Hanaichimonme (はないちもんめ) is a group outdoor game. Divide the children into two equal groups. The two groups hold hands with the members of their own group. Each team picks a player they would like to "win" from the other group.　

Hana(花・はな) means flower. “momme” (匁・もんめ) is old Japanese measurement unit for mass. 1 monme is 3.75g or 0.13 oz. 

Kagome Kagome(かごめかごめ) is a popular singing game played by young children.  One player stands in the middle of a circle with eyes closed while the other players dance around them. When the singing stops, the player in the middle must guess who is directly behind them. It is like “Ring Around the Rosie” 

Daruma san ga Koronda (だるまさんがころんだ) is a children's game like the Red light Green light game. The person who is "it" is called Oni (おに). The rest of the players  move forward to start the game saying "Hajime no Ippo" (はじめのいっぽ), which means first big step. Facing away from them, Oni says, "Daruma-san ga koronda" (だるまさんがころんだ), which means the daruma doll fell over. Daruma (だるま）is a round Japanese traditional wish doll.

Yubinya san Otoshimono (ゆうびんやさんおとしもの) is a game for a long rope. "Yubinyasan" means mailman, and "Otoshimono" is lost and found. Children pick up the letters the man dropped. "Mai" (まい) is a counter for paper-like objects.  

Nintendo (にんてんどう) is a multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. Founded in 1889, the company originally made hanafuda (はなふだ) playing cards, or flower cards, before it started developing video games in the 1970s.

In 1981, it developed and began distributing a coin-operated video game Donkey Kong, one of the first games that allowed characters to jump. The hero, Jumpman, is a carpenter racing to save his girlfriend, Pauline, from a crazed ape.　Jumpman was later renamed Mario (マリオ) because he resembled the landlord of Nintendo’s US headquarters, Mario Segali. 

Nintendo’s Family  Computer or Famicom (ファミコン) was released in 1983. It sold over 2.5 million units in Japan during its first year. The game console was sold as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the US in 1985. Famicom or NES featured groundbreaking games like Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ) and The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダのでんせつ). 

The origin of Shogi (しょうぎ) is the competition called "Chaturanga" (チャトランガ) which started in India and became "Chess" in the West. It came to Japan via China in the Nara to Heian periods. The oldest Shogi pieces were unearthed from the Kofuku-Ji temple in Nara. Today's style of Shogi was established at the end of the Muromachi era. Shogi means general's (shou しょう) board game (gi ぎ). There are eight types of pieces こま: one King (王将・おうしょう), two Gold Generals(金将・きんしょう), two Silver Generals (銀将・ぎんしょう), two knights, two Lances, one Rook, one Bishop, and nine Pawns. Shogi is played on a 9x9 board.