This is a list of traditional Japanese games. Many of them are localized games, but some, especially the more challenging games such as the board game Go, are enjoyed by players of different ages across the world.
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Children's games
- Chopsticks (Hand game)
- Daruma san Ga Koronda
- Ponjan
- Fukuwarai
- Hana Ichi Momme
- Hanetsuki
- Kagome Kagome
- Ken Ken Pa
- Makura-Nage
- Nawatobi
- Onigokko
- Oshikura Manju
- Otedama
- Uta-garuta
Board games
- Go (invented in China)
- Shogi
- Renju
- Ninuki-renju
Card games
- Dai Hin Min(the poor)or Dai Fu Gou(a multimillionaire)
- Hanafuda--Japanese playing cards (with twelve flower suits)
- Menko---a menko; a children's game in which a thick card is slapped down on the ground to overturn a card 「of one's opponent's [belonging to one's opponent]
- Two-ten-jack
- Uta-garuta
- Butanoshippo---The pig wagged its tail.
Tile games
Dice games
Word games
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