Japan Traditional Games and Toys Activity Book for Kids

About this book

Written and produced in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu (Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC) — a real Japanese-made activity book about the classic games and toys of Japan.

200 classic-play puzzles in one big book — mazes, dot-to-dots, coloring pages and word searches, all about the games Japanese kids have loved for hundreds of years!

Help the kendama kid land the ball in the big cup, the kite flyer reach the kite tail and the sugoroku traveler reach the finish square, connect the dots to reveal a kendama, a diamond kite, a daruma tower and a spinning paper balloon, color the great top-spinning battle, the karuta card grab, the funny fukuwarai face game and the paper sumo bout, and hunt for game words like TAKO, SUGOROKU, KAMIFUSEN and DARUMAOTOSHI! Every one of the 200 puzzles is about Japan's classic screen-free play — the toys grandparents played with, still loved today. Each section starts with a fun classic-games fact kids will love to share.

Made for ages 6–10: mazes start easy and grow step by step, dot-to-dots use big friendly numbers, coloring pages have bold lines and big open spaces, and word searches go across and down only — no tricky diagonals. All answers are at the back, checked by computer so every puzzle really works.

Inside: 50 Mazes · 50 Dot-to-Dots · 50 Coloring Pages · 50 Word Searches (10 classic game & toy themes) · Full answer section · "Japan Puzzle Master" certificate.

The classic-play companion to the Japan Town Life, Music, School, Sports, Weather, Animals, Four Seasons, Sea & Ocean, Nature, Food, Onsen, Castles, Trains and Festivals activity books — the covers match on the shelf!