Chiba, Japan - Goldfish Scooping 金魚すくい

Once again on the other side of the festivities is the goldfish scooping game. Usually played by children but sometimes adults give it a try if their kids are too young. The objective is to scoop as many goldfish as possible into your bowl without breaking the very very very thin net. Once the net is broken, you have to pay again if you want to try and get more.

However, the game owners usually let children try again if just part of it breaks. Afterall, being a hardass never earns you any income.

Category:

Travel & Events

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• chiba
• japan
• natsu
• matsuri
• 2009
• goldfish
• scoop
• festival
• parade
• celebration
• travel

[madarauchiha1218]

i wish they had this in florida v.v

[Savin877]

@madarauchiha1218

Actually some places in the US do have this but they are mostly on the West coast.

[MsGeek703]

At least the fish get a fighting chance in this game...here in the US you play sort of a "goldfish pong" game where if you get a ping pong ball in the tank, it's yours. I'm sure the fish aren't thrilled with getting pelted with ping pong balls. However, that's how I got my Kintaro-kun.

[gagerdemon]

what the purpose?

[halloikbenXD]

@VIPmickeymouse111

hahahaa lol

[HitomiNoRyu]

@RedEmeraldDragon Not that I heard of.

[SayNoToEThug]

@00LaTiNaSk8Tr00 buy 20 dollars worth of feeder goldfishes, that should be around 150 fishes, do it in your back yard.

[RedEmeraldDragon]

@sashulse Oh, well thats fair enough. =]

[sashulse]

@RedEmeraldDragon yea u scoop bouncy balls and at the end you count them up and get a biger ball

[RedEmeraldDragon]

Is it true that this game got banned in Japan and was replaced with another similar type of game that doesn't have animals involved?

[brennakell]

good you broke your net poor black moor..looks like its about to die