Sudoku Variants Series (472) - Magic Japanese summer
(Published on 19. June 2026, 06:00 by Richard)
For this Sudoku Variants Project I have planned to publish a unique Sudoku variant every week.
Magic Japanese summer
Inspiration for this type comes (more or less) from me.
Solve online in Sudokupad.
I will see how long it takes before I am running out of ideas.
Apply classic sudoku rules.
Shade some cells, such that shaded cells don't touch each other horizontally or vertically.
All digits in connected unshaded cells form (multi digit) numbers, reading from left to right or top to bottom. Clues outside the grid indicate the sum of all numbers in the corresponding row or column.
For example: a row with digits 123456789 with 4 and 6 in shaded cells would have a clue of 123 + 5 + 789 = 917.
Solution code: Column 3
Comments
yesterday, 02:10 by sf2l
Hurra ! I am still capable of solving one of Richard's hard Sudokus. Quality superb as usual
on 21. June 2026, 17:50 by Stullenesser
What a beautiful puzzle, thank you for creating it :)
on 20. June 2026, 15:49 by pmays123
I was in love from start to finish. Such a wonderfully constructed puzzle. Thanks for sharing!
on 20. June 2026, 12:12 by FroodOfHoops
Loved it! This was a totally new dynamic to me and I also stared at it for a while at first with no idea how to begin, but it dawned on me piece by piece in a really satisfying way.
on 20. June 2026, 11:10 by geronimo92
@Flinty : the start is not the most difficult point for sure !
on 20. June 2026, 08:02 by Narayana
LOL! SKORP17 has not solved this one. How do I know? Because, as of June 20 2026, the rating stays at 100% :D
on 19. June 2026, 17:13 by Franjo
Thank you very much for creating and sharing this absolutely fantastic SVS-puzzle. Love this ruleset!
on 19. June 2026, 10:38 by Flinty
"How the **** do I even start thi... oh!" Very nice :)
on 19. June 2026, 07:25 by Piatato
Great fun!
