Ponyo Karuta

A cool collection of Karuta for January 1st 2010

Ponyo Karuta Cards on Amazon Japan

This year Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea was released by Ghibli Studio. It received a variety of critique but overall fans flocked to view the movie and purchase Ponyo goods. Ponyo was cool.

So I was not surprised to find that available on Amazon Japan this year are Ponyo Karuta. Karuta are cards that are traditionally played on New Year’s Day. Karuta (a borrowed word from the Portuguese, carta) is a card game in which the players try to grab the card before the opponent grabs them. Any type of character cards can be used to play the concept game.

This set of Karuta are really cute with Ponyo faces on them.

A cool collection of Karuta for January 1st 2010
A cool collection of Karuta for January 1st 2010

Do you have a special set of Karuta?

These are what the cards look like.
These are what the cards look like.

The tin that these cards are in looks good too. Click here to find out more.

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kimonobox

I have lived and worked in Japan for the past twenty five years off and on. I have seen many changes and enjoyed the various paradoxes and anomalies of everyday Japanese living.

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