35° N 119° W

The teams for this Race consist of six established dating couples, and 10 singles who've never met each other and who've been paired up. We're giving you cameras, so take lots of selfies!

Before you can get your tickets to your first destination, you'll need to complete a mud run right here on the lakeside. (Don't worry. You'll get the chance to awkwardly shower with each other with your clothes on after you're finished.)

Surprise! Blind U-Turn ahead!
  have the most trouble — Blair is a military doctor, and Hayley is a self-described high-maintenance nurse. He's there, waiting at the last early ticket, and she's stuck in the mud, so Jelani & Jenny ace them out.
Fly to Tokyo, Japan. Once there, make your way to Kanda Myojin and search for your next clue.
First flight
 

       

 Second flight
45 minutes later

  
Skyliner Train
 

   

 Narita Express
 slowest

 

 Cab
 fastest

 
  just miss the train that Mike & Rochelle are able to catch (delaying them 20 minutes) and then they go the wrong way out of the train station — Hayley had the directions right and Blair was wrong.
  Jackie discovers a huge, weird bug crawling on the ceiling of their cab. She squeals for Jeff to take care of it, and he's somewhat more composed than she is, but he handles the situation.
  take a cab, saying that since they don't have subways where they're from, they don't think they should risk it now.
35° 42' N 139° 46' E

  get directed to Syncing Steps via subway. They take it and get lost.
SYNCING STEPS
Master choreography from a leading J-pop band. Timing is crucial, so if you screw it up, you'll have to start over.

    
   
SAMURAI SAKE
A sake sommelier will introduce ten brands to you. Memorize them. Take an order for sake inside the bar and deliver the correct bottle to the table.

  
  get it after 25 tries.
 
  get it after 23 tries, requiring 3 h 42 m.
  get it on the first try.
Make your way to Shinjuku Wakaba Higashi Kouen near Geihinkan.
  turn their noses up at a cab who claims to know where they're going. The third time they cross paths with him, they take the cab. He knew where the park was.
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  could have U-Turned Libby & CJ, but there was no way for them to guess that.
35° 41' N 139° 44' E

Phil is waiting for you on one of Tokyo's rarest commodities: a parking space. Search for him in the vicinity of the UDX Building in Akihabara.
  parse the clue like the lawyers they are, and correctly determine that "in the vicinity of the building" is different from "inside the building, say in the underground parking lot".
  search the underground parking lot.
35° 42' N 139° 46' W
   1st place 5:30 am
The Express Pass!
7th place 7:15 am (+ 1:45)
2nd place 5:33 am (+ 0:03) 8th place 7:33 am (+ 2:03)
3rd place 5:45 am (+ 0:15) 9th place 7:36 am (+ 2:06)
4th place 6:14 am (+ 0:44) 10th place 8:20 am (+ 2:50)
5th place 6:52 am (+ 1:22)
  11th place
Eliminated
6th place 7:10 am (+ 1:40)