Japan

Ukiyo is a tactical puzzle-based 18-card game for 1-4 players. Players lay cards down horizontally or vertically to create patterns of symbols within a 6x6 grid.

Dorfromantik - Sakura is the stand-alone successor to the Spiel des Jahres 2023 Dorfromantik - The Board Game.

Improve your Japanese state! Replace the cards in your hand and in your tableau with cards from the central river while respecting their positioning.

Immerse yourself in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo's fish market with Tsukiji Market, a strategic duel in which two chefs compete for the freshest ingredients. This game combines bluff, speed and anticipation, inspired by the frenetic atmosphere of Tsukiji.

Two clans compete to exert their influence in the White Heron's court, managing resources and building engines. On each turn, you will use their lamp tokens to obtain resources and activate actions. Among the actions available, you can buy and upgrade influence cards, place clan seals on gardens and training grounds, move your courtier between circles of influence, or trade with the Portuguese....

The Kitsune are divided into 2 clans: Zenko (blue cards) and Yako (orange cards). You are assigned one clan at the beginning of the game but you will have to play with your clan's cards and the ones of the opposing clan to win.

Dear travelers, welcome to the Japanese island of Shikoku! In the game Tokaido Duo, two players will embark on a threefold spiritual journey to the smallest of Japan's main islands. As a pilgrim, visit gardens, beaches, shrines, and hot springs. As a merchant, collect and sell traditional souvenirs. And as a painter, immortalize the island's beautiful panoramas in a painting that you will give...

Koi lets you create your own ornamental pond filled with colorful koi, water lilies, lotus flowers, and a serene atmosphere inspired by Japanese gardens. Koi is a family strategy game for 1–4 players, recommended for ages 10 and up. You should set aside approximately 45–60 minutes for a single game. Thanks to its simple basic rules, even less experienced players can learn it quickly, yet it...

Rozkvět železnice (Railway Boom) is a strategic auction game for 2 to 4 players in which you’ll travel back to a time of rapid development in Japan and become owners of railroad companies. You’ll build rail lines, connect cities, open new stations, and compete to see who can build the most successful transportation empire. At the heart of the game are auctions that determine the players’ order...

In The White Castle: Matcha, you will have to deal with a new place in which to influence the court using new members of your clan. Having members of your clan in good seats within the Chashitsu (tea room) will help you achieve a greater level of influence within the court of Himeji. Also, you will have one additional action each round. Will that be enough?

Nippon: Zaibatsu is a new edition of Nippon, a fast-paced, area-majority economic game. Players control "zaibatsu": massive conglomerates of interconnected companies driving Japan's economy in the Industrial Revolution era.

Following the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, daimyos competed for control of foreign trade and technology. Himeji Castle, a symbol of feudal power, became a strategic center for clans seeking to gain influence.

The White Castle is a Euro type game with mechanics of resource management, worker placement and dice placement to carry out actions. During the game, over three rounds, players will send members of their clan to tend the gardens, defend the castle or progress up the social ladder of the nobility. At the end of the match, these will award players victory points in a variety of ways.

Ascend the Shinra Tower: Final Fantasy VII is a cooperative balancing / stacking game for 1–5 players. Players work together to build the wobbly Shinra Tower using floor and wall panels of various heights, and try to guide Cloud up to the eighth level without the structure collapsing. Throughout the game, enemies (including Turks and Sephiroth) appear that must be overcome while the team works...

Kokeshi is a strategic puzzle-style game where players build and extend tile-based tracks to guide their wooden dolls. Each turn, you activate one track, moving a Kokeshi forward to trigger actions, patterns, and possible chain reactions. New tiles let you shape your workshop’s layout, creating more efficient paths and unlocking stronger effects. The game blends open drafting, pattern building,...

The tea ceremony lies at the heart of Japanese culture, giving life the most essential and elemental concepts of hospitality, respect, and Zen philosophy. There, they believe that tea, which came from China in the 13th century, resolved the health problems of the Buddhist monks who drank it. Over the years, the tea ceremony evolved to offer the samurai a place of calm, far from the chaos of the...