Grand Champions of Japan's Competitive "Karuta" Card Game Decided in Shiga Prefecture
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
OTSU, Japan, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Heated battles unfolded on the "tatami" mat floor during the national championship tournaments of competitive karuta (card game) held at Omi Shrine, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on January 9, 2021, to determine the best national players -- the "Meijin" (Master) winner of the men's division and the "Queen" winner of the women's division.
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- OTSU, Japan, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Heated battles unfolded on the "tatami" mat floor during the national championship tournaments of competitive karuta (card game) held at Omi Shrine, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on January 9, 2021, to determine the best national players -- the "Meijin" (Master) winner of the men's division and the "Queen" winner of the women's division.
- The calm and quiet venue was filled with a tense atmosphere each time when the reciter read out a poem (on the "yomifuda" or reading card) from the "Hyakunin Isshu" collection (a classical anthology of literary 100 "waka" poets, one poem each).
- An Israeli man, who was watching the competition, said with apparent excitement, "I had the same feeling of tension as that of the anime version."
- Photo1: Players taking part in the women's tournament at Omi Shrine (the championship tournament for the Queen title) (January 9, 2021)