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An intense card game but played in a traditional Japanese way, Kyogi Karuta utilizes the player’s sharpness of memory, as they compete to be the sole standing player who can collect the most card at the end of every game.
Grabbing cards, printed with verses from classical Japanese tanka poems, is how this game works.

The cards are laid out on the floor, between the two players, while a designated announcer recites the poem. The players then compete to see who can find and snatch the cards faster. 

Once a card is taken, the announcer moves on to the next tanka, and the player who takes more cards wins the game. Watch this video from Japan Video Topics - English

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