Traditional Games in JapanBy: Joru Valencia

List of Traditional Games for Children

AyatoriBeigomaBīdamaDarumasan ga korondaFukuwaraiHana Ichi MonmeHanetsukiKagome Kagome

KakurenboKankeri

KendamaKen Ken Pa

NawatobiOhajiki

OnigokkoOshikura Manjū

Otedama

OhajikiThis is generally considered a girls' game. Players take turns flicking small, coin-shaped pieces called ohajiki with their fingers, to hit other pieces. In the old days, they used pebbles, or pieces from another game, go. Today, the pieces are usually made of glass. When playing, make a circle with your thumb and index finger (or middle finger), then flick one piece with your thumb.

KendamaA kendama is a wooden toy known all over the world. Records show that the game came to Japan from China about 200 years ago. A number of skills are required. Flick the ball up so that it lands in the smallest cup, then the largest, then the medium-sized one, in that order. Then toss the ball so that its hole slides over the pointed tip. Next, see who can do this the fastest. To make it even more challenging, hold the ball with the hole facing up, then pitch the handle into the air and make the pointed end land in the hole. Adults also like the game, some so much that they join kendama clubs.

List of Traditional Board Games

GoIrenseiRenjuShogiSugorokuSugorokuNinuki-renju

ShogiShogi (将棋 shōgi?, generals' chess) (pron.: /ˈʃoʊɡiː/), also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player strategy board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, makruk, shatranj and xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋). Fun Fact: there is a Jdrama about Shogi. it's name is Hachi One Diver.

List of Traditional Card Games Buta no shippoDaifugōHanafudaKarutaMenkoOicho-kabuTwo-ten-jack (Tsū-ten-jakku)Uta-garuta - a kind of karuta

HanafudaHanafuda (花札?) are 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. there's an Anime Movie about Hanafuda called Summer Wars.

List of Traditional Tile GameMajan

Sudoku

SudokuSudoku (数独 sūdoku?, すうどく) i/suːˈdoʊkuː/, originally called Number Place, is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid (also called "boxes", "blocks", "regions", or "sub-squares") contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid, which typically has a unique solution.

Here's a preview of the Jdrama of shogiEnjoy!