Forza Horizon 6: How to Find Ohtani Chest and Get Gold Wristband

The current Festival Playlist Treasure Hunt in Ohtani is solved by going to the temple-and-garden area around Kinkaku-Ji Temple, then searching the gravel loop just west to southwest of it until you see the chest. Open the map, switch to the region view with Left Bumper, select Ohtani, and use the temple as your anchor point. Drive straight through the chest to complete the hunt. Public walkthroughs consistently agree on the main reward: 100,000 Credits, plus Festival Playlist progress. If you are chasing Legend Island, the important extra detail is that this Treasure Hunt is only part of the picture. Legend Island unlocks when you earn the Gold Wristband, and that requires 32,500 Horizon Festival Points, which is a separate long-term progression target.

Exact Ohtani Treasure Hunt chest location

The reliable landmark is Kinkaku-Ji Temple in the Ohtani region. The small disagreement between public guides is not about the region or the temple itself; it is only about which side of the nearby grounds is easiest to describe. Some place the chest on the gravel track southwest of the temple, near the Horizon Festival Site and Mei’s House. Others describe it as west of the temple across the lake, or in a small temple loop behind the pond and garden. In practice, these descriptions point you to the same compact search area.

• Open your map.
• Press Left Bumper to bring up the region view.
• Move to Ohtani.
• Set a route to Kinkaku-Ji Temple or fast travel there if available.
• Check the gravel roads and looped garden paths just west and southwest of the temple grounds.
• Look for the brightly colored treasure chest and drive into it.

If your map already shows a treasure icon before you reach the area, use it. Some players report that the icon appears early. If it does not, the chest is still in that same temple-side search zone as long as the current weekly Festival Playlist is active.

Best route to the chest without wasting time

Start from the region filter, not from free-roam guesswork

The biggest time loss here is driving around the wrong side of the map because the clue feels more photographic than precise. Do not start by eyeballing random shrines or gardens. Start by forcing the map into Ohtani only. That immediately removes most of the confusion, because this hunt is region-locked and every useful guide agrees on that part.

Use Kinkaku-Ji Temple as the center point

Once you are near Kinkaku-Ji, slow down and look for the smaller gravel lanes around the water and landscaped temple grounds. If you approach from the Horizon Festival Site side, follow the road toward the temple and then peel off onto the nearby gravel section. If you approach from the western side, look across the lake and sweep the short loop roads rather than the main paved route. One extra landmark that can help is the nearby barn-find area mentioned in some coverage; if you are near that side of the lake, you are close enough to start visually checking the loop.

This is one of those cases where the “wrong” descriptions are still usable because the actual search radius is small. If you do not see the chest immediately at the first bend, circle the entire west-to-southwest edge of the temple grounds before leaving. Most misses happen because players commit to one wording like “southwest” or “across the lake” and assume the other wording means a different district. It does not.

Break the chest to finish the objective

You do not need a special car, a speed requirement, or a separate event start. Just line up your car and smash the chest. Completion should trigger immediately, awarding the cash and the seasonal progress. Public guides agree on the 100,000 Credits; at least one walkthrough also specifies 3 Festival Playlist points. If your Playlist screen updates but the reward does not seem to appear instantly, back out and re-open the Playlist to confirm it registered.

What this Treasure Hunt does, and does not, do for Legend Island

This is the part worth getting straight, because the game uses two very similar progression tracks. The Ohtani Treasure Hunt helps your Festival Playlist and gives you a clean credit injection. That matters for seasonal rewards and for buying or upgrading cars. But Legend Island is tied to the Gold Wristband, and the Gold Wristband is earned by reaching 32,500 Horizon Festival Points. Those are not the same thing as the seasonal Playlist points from the chest.

• Treasure Hunt reward: 100,000 Credits and Festival Playlist progress.
• Gold Wristband requirement: 32,500 Horizon Festival Points.
• Legend Island unlock: Earn the Gold Wristband first.

So the Treasure Hunt is useful, but mainly as a fast weekly bonus. Think of it as a clean side objective you should never skip, not as the direct shortcut to Gold Wristband. Its real value for the Legend Island push is that it gives you extra money while you continue doing the activities that actually build your Horizon Festival Point total.

Fastest way to reach 32,500 Horizon Festival Points for the Gold Wristband

The efficient route is broad completion, not repetitive grinding. Current guidance around the Gold Wristband points to three dependable sources: finishing races, photographing cars, and clearing side activities or objectives you have not finished yet. If you are sitting below the 32,500 target, do not tunnel on one race type or keep replaying the same event expecting a huge jump. Wristband progression tends to come faster when you keep checking off first-time tasks across the map.

• Finish race content you have left incomplete instead of farming repeats.
• Use downtime between events to photograph new cars for easy extra progression.
• Clear side objectives in regions you are already visiting, so travel time pays for itself.
• Pick up weekly Treasure Hunts like the Ohtani chest for money and Playlist gains while you work on your broader total.

If you are close to the 32,500 mark, this is where the Ohtani chest becomes especially useful. The Credits can fund car purchases you still need for photo completion or event requirements, which indirectly helps your Gold Wristband chase. That is the practical link between the two systems: the chest is not the wristband, but it can make the wristband grind more efficient.

If the chest is missing or the hunt will not complete

Most failures come down to timing, region confusion, or searching too narrowly around the temple. The current Treasure Hunt is tied to the active Festival Playlist, and public reporting indicates the location rotates weekly. If the chest is not there, check these points before assuming your save is bugged.

• Confirm the week: if the Playlist has rolled over, the Ohtani chest may no longer be active.
• Confirm the region: use Left Bumper on the map and verify you are in Ohtani, not just near a similar landmark.
• Search the full loop: sweep the gravel area west and southwest of Kinkaku-Ji, including the roads by the pond and garden.
• Check for early icon behavior: if the treasure symbol appeared on your map, route directly to that point rather than relying on the photo clue.
• Do not overcomplicate the finish: you complete it by smashing the chest, nothing more.

If your goal is pure efficiency this week, the clean order is: grab the Ohtani chest first for the 100,000 Credits, bank the Playlist progress, then go back to unfinished races, car photos, and remaining side activities until your Horizon Festival Point total reaches 32,500 and the Gold Wristband unlocks Legend Island.