Karuta Hajime at Yasaka Shrine 2011 八坂神社 かるた始め式

[plaidword]

True, you can smash the whole board to get the card, but 1) that takes an excess of energy to do 2) it's much faster to pinpoint 3) it's embarrassing that you have to go to such extents 4) other players will think you are an absolute loser 5) Japanese people are refined, doing a barrel roll on top of a game is not refined.

[SirLancelotized]

Game begins at 7:31

[1980Mils]

The Japanese have an enviably rich culture.

[allyad1]

They're really elegant.

[deathonater5]

damn they r all like clowns with only white makeup

and yes chihayafuru brought me here

[barneypwnedyou]

I think that the reader of the cards in chihayafuru is far more better than the one in this video. It just hurts my ears with that squeaky voice. I think no one smashes the cards like Chihaya does almost everyone plays like the queen.

[XLMKIU123]

esto se trata de rapidez i memorizar

[SYKGC]

Chihaya plays way too fast according to the video standards! ^^

[kanburiaki]

@SYKGC Because this is just a ceremony not a real match of competitive karuta.

[maxauto44e]

ha im guilty of the chihaya bandwagon xD

[azmariah94]

They're sleeves must be a hindrance. >.< But they look so elegant.

[thesnowhitequeen]

I'm from Brazil, and when I saw Chihayafuru, I was completely in love with karuta! It's so amazing, and I keep learning a lot with all of those animes!

[07hatsu]

chihaya-chan and wataya-kun :'D

[BladeBloodreaver]

I get that the clothing is traditional, but it just seems hella inconvenient. I can totally see it happen that you swipe a card on the opponents side and completely ruin the deck xD.

Also find the way the poems are told kinda... annoying at time. Yet i still enjoy watching Chihayafuru. It made me look up karuta and it brought me here :).

[crusade4627]

Chihaya-chan brought me here :D

[trinkes99]

starts at 6:43 of the organization charts

[sergiodelgadinho]

rlly cool game/sport but still, old ba-san's voice is sooo anoooyiiing!

oh and also got here through chihaya furu of course xD!

[pohlin111]

i came here because chihayafuru too!!XD

[xxxblacknightxxx0]

well im also here on the chihayafuru bandwagon :D

[ShinobiSasukeUchiha]

@YeroJero not me. I mean, I like Chihayafuru, but I've known about this game LOOOOOOONG before Chihayafuru, since I played this once in my college's Japanese class and Japan Club.

[aceraezac]

chihaya brought me here too !! i was wondering how real life karuta matches looked like@@

[bleachboy64]

lol i came here because of chiayafuru lol geez anime is such a huge influence

[MiharuEndoh1]

Chihayafuru brought me here too xD~

[ElectroDanceQueen]

Ahhh thanks to Chihaya now I want to play... It looks like fun!!

[0MioAkiyama0]

Chihaya's love for Karuta is spreading though out the fans and I'm one of the fans that got hit by that and now I want to learn all about Karuta and all about the hidden meaning for each card of the past like how Chihaya learned from Kana-chan.....thumbs up if you are here to know the hidden meaning of the poems like Chihaya

[TwinPrincessAbby]

@0MioAkiyama0 SAME!

[dougmaluquinho]

Chihayafuru !!

[Kon3ko]

Thumbs up if you came here because of Chihayafuru!

[T3F13]

@Kon3ko hahahahahaha

[Reem89jp]

@Kon3ko Hai hai haiii :D

[SpaceClown404]

Wouldnt the dress mess up the cards?

[Mavz0r]

@SpaceClown404 Doesn't matter as long as you get the correct card. Hell, if you want, you can smash 6 cards out of the way, as long as the right one is in the ones you blew away. Or so I've been taught by Chihayafuru, hehe.

[TwilightsSerenity]

@Mavz0r

Actually, when I played it, if you hit the wrong card you had to get rid of a point.

[chinesemimi]

@Mavz0r like if you smashed the whole board =.=

[aiayumi]

love their kimonos

[MsAiTea]

きれ！かるたわほんとにかこいです。

[klaviersonate97]

この簡易袿欲しい！

[OBOGAN]

Yes i saw their smile ^^

It's forbidden normally ?

[galthea]

well, nice that the one in the front remembered to look down properly...