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BACKSEAT DRIVER IN FRONT
As Jen donned her hat and gloves and checked herself out in the rearview mirror, Ron & Christina arrived at the station and opted for Christina to perform the Road Block because she could speak Japanese. As soon as they opened the clue, their faces fell because the advantage Christina held from speaking the local language was completely negated by her poor driving skills and sense of direction. After taking several minutes to become familiar with the dashboard with her passengers looking on in confusion, Christina rolled away from the curb remarking, "I don't have a car. I use public transportation so this is ridiculous that I'm doing this."

As Jen and Christina both struggled to navigate through the congested and confusing streets of Osaka, Nick chose to drive for his Team after Don admitted he was feeling tired. Before getting into car, Nick asked a man for directions. He then turned the ignition and rolled away. He commented, "Luckily, I've been driving in Ireland a little bit so I've got some experience driving on the other side of the road." As a counterpoint after hearing horns blasted at her direction, Christina noted, "I don't think [speaking] Japanese helps that much. Driving skills help more."

All three drivers realized the desired destination they needed to reach was the post office. Jen overshot it and had to back track while Nick, trapped in a maze of one way streets, also had to travel back around to reach his goal. Meanwhile, Christina spotted a mail truck and followed it in hopes of finding the post office. In a tight race between the amateur cabbies, Jen arrived first and screamed in excitement as she received her next clue from her grateful passengers. While the drive back to the subway station proved to be almost as lively, Jen narrowly edged out Christina once again with Nick still trailing in third after becoming lost. Opening their clue, the Teams learned they needed to travel by taxi to Kita-mido Temple, a 16th Century Buddhist temple.

FLOWER POWER
Still keeping their lead and seeing a potential victory finally in their grasp, Nate & Jen arrived at Kita-mido Temple as TK & Rachel finally landed in Japan. Opening their clue, Nate & Jen encountered a Detour and had to choose between Sense of Touch and Sense of Smell. In Sense of Touch, Teams made their way on foot to the Shimojima Building. Once there, they had to use miniature robots which are controlled by cell phones to play a game of soccer against two robotic defenders. Once each Team Member had scored a goal the referee would give them their next clue. At first, playing a game with robots may seem like fun, but accurately controlling the mechanical creatures could become frustrating, and Teams without a delicate sense of touch could wind up kicking themselves instead of goals. In Sense of Smell, Teams made their way to the Saera Flower Shop, where only artificial flowers were sold. Once there, they had to use their noses, and only their noses, to identify one real flower hidden among thousands of artificial ones in the two story flower shop. When they found a real flower, the Shop Owner would give them their next clue. The task of finding real flowers in this store could initially seem impossible, but only the real flowers had a scent, and Teams who could put their olfactory senses to good use might surprise themselves by quickly sniffing out a winner.

Deciding to do Sense of Smell after finding a local to lead them there, dating couple Nate & Jen entered the flower shop minutes ahead of second place Ron & Christina and instantly realized how difficult the task might be with the thousands upon thousands of colorful flowers to sniff. Jen instructed Nate to "open your nasal cavities" as the pair began to inhale in search of the few real buds. When Ron & Chris arrived at the shop, they opted to begin on the second floor so as not to "retrace" Nate & Jen's steps on the first floor.

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