Gentaro Kagawa's Curious Quest: Time Travel

Civilizations Seek-and-Find Maze Challenge is part of the best-selling "Learn & Play" maze picture book series by Japanese author and illustrator Gentaro Kagawa. The 12 highly detailed, beautifully illustrated, and visually accurate maze designs are filled with quizzes, riddles, and hidden objects to solve the quest. As a child wanders through the forest, they find a pyramid-shaped piece of glass that reveals a mysterious pattern when shined in the light. As the child further explores the forest, they find Ancient Japanese Ruins and must solve the mysterious pattern and the maze to find the key-to-the-gate-of-time-and-space to enter. Throughout, different keys must be found to enter a new civilization where hidden objects must be found and mazes solved, all to arrive in the Lost City of Atlantis. Each maze shares facts about its origins, inhabitants, animals, and vegetation. Clues are offered to help solve each maze, as well as an answer key.

Gentaro Kagawa, born in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, has loved mazes since childhood. His fascination with castle structures, resembling mazes, became a beloved hobby. He studied painting in high school, attended Musashino Art University, and completed graduate school in 1986. In 1989, he began illustrating castle restorations, later expanding to historical illustrations for magazines and textbooks. Inspired by his child's love for mazes, he published Maze of Time in 2005. Since then, 18 titles in the "Maze Picture Book Series" (PHP Institute) have sold over 3 million copies. Since 2017, he has co-authored with his daughter, Shiori Kagawa.