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Encyclopedia > List of Japanese games

This is a list of traditional Japanese games. Many of them are localized games, but some, especially the more challenging games such as the board game Go, are enjoyed by players of different ages across the world. Go is a strategic board game for two players. ...

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Children's games

Dahrumasan ga Koronda is a Japanese game for at least three players. ... Hana Ichi Momme is a traditional Japanese childrens game. ... Hanetsuki (羽根突き, 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to badminton, played with a rectangular wooden paddle, called a hagoita, and a brightly-coloured shuttlecock. ... Kagome, kagome (かごめかごめ) is a Japanese childrens game. ... Rock, Paper, Scissors chart Rock, Paper, Scissors (also known by other names) is a popular hand game most often played by children. ... A Makura-Nage (Japanese: ) is the game from Japan that children throw pillows at each other. ... Onigokko is a Japanese playground game usually played with two or more people. ... Bean bags called ojami Otedama is a traditional Japanese childrens game. ... Uta-garuta is the most popular among the many kinds of karuta (card games) in Japan. ...

Board games

Go is a strategic board game for two players. ... Shogi ), or Japanese chess, is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. ... Renju (Japanese: 連珠) is the professional variant of Gomoku, a Japanese board game. ... Pente is a board game created in 1978 by Gary Gabrel. ...

Card games

// Dai Hin Min or Daifugo/Daihinmin (in English, Rich Man Poor Man) is a Japanese card game for three or more players played with a standard 52-card pack. ... Hanafuda ) is Japanese flower cards, and a card game which evolved from Western playing cards. ... Menko (めんこ, 面子) is a Japanese card game played by two or more players. ... Two-ten-jack is a Japanese trick-taking card game for two players that takes its name from the three highest-scoring (and lowest-scoring) cards in the game: the 2, 10 and Jack in three different suits. ... Uta-garuta is the most popular among the many kinds of karuta (card games) in Japan. ...

Dice games

  • Cho-han bakuchi

Cho-Han Bakuchi (or Cho Ka Han Ka, or simply Cho-Han) is a traditional Japanese gambling game using dice. ...

Word games

  • Henohenomoheji
  • Uta-garuta

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To begin with, I thought that the games were a mish-mash of releases from Japan, the US and elsewhere.
And although, not every Japanese game is included in the list, nearly every one is and so it certainly forms a good starting point for determining the full list of Japanese games.
The objective is to put together the evidence this catalogue, the evidence derived from real games obtained and noticed on auction websites and a third list from a Japanese website to determine the full list of Japanese games.
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