Winter Games Enjoyment

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Games enjoyed in Winter

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


Children enjoy many games in winter, here are just a few as kigo.


snowball fight (yuki gassen)

stilts .. takeuma, takashi

winter Sports (soccer, ski and more)


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Kigo for early winter



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Kigo for mid-winter



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Kigo for late winter



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Kigo for all winter


aojashin 青写真 (あおじゃしん) blueprint
nikkoo shashin 日光写真（にっこうしゃしん） "sunshine photo"
Take a photo with the rays of the sunshine. Children used to make simple photos by exposing the image for a long time.




ayatori 綾取 (あやとり/ 綾取り)
play at cat's cradle
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nawatobi 縄飛 (なわとび) skipping rope, jumping rope
tsunatobi 綱飛（つなとび）

nawatobi uta 縄飛唄（なわとびうた）
song for the skipping rope




nekki uchi, nekkiuchi 根木打 (ねっきうち) "hitting the root"
koogai uchi 笄打（こうがいうち）
hera uchi 箆打（へらうち）
tsukushi uchi つくし打（つくしうち）
nenboo ねん棒（ねんぼう）, nenki 、ねん木（ねんき）
nengara ねんがら
A hard wooden stick of about 30 to 60 cm is used to hammer on the earth, Then the next player comes with his stick and tried to bring it to fall down, while his own stick stands out.
It is still popular in the San-In area of Western Japan.


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oshikuramanjuu, oshikura manjuu
押しくら饅頭 (おしくらまんじゅう)
push and shove game



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU


一人づつ減る夕寒を根木打
hitorizutsu heru yuukan o nekki uchi

one after the other
is leaving in the evening cold -
"hitting the root"

Suga Raba 菅裸馬 (1883 - 1971)


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Related words

. Games and Toys for the New Year 　


***** Winter (fuyu, Japan) the season


***** Check the WKD LIST of
. HUMANITY and All Winter Kigo


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