauge. When you get the heart gauge to 11 hearts, you have a date event with her. If that goes well, the max hearts on the gauge will go up to 20 hearts. When you get the gauge up to 16 hearts, you again play a mini-game with her. Once you have won this game, and got the heart gauge to 20 hearts, you will trigger the yujo's request.

If your date with the yujo goes well, you will automatically re-enter the brothel and spend more time with her. You do not have to pay a visit fee for this, however you will still pay for any food/drink you order.

This section looks at the 4 gambling mini-games in this game. All 4 can be played at the gambling den in Gion. Cee-Lo and Hanafuda can also be played in Rakugai. The wooden tags used for these mini-games are shared between Gion and Rakugai. So if you buy tags in Gion, you don't need to buy them in Rakugai. The prize exchange is the same too, so if you have enough tags you can exchange them for items at either location.

There is one prize exchange location in Gion and 2 in Rakugai. The prizes and cost are the same at all locations.

A mini-game in which a dice roller rolls 2 dice and you guess whether the combined total is an even number or an odd number. The amount of tags you can bet increases based on the number of times you play the mini-game and how far into the story you are. New ways to gamble in this mini-game become available as you play - one after 5 rounds, one after 15 rounds, and one after 25 rounds. After 25 rounds you get the opportunity to duel, one on one, with the dice roller. Full details can be found on its own section of this guide.

During the duels with the dice roller, he sometimes will try to swindle you. Press the right button when it appears on screen to catch him in the act.

A mini-game in which 4 players (including Kiryu) cast 3 dice into a bowl. When two of the dice are the same number, the number on the remaining die becomes the players score. 6 is the best score, 1 is the worst. There are also special rolls - rolling 3 of the same number, rolling a 1,2,3, and rolling a 4,5,6. One player acts as the "parent" while the other 3 are the "children". The children compete against the parent. The role of the parent rotates each round. Full details can be found on its own section of this guide.

Using cheat items like the Pinzoro Dice is useful when you are the parent and the 3 children have lots of points.

This is a game known as "Koi Koi", played using Hanafuda cards. Kiryu competes against a single opponent for card combinations, called "yaku", which earn points. The winner is the player with the most points after all the rounds have been played. When you get a yaku, you can declare "koi" (hence the name of the game) to continue playing for potentially more yaku and build up your score. However, if your opponent scores a yaku and either ends the round there, or continues and you fail to score a yaku, then you don't gain any points. More details can be found on its own section of the site

The Tsukimizake and Hanamizake yaku are relatively easy to get and both earn you 5 points. It's always a good strategy to aim for those combos.

A mini-game in which 5 turtles race against each other. Turtles have 3 attributes - Stamina, Speed, and Hunger. In addition, they have 3 environment skills - Water, Sand, and Mud, which determine their ability to travel on those terrains on a race track. They also have a "condition" stat which affects performance. It is also possible to make your own turtle(s) compete in the races. See below for turtle nurturing details.

You can check on the stats of the turtles before you place a bet and use that data to your advantage (e.g. bet on turtles in better condition and on a winning streak). This obviously doesn't guarantee you'll bet correctly, but it's useful for making an educated gamble.

Shogi can be played in both Gion and Rakugai. However, the way it is played differs between the two locations. In Gion, you play the "Trial Exercises", of which there are 10 exercises. You must complete these exercises in order. For more details about these exercises, see the shogi section of this guide. But basically, each exercise has a specific set up or specific rules. On the other hand, in Rakugai you play regular shogi, using the standard rules. As you win games in Rakugai, your shogi rank will improve. You start off at 10th rank, then eventually go up to 1st rank. Beyond that, you go into the "dan" ranks (like in karate), starting from 1st dan and going up to 10th dan. The final rank beyond 10th dan is "Shogi King".

Once you get to trial 5 in Gion, or 5th rank in Rakugai, it starts getting pretty difficult. Even experiences players might start struggling in these higher levels.

Mahjong can be played in both Gion and Rakugai. If you're just playing this for completion purposes, it's a lot more straightforward to complete the mahjong component than the shogi one. However, the 50000 point requirement for mahjong completion is not cumulative - you must finish with that many points in a single session. See the mahjong section of this guide for more details.

You can adjust some of the rules in mahjong. One of those rules, "Game Mode", can be set to "half-game", which is the longer mode and therefore makes it easier to gain enough points for completion. The other mode "East Wind", is a shorter game mode, so it will be harder to gain enough points.

A mini-game in which you fight enemies on a stage. You must defeat enemies within the 2 minute time limit to earn the favour of the audience, who will throw money onto the stage in appreciation. The goal is to make as much money as possible within those 2 minutes. Note that there is a specific heat action than can only be used in this mini-game, so remember to use that when you play this game.

You are forced to use an umbrella weapon for this mini-game and you cannot change equipment (including going to the brawler style) while playing this. You are also not able to use any kind of item in this mini-game, so you can't use frenzy pills to build up your heat gauge. See the star actor section of this guide for more details.

To do the unique heat action, get Kiryu into heat mode, then wait for an enemy to attack (this is a counter heat action). Doing this will get you a lot of money from the crowd.