List of Japanese games
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Children's games
- Ayatori
- BeigomaBeigoma-Description:A small but heavy disk shaped toy of approximately 3cm in diameter, it is spun by wrapping a thin 60 cm cord around it, then throwing it while releasing the cord to spin it onto a surface such as matting spread across the top of a barrel. The thrower aims it at another beigoma that is...
- BīdamaMarble (toy)A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches , while some art glass marbles fordisplay purposes are over 12 inches ...
- Darumasan ga koronda
- FukuwaraiFukuwarai, or in English, "Lucky Laugh", is a Japanese game played around New Year's . The game is usually played by children, but adults may sometimes play also...
- Hana Ichi Monme
- HanetsukiHanetsukiHanetsuki is a Japanese traditional game, similar to badminton without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly-coloured shuttlecock. Often played by girls at the New Year, the game can be played in two fashions: by one person attempting to keep the...
- Kagome Kajjgome
- Kakurenbo
- Kankeri
- KendamaKendamaA is a traditional Japanese toy which consists of a wooden, hammer-like object with a ball connected to it by a string. In English, kendama may be referred to as ring and pin and bears similarities to the classic cup-and-ball game, known in the Latin American world as balero...
- Ken Ken Pa
- NawatobiJump ropeJump rope or skipping rope is the primary tool used in the game of skipping played by children and many young adults, where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads...
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- Onigokko
- Oshikura ManjūOshikura Manjuis a very simple Japanese game that is played on cold days in order to get warm.The game is played with at least three players, but it is better if there are more. The players first gather around in a circle, as close to each other as possible. They face the outside, standing back to back with each...
- OtedamaOtedamais a traditional Japanese children's game. Small bean bags are tossed and juggled in a game similar to jacks. Although it is generally a social game, Otedama can also be played alone. It is rarely competitive and often accompanied by singing...
Board games
- GoGo (board game)Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
- IrenseiIrenseiIrensei is an abstract strategy board game. It is traditionally played with Go pieces on a Go board , but any equipment with which Go can be played is also suitable for Irensei....
- RenjuRenjuRenju is the professional variant of Gomoku, a board game originated from Japan in Heian Period. It was named Renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper Yorozu chouhou . It is played with black and white stones on a 15x15 intersection Go board...
- ShogiShogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...
- SugorokuSugorokurefers to two different forms of Japanese board game, one similar to western backgammon and the other similar to western Snakes and ladders.Sugoroku plays identically to backgammon , except for the following differences:...
- Sugoroku (another type)
- Ninuki-renju
Card games
- Buta no shippo
- Daifugō (another name: Daihinmin)
- HanafudaHanafudaare playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games. The name literally translates as "flower cards". The name also refers to games played with those cards.-History:...
- KarutaKarutais a Japanese card game.The basic idea of any karuta game is to be able to quickly determine which card out of an array of cards is required and then to grab the card before it is grabbed by an opponent. There are various types of cards which can be used to play karuta...
- MenkoMenkoMenko is a Japanese card game played by two or more players. It is also the name of the type of cards used to play this game. Each player uses Menko cards made from thick paper or cardboard, with one or both side printed with images from anime, manga, etc...
- Oicho-kabuOicho-KabuOicho-Kabu is a traditional Japanese game that is similar to the Western games, blackjack and baccarat. It is typically played with special kabufuda cards. A hanafuda deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded...
- Two-ten-jackTwo-ten-jackTwo-ten-jack is a Japanese trick-taking card game for two players that takes its name from the three highest-scoring cards in the game: the 2, 10 and Jack in three different suits.-Preliminaries:...
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trick-taking card game. - Uta-garutaUta-garutaare a kind of karuta, Japanese traditional playing cards. It is also the name of the game in which they are used. The game is played mostly on Japanese New Year's holidays. On each card, a poem is written, and there are a total of 100 poems. The standard collection of the poems used is called...
- a kind of karuta (another name: Hyakunin IsshuHyakunin Isshuis a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"...
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