List of traditional Japanese games

This article is about traditional Japanese games. For Japanese video games, see Video gaming in Japan. For Japanese game shows, see Japanese variety show.

This is a list of traditional Japanese games.

Games

Children's games

• Beigoma
• Bīdama
• Daruma-san
• Hide-and-seek
• Kemari
• Kendama
• Ken-ken-pa (Hopscotch)
• Menko
• Nawatobi (Jump rope)
• Ohajiki
• Onigokko
• Oshikura Manju
• Otedama

Board games

• Go - originates in China, important rules change (free opening) in Japan
• Renju
• Shogi
• Hasami shogi
• Sugoroku
• Ninuki-renju

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
• Kitsune bakuchi

Word games

• Dajare
• Henohenomoheji
• Kaibun
• Shiritori
• Uta-garuta

Solitaire games

• Sudoku
• Tsume shogi

Drinking games

• Konpira see https://www.samuraitours.com/japanese-partydrinking-game/

See also

• Japanese role-playing game
• Video game