Card Games in Japan
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Banner of Japan | |
Population | 124.21 Million |
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Land Area | 140,728 mi² |
Capital | Tokyo |
Official Language | Japanese |
Play/Deal Direction | Clockwise |
Most Common Deck | Standard International |
Most Popular Card Game | Karuta |
Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
In addition to a number of games played with the standard International deck, Japan also features a number of other special decks used to play very popular card games in Japan such as Chess Cards and Hanafuda (Flower) cards which are used for playing the National card game of Japan, Karuta.