Tend the zen garden of your mind with three different types of Japanese logic puzzles. This book features three different types of elegant, handcrafted Japanese logic puzzles from Nikoli: masyu, yajilin, and suraromu (also called "slalom")--90 puzzles in all. The choice of puzzle types was inspired by the image of raking a zen garden, as each involves drawing a long, winding path. Like sudoku, the puzzles have simple-to-understand rules, and solvers will be able to ease into the book with plenty of easy- and medium-difficulty puzzles.

We are living in puzzling's golden age right now." --Will Shortz, New York Times A colossal assortment of the six most popular Japanese puzzles--Sudoku, Sodoku X, Kakuro, Masyu, Hitori, and Nurikabe--ranging in difficulty from gentle to diabolical. A collection of four hundred puzzles-six different types of mind-bending games-ranging in difficulty levels so that players of every level will be challenged. Features include a complete answer key along with short, illustrated tutorials for each game-which proves particularly useful for the less familiar challenges, including: * Hitori: The ultimate logic teaser. Begin with a complete Sudoku grid and the object is to "paint" out blocks so that no number appears twice in any row or column. * Masyu: A charming but sophisticated invention where you are required to "string" black-and-white "pearls" with a series of vertical and horizontal lines that form a continuous loop. * Nurikabe: Beginning with a grid of squares scattered with numbers seemingly placed at random, the idea is to paint the black squares to make walls, leaving patches of white behind.

In this monster book with more than 400 mind-bending puzzles, Mepham brings his famous Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles together with three puzzles that are now taking over Japan: Hitori, Masyu, and Nurikabe.

Finally, there's a compendium of all the wicked puzzles from Nikoli! For millions of fans worldwide, that's big news. Nikoli, publisher of Japan's very first puzzle magazine, and a sudoku superpower, offers up a selection of akari, fillomino, hashi, heyawake, hitori, LITS, masyu, number link, nurikabe, ripple effect, shikaku, slitherlink, yajilin, and the perennial favorite, sudoku. The rules to these puzzles may seem simple (how hard could a maze without walls be?), but finding the solution can be diabolically difficult. The dozens of teasers here guarantee hours of fun, and tax your brain cells to the max!

In his travels to Japan, author Alex Bellos set out to uncover the world's brightest puzzle inventors, puzzle masters, and origami experts so he could bring a new batch of logic puzzles for anyone hankering for something beyond Sudoku. In Puzzle Ninja he presents more than 200 puzzles to solve—rated easy to excruciating—including 20 new types of original, hand-crafted puzzles, like Shakashaka and Marupeke. With clear instructions, helpful tips, and anecdotes about the puzzles and their creators, this is an entertaining read and an exciting collection of the newest, best, and most addictive Japanese logic puzzles.

An absorbing blend of numbers and logic makes the puzzles in this book completely addictive. With 150 completely new and unique Sudoku, Kakuro and Hanjie puzzles, each with increasing levels of difficulty, The Book of Japanese Puzzles offers games ranging from gentle teasers to mind-bending conundrums. It also contains full instructions to each game, along with hints, tips and strategic guides, together with those all-important solutions.

With 150 all-new and unique Su Doku, Kakuro, and Hanjie puzzles of increasing levels of difficulty, this handbook contains full instructions to each game, along with hints, tips, and solutions.