Yorimichi GamesTraditional Japanese games
Hanafuda, shogi, ohajiki, daruma otoshi and more: games that have been played in Japan for generations.
Traditional Japanese games (24)
FukuwaraiRemember a face, place six hidden features, then reveal your arrangement
Amidakuji (Ladder Draw)Enter names and outcomes, add rungs together and trace each path (2–20 people)
Bozu Mekuri (Poet Card Game)Flip the Hyakunin Isshu poet cards: keep lords, monks cost you everything, princesses take the field
Daruma Otoshi (Japanese Tower Game)Knock the blocks out one by one with a mallet without dropping the daruma on top
Fishing GameHook toy fish at the fair tank, or cast, strike and reel in 26 real fish from Japan’s coasts, rivers and lakes
Gunjin Shogi (Military Shogi)Move hidden pieces, let the referee judge each battle and take the enemy HQ
Hachi-Hachi (Hanafuda)Three-player hanafuda with hand yaku, capture yaku and an 88-point par
Hakoiri Musume (Sliding Block Puzzle)Slide the blocks to free the Daughter – the classic 81-move layout and 24 more puzzles
Hana-Awase (Hanafuda)Three-player hanafuda: match cards by month and score card points plus yaku
Hasami ShogiSlide pieces like rooks and sandwich enemy pieces to capture them. First to 5 wins
Juroku MusashiOne General against sixteen soldiers in a classic Japanese hunt game
Mahjong (Two-Player Riichi)Japanese riichi mahjong one-on-one vs the CPU, with hints, a yaku list and scoring practice
Mawari Shogi (Shogi Board Race)Toss four golds as dice, race around a shogi board and rise from pawn to king
Mini ShogiShogi on a tiny 4×5 board, plus 5x5 minishogi, with a move guide and hints
Ohajiki (Japanese Marble Flicking)Flick a flat glass piece into another to win it. Draw a line between them first
Oicho-Kabu (Japanese Card Game)A Japanese adding card game: get the last digit of your total close to 9 and beat the dealer
Shogi KuzushiSlide shogi pieces out of a pile with one finger, without a sound. Solo, vs CPU or 2 players
Shooting GalleryFire corks at a daruma, a kokeshi doll and boxes on a festival stall and knock them off the shelf
Smartball (Japanese Pinball)Pull the spring and shoot the ball through the pins into the holes on three boards
Soroban (Japanese Abacus)Flick the beads of an online soroban and practice adding and subtracting
Tsume Shogi (Shogi Puzzles)Checkmate puzzles from Japanese chess: mate in 1, 3 and 5, plus a daily problem
Acchi Muite Hoi (Look That Way!)Win rock paper scissors to point, lose and look away – the Japanese “look that way” game
Koi-Koi (Hanafuda)Match cards by month, build yaku, then choose: koi-koi or stop?
Shogi (Japanese Chess)Japanese chess where captured pieces come back. 3 CPU levels and a move guide