Kategoriarkiv: Japanese schools using Ogoola Karuta

A video clip on first grade elementary school children competing with the Japanese original Ogoola game at school. Wouldn’t it be cool if kids here could do that too with our own poetry?

Modern Japan has realized how important it is to keep their traditional customs and culture. Elementary schools have young children play the old poetry game. The 5th grade students at school read the poems for the young first grade students … Läs mer →

We all learn the classical Japanese poetry during junior high and high school in Japan. My school used to also have these games at school during and after learning the poems. Does this look boring? Check it out and see!