Janken games | Japanese Children's Games – Mixed Juichu

Janken

shingo daddy — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:12:50 +0000

The “Janken” is a kind of game which decides a winner. We can play it with several people in one time. It is so simple, so we do it often.

Japanese page : Janken

How to play and the rules

1. We use our hand and make three kinds of shape. Stone (bend all fingers), paper (spread all fingers) and scissors (extend index and middle fingers and bend the others).

2. The paper can wrap a stone, so the paper wins to the stone.

The stone is hard and scissors cannot cut them, so the stone wins to the scissors.

The scissors can cut the paper, so the scissors wins to the paper.

3. We call “Stone, paper, scissors, one, two, three!” all together and make one of those shapes when “three!”.

And, the winner will be decided.

4. When everybody makes the same sign or when there is at least one of all three signs shown, it is called “Aiko” or a draw and everyone tries again until someone wins.

Stone, Paper Game

shingo daddy — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:42:11 +0000

The “Stone, Paper Game” is a kind of “Janken” which we use only the stone and paper shapes. We do this game when you make teams.

Japanese page : Stone, Paper Game

How to play and the rules

The “Stone” is to bend all your fingers and make a stone shape.

The “Paper” is to spread all your fingers and make a paper shape.

Everybody call “Stone, paper, go!” and make one of the stone or paper shapes.

When the number of children in each team is equal, gather by the team and start a game.

When the number of children is not equal, repeat the “Stone, Paper Game” until it gets equal.

Sub-rules

There is a rule that when someone made a mistake and made “Scissors” shape, we think that scissors are the sprout and grows to a shape of the “paper”. So he can join the “Paper” team.

When there are so many children, you can do the “Stone, Paper Game” in pairs and make two teams.