This is a list of traditional Japanese games.

Games

Children's games

  • Beigoma
  • Bīdama
  • Daruma-san
  • Kakurenbo
  • 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

  • Choboichi
  • 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