List of traditional Japanese games

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