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  2. List of traditional Japanese games - Wikipedia

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    Card games. Buta no shippo; Daifugō (another name: Daihinmin) Hanafuda; Karuta; Oicho-Kabu; Two-ten-jack (Tsū-ten-jakku) - a Japanese trick-taking card game. Uta-garuta - a kind of karuta (another name: Hyakunin Isshu) Tile games. Japanese Mahjong - Japanese mahjong, also called rīchi mahjong; Goita; Dice games. Cho-han bakuchi - a gambling game

  3. Hanafuda - Wikipedia

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    A typical setup with hanafuda for playing Koi-Koi. Hanafuda ( Japanese: 花札, lit. 'flower cards' [1] [2]) are a type of Japanese playing cards. They are typically smaller than Western playing cards, only 5.4 by 3.2 centimetres (2.1 by 1.3 in), but thicker and stiffer, [3] and often with a pronounced curve. On the face of each card is a ...

  4. Hanetsuki - Wikipedia

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    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] Often played by girls at the New Year, the game can be played by any gender in two fashions ...

  5. Otedama - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Kemari - Wikipedia

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    Kemari (蹴鞠) is an athletic game that was popular in Japan during the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura period (1185–1333). It resembles a game of keepie uppie or hacky sack. The game was popular in Kyoto, the capital, and the surrounding Kinki ( Kansai region ), and over time it spread from the aristocracy to the samurai class and chōnin ...

  7. Kendama - Wikipedia

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    Kendama. The kendama (けん玉, "sword [and] ball") is a traditional Japanese skill toy. It consists of a handle ( ken ), a pair of cups ( sarado ), and a ball ( tama) that are all connected together by a string. On one end of the ken is a cup, while the other end of ken is narrowed down, forming a spike ( kensaki) that fits into the hole ...

  8. Ohajiki - Wikipedia

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    Ohajiki. Ohajiki (おはじき) is a traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles. It is played with small coin-shaped pieces also called ohajiki. Modern pieces are typically made of glass or plastic, but in the past seashells, pebbles, and Go stones were used. It is traditionally considered a game for girls.

  9. Chō-han - Wikipedia

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    The game was a mainstay of the bakuto, itinerant gamblers in old Japan, and is still played by the modern yakuza. In a traditional Chou-Han setting, players sit on a tatami floor. The dealer sits in the formal seiza position and is often shirtless (to prevent accusations of cheating), exposing his elaborate tattoos. The rule also applies to ...

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