Travel and Grid Guide
While creating the Velvet Room setting, we made an active decision to place certain cities within reasonable travel distance of each other. Sumaru City roughly sits in the location of real life Yokohama as a result, within about 40 minutes of travel from the heart of Tokyo.
Iwatodai City and Tatsumi Port Island are about 30 minutes from Tokyo as well by high speed train. While the setting was likely meant to be in real life Kobe, we've made the decision of placing it in the Chiba region, Northeast of the greater Tokyo Area, as a part of the bay.
Meanwhile, Inaba, while not our focus at the start of the game, is roughly an hour and a half from Tokyo by train through a series of transfers, taking one through Okina City at first. This is in order to maintain that rural feel for when Persona 4 does begin on our grid.
We'd like these locations to remain distinct on the grid, while not having them so far away from each other that one could not reasonably socialize in Sumaru City, and still make it back to Iwatodai Dormitory to explore the Dark Hour that night.
With that in mind, let's discuss commands for getting around on the grid.
Grid Commands
Direct Travel: With the command +roomlist one can see every room in the grid, categorized by region, by following up with +port #X with the number assigned, one can directly teleport there.
The Velvet Room: With the command +velvet, one can transport here any time. While in-character you cannot utilize the Velvet Room for fast travel, it is ever-present in every major city on the grid. From here, you can travel to Shibuya, Central Street, Aoba Way in Sumaru City, Paulownia Mall in Tatsumi Port Island, and even to Mikage-Cho, First Ward. This is mostly an OOC tool for ease of navigation from location to location.
Shibuya Station, Buchiko Exit: The central hub of the grid, roughly at the dead center of every major location. With the command +shibuya, one can transport here from both OOC, and anywhere you are IC if you get lost.
IC/OOC: If you need to get back to the OOC lounge, it's as simple as utilizing +ooc or ooc. To get back on the grid, then hit +ic or ic.
With those commands in mind, let's show you how to get around between the most major areas in the game. This list isn't all inclusive, instead mainly showing the interconnecting most major areas of the grid.
Getting around
Tokyo
- Shibuya Station, Buchiko Exit: Central Tokyo
Connects to:
Yongen-Jaya
Aoyama-Itchome
Electric Town (Akihabara)
Red Light District - Shinjuku
Kichijoji
- Yongen-Jaya: Western Tokyo -> Sumaru City
Connects to:
Okina City
Sumaru City, Yumezaki Ward
Shibuya Station, Buchiko Exit
Cafe Leblanc
- Aoyama-Itchome: Eastern Area -> Tatsumi Port Island
Connects to:
Shibuya Station, Buchiko Exit
Iwatodai Station
Shujin Academy
- Red Light District - Shinjuku: (Northernmost Area of Tokyo on our Grid) ->Sendai
Connects to:
Sendai
Shibuya Station, Buchiko Exit
Sumaru City
- Yumezaki Ward - Northeastern Sumaru -> Yongen-Jaya, Tokyo
Connects to:
Rengedai Ward, Sumaru City
Mt. Katatsumuri
- Rengedai Ward - Central Sumaru
Connects to:
Yumezaki Ward (Northeast)
Konan Ward (South)
Hirasaka Ward (Southwest)
Aoba Ward (East)
Seven Sisters High School
- Aoba Ward - Eastern Sumaru
Connects to:
Rengedai Ward (Central Sumaru)
Narumi Ward (Southeast Sumaru)
- Hirasaka Ward - Southwestern Sumaru
Connects to:
Rengedai Ward (Central Sumaru)
Kasugayama High School
- Narumi Ward - Southeastern Sumaru
Connects to:
Aoba Ward (Eastern Sumaru)
Nichirinmaru
- Konan Ward - Southern Sumaru
Connects to:
Rengedai Ward (Central Sumaru)
Ebisu Beach
Abandoned Factory
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island
- Iwatodai Station -> Aoyama Itchome (Eastern Tokyo)
Connects to:
Iwatodai Dormitory
Naganaki Shrine
Port Island Station
Moonlight Bridge
- Port Island Station
Connects to:
Gekkoukan High
Paulownia Mall
Back Alleys
- Moonlight Bridge
Connects to:
Hawaii (Yes really.) - Represents catching a bus or driving on to Narita Airport.
Paulownia Mall
Iwatodai Station
Other Locations in Japan
- Sendai -> Shinjuku, Red Light District (Northernmost Tokyo Area On the Grid)
Connects to:
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Shinjuku, Red Light District
- Okina City -> Yongen-Jaya (Westernmost Tokyo Area on the Grid)
Connects to:
Inaba
Mikage-Cho, First Ward
Yongen-Jaya
- Mikage-Cho, First Ward ->Okina City
Connects to:
Kyoto
Osaka
The Velvet Room
Okina City
- Kyoto
Connects to:
Okinawa Islands
Mikage-Cho
- Osaka
Connects to:
Okinawa Islands
Mikage-Cho
- Okinawa Islands
Connects to:
Osaka
Kyoto
Scene Hooks
- Shopping
Shibuya Station - Underground Mall
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Paulownia Mall
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Iwatodai Station
Kichijoji - Main
Electric Town - Main
Shibuya Central Street - Main
Sumaru City: Aoba Ward - Aoba Way
Sumaru City: Hirasaka Ward - Kameya Alley
Sumaru City: Konan Ward - Seaside Mall
Sumaru City: Rengedai Ward - Lotus Plaza
Sumaru City: Yumezaki Ward - Yumezaki Center
- Entertainment
Electric Town - Gigolo Arcade
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Paulownia Mall
Sumaru City: Yumezaki - Mu Continent
Yongen-Jaya - Batting Cages
Shibuya - Central Street
Kichijoji - Penguin Sniper
- Dining
Shibuya: Central Street - Big Bang Burger
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Iwatodai Station
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Paulownia Mall
Electric Town - Alice's Apron
Yongen-Jaya - Cafe Leblanc
Sumaru City: Aoba Ward - Aoba Way
Sumaru City: Hirasaka Ward - Kameya Alley
Sumaru City: Konan Ward - Seaside Mall
Sumaru City: Rengedai Ward - Lotus Plaza
Sumaru City: Yumezaki Ward - Yumezaki Center
- Spiritual
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Naganaki Shrine
Shibuya - Meiji Shrine
Sumaru City: Rengedai Ward - Alaya Shrine
- Back to Nature
Kichijoji - Inokashira Park
Sumaru City: Mt. Katatsumuri
- Forgetting Your Dreams: Alcohol
Sumaru City: Aoba Ward - Aoba Way
Sumaru City: Yumezaki Ward - Club Zodiac
Shinjuku: Red Light District - Crossroads Bar
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Club Escapade
- Summer: Beach
Sumaru City: Konan Ward - Ebisu Beach
Hawaii
- Winter Activities
Inaba
Hokkaido: Sapporo
- Supernatural: Monad
Shibuya Station: Buchiko Exit - Mementos: Entrance
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Tartarus
Sumaru City: Various
- Supernatural: Services
The Velvet Room
Sumaru City: Rengedai Ward - Time Castle
Sumaru City: Narumi Ward - Nichirinmaru
Sumaru City: Narumi Ward - Hotel Pleiades
Shujin Academy
Iwatodai City: Tatsumi Port Island - Back Alleys
Sumaru City: Konan Ward - Abandoned Factory
Shinjuku - Red Light District