April 24th, 1984

Japanese Letter Text:

イバラキの インターを でて
国どう171号せんを とおって
国鉄タカツキえき 南口え いけ
松坂や の まえに 車 おいて ○印
松坂や の 北の でんわボックス×印
に はいれ
車いす用の ボックスの となりの
ボックスの でんわの 下に 手紙
ひっつけとる
手紙の とおりに しろ
国鉄タカツキ 大さか 京都 ロータリイ 松坂や × ○

English Translation:

Get off using the Ibaraki Interchange.
Use route 171 and go to the south exit of Japanese National Railway, Takatsuki Station.
Park your car at the circle, in front of a store called Matsuzaka, and enter the phone booth, north of Matsuzaka, where the x is.
I’ve put a letter beneath the phone booth that’s right next to the handicap phone booth.
Follow the directions written on the letter.
Osaka
Japanese National Railway, Takatsuki Station
Kyoto
Roundabout
Matsuzaka

Tuesday April 24th at 7:35 PM a phone call directs investigators to a cigarette vending machine where the letter with their next instruction is found attached to it