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This is a list of traditional Japanese games. Games ... important rules change (free opening) in Japan; Renju; ... a Japanese trick-taking card game. Uta-garuta - a ...
Otedama (お手玉) is 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. Otedama play is thought to be in decline. [citation needed]
Ken was brought to Japan in the 17th century as a Chinese drinking game. [1] Aside from drinking, ken games were also popular in brothels as a form of foreplay. [2] The earliest Japanese ken games are called Nagasaki-ken or Kiyo-ken because of the belief that ken games were first popularized by the Chinese community in Nagasaki. [3]
List of Japanese games may refer to: List of traditional Japanese games; List of Japanese board games; See also. Category:Video games developed in Japan
The kendama is the Japanese version of the classic cup-and-ball game, [1] and is also a variant of the French cup-and-ball game bilboquet. Kendama can be held in different grips, and many tricks and combinations can be performed. The game is played by tossing the ball into the air and attempting to catch it on the stick point. [2]
Hanetsuki Hanetsuki paddles (left) and shuttlecocks (right) being sold at a shop in a train station.. Hanetsuki (Japanese: 羽根突き or 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a hane. [1]
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋).