A lot of the games I just mentioned are rapidly becoming obsolete among the children of the current generation.\u00a0 Playstations and other video games are the things that kids want these days.\u00a0 Of course, these games are still a part of tradition, so they are played, but not as much as they were played in the past.\u00a0 The stores still sell these games, so it’s not an extinct tradition, well at least not yet.\u00a0 So if you haven’t noticed yet, New Years is a big deal in Japan, hence the many posts on it.\u00a0 I got lots more, so stay tuned!\u00a0 Bye!<\/p>\n \ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are some traditional Japanese games that children play for the New Year.\u00a0 Some of these games are very similar to the games that Americans play, but with a different twist. Let me explain more about what I mean by mentioning the game called fukuwarai (\u798f\u7b11\u3044).\u00a0 Fukuwarai (\u798f\u7b11\u3044) is similar to the game ‘pin the…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/danga-muace.hp.infoseek.co.jp\/famisugo6.jpg\")
Now if you’ve ever played a board game before, then you’re going to know how to play a game called sugoroku (\u53cc\u516d<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 Sugoroku (\u53cc\u516d<\/strong><\/span>) is a game consisting of dice and some board pieces.\u00a0 It’s purely a chance game.\u00a0 The number of spaces you’re permitted to move depend on the dice.\u00a0 Due to the tendency to gamble when playing sugoroku (\u53cc\u516d<\/strong><\/span>), it’s actually been banned a couple times in the past, by the Japanese government.\u00a0 Despite that, sogoroku (\u53cc\u516d<\/strong><\/span>) continues to be a popular game among children and adults.\u00a0 I like it because you don’t have to think too much.\u00a0 You just roll the die and let fate take you wherever it takes you. Lol.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.kogire.com\/20071212_444975.jpg\")
The next game is something close to playing a sport.\u00a0 If you’ve played badminton before and you liked it, then you’ll like this game.\u00a0 The game I’m referring to is hanetsuki (\u7fbd\u6839\u7a81\u304d<\/strong>).\u00a0 Hanestuki (\u7fbd\u6839\u7a81\u304d<\/strong>) consists of a paddle board, like the one you use in ping pong and a shuttlecock.\u00a0 The paddle board is wooden and called hagoita (\u7fbd\u5b50\u677f<\/strong>).\u00a0 The hagoita (\u7fbd\u5b50\u677f<\/strong>) is brightly colored and decorated.\u00a0 Sometimes people just buy the hagoita (\u7fbd\u5b50\u677f<\/strong>) as a decorative piece than to play hanetsuki (\u7fbd\u6839\u7a81\u304d<\/strong>).\u00a0 Some hagoitas (\u7fbd\u5b50\u677f<\/strong>) are so beautifully designed it seems a waste to use it as a paddle.\u00a0 Since the object of the game is to keep the shuttlecock in the air as long as possible, the hagoitas (\u7fbd\u5b50\u677f<\/strong>) take a brutal beating from the many desperate attempts to whack it before it falls to the ground.<\/p>\n