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You can make many fingers by inserting the wrist or fingers into a piece of string that encircles the hand. Usually, the game is played alone or with two people who pass the string back and forth between themselves. It is made of cloth filled with red beans or rice. Toss up the “mother” bean bag, while picking up one of the bean bags on the floor, then catch the “mother” bean bag in the same hand.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
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Pile up the cylindrical wooden pieces and put the Budhidharma doll on top of the pile. Hit each piece with the wooden hammer so as not to make the doll fall down. A game like badminton for two people, where the shuttlecock is hit with a wooden racket. The person who loses has an “X” mark drawn on their face with India ink.
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A traditional game in which people compete to pick up picture cards that match opening lines read out aloud by a referee from proverbs and ancient Japanese poems. Players are blindfolded, and must place ears, eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, on the outline of the face of Otafuku, and enjoy comparing the results.

　

ア Hanetsuki    イ Fukuwarai    ウ Ayatori     エ Karuta    オ Otedama  カ Darumaotoshi

　

　

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