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Hanetuki
"Hanetuki" is a game played on New Year's Day by girls. It is Japanese badminton. With "hagoita" we hit "hane and send "hane" to our partner. The partner has to hit it back. Hane is made of feathers hagoita is made of wood and on one side a beautiful doll is attached. We hit hane with the side where there is no doll.

By Saeri Hijikata, Mrie Hirose, Mao Fujisawa, Yukari Yano

Kano
It is a girls' game of Japanese juggling. We put rice or pebbles into small bags of cloth. We toss and catch them. Skillful girls can handle 3 or 4 otedamas at the same time. We play it to the "otedama song". (By Hiromi Nagata, Kanako Tomida, Chika Takano, Kanae Morisita, Mami)
Nagoyajyoshidaigaku Junior High School, Japan
Teacher: Akiko Fujimura <[email protected]>
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