Gochizu

About Gochizu

Gochizu (written ゴチ図 in Japanese) is a browser game about where food comes from. Every day it serves the same five dishes to everyone. A round opens with a photo of the dish and a few lines of clues about how it is made and where people eat it, while the dish's name and its ingredients stay blurred.

You answer by typing a country or picking it on a world map. A wrong guess is marked correct, near or far, tells you whether you share a border, and points roughly toward the answer; more of the dish is revealed as you go, and the round ends at your final guess. Points add up over the five rounds, and the results screen recaps each dish with its name, region, ingredients and a cultural note or a common misconception.

The daily game plays without an account, and you can share your result. With an account you can record your score on a friends leaderboard, leave comments for friends and save dishes you liked. Yesterday's game is a tap away, and a calendar of past days is opened by a one-time VIP purchase, which also adds a profile badge and more statistics; there is no subscription.

Compared with other dish-guessing games such as FoodGuessr or Tastedle, Gochizu gives you written clues alongside the photo and shows direction and distance after a miss, so a guess you are unsure of still teaches you something. It can be played in thirteen languages, Japanese and English among them, and it suits anyone who likes geography quizzes or cooking from other countries.

How to play Gochizu

1. Open gochizu.com; today's game loads with round 1 of 5.
2. Look at the photo of the dish and read the clues beside it.
3. Type a country in the box or pick it on the world map, then submit your guess.
4. If you miss, read whether you were near or far and which way the answer lies, and guess again with the extra details revealed.
5. After your final guess the dish's name, region and ingredients are shown; go on to the next round.
6. After five rounds, read your score and the recap, and share it or record it on the friends leaderboard.

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Tips

• Read the clues before you look closely at the photo: a mention of a sauce, a grain or a way of eating often narrows the region more than the picture does.
• Use the direction shown after a miss: a near guess with the arrow pointing one way usually leaves only a few countries to check.
• Read the cultural note and common misconception in the recap; dishes that many countries claim come up again in another form.

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