Japan
Board Games with Japan theme are a category on its own and it’s a very diverse one. These games are set in Japan or have themes from Japanese history, Japanese culture and legends. Japan themed board games often have distinctive style and beautiful illustrations depicting unique Japanese aesthetics and motifs which simply make you say “Kawaii!” or “Kirei!”. However, games in this category bring different game mechanics, complexity and game types. You will find complex strategies as well as quick small games, family-oriented board games, card games, co-ops, solo games and games for two…
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As varied as Japanese culture is, no game is the same like another. Everyone will find their pick!
Board games in this category allow you to immerse into the rich Japanese culture cozily from your home. Japanese history, strategic battles, zen relaxation, traditional cuisine, cute cats or fast Japanese trains… which theme you wanna try first?
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As an example, we are mentioning a few games to show how different can games inspired by Japan be:
The White Castle: Strategic euro game set in the feudal era of Japan and placed in the court of the Himeji castle. In the game you will work with resources, worker placement and dice placement to carry out actions.in order to manage your gardens, defend the castle or progress up the social ladder of the court. Its sleek and simple design belies a great deal of strategic depth within the grasp of players.
Ticket to Ride - Japan & Italy: Ticket to Ride is one of the most successful titles. In this expansion, you will travel to iconic locations such as Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukuoka, and you will manage with the famous Shinkansen railway line which everyone in the game shares. Just like on real Japanese railways, you have to combine competition with cooperation.
Dorfromantik: Sakura: Well know title but this time in Japan! Dorfromantik: Sakura is a cooperative game in which you build a cozy, picturesque village and fulfil requests from its residents. That way you will collect points and get new challenges. There are 6 surprise boxes with new content that you can open through the game.
Kyoto no Neko: In Kyoto no Neko you become a kitten who is about to explore the city of Kyoto through a series of independent, replayable scenarios. How cute! In each scenario players fulfill a variety of missions typical for cats – from befriending a schoolboy to fight with aggressive stray cat or stealing other player’s food. During the game you will evolve and develop your skills and gain new options to explore the city.
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Dorfromantik - Sakura is the stand-alone successor to the Spiel des Jahres 2023 Dorfromantik - The Board Game.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Improve your Japanese state! Replace the cards in your hand and in your tableau with cards from the central river while respecting their positioning.
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.
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 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.
Takenoko: Panďátka je rozšíření pro pěknou rodinnou deskovou hru Takenoko. V rozšíření přibude do hry Máma Pandová a pokud se s Tátou Pandou potkají na jednom políčku, můžete se těšit na malá panďátka, která přinášejí bonusy. Kromě toho obsahuje rozšíření i nohá hraní políčka, nové úkoly a nové varianty hry.
In Kano, 2 to 4 players compete to create their own Emakimono—traditional Japanese painted handscrolls—by skillfully arranging vibrant paint pots. The game elegantly blends tactical resource management with spatial optimization as players navigate a shared central mat to collect the pigments needed for their masterpieces.
The erasable marker sheet for Dorfromantik: The Board Game can be used repeatedly. It replaces disposable sheets in a pad.
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.
It's cherry blossom season. As the beautiful sakura petals fall, a calm tranquility lingers in the air. It's the perfect calm before the storm: welcome to the Sakura Slam!
Welcome to Hanamikoji, the most famous street of geishas in the old capital of Kyoto, Japan. Geishas are elegant and charming ladies skilled in arts, music, dance, various forms of performance, and rituals. Highly respected and admired, geishas are masters of entertainment.In Hanamikoji, two players compete for the favor of seven famous geishas by collecting their favorite items. Will you be...
Hanabi je kooperativní karetní hra, ve které je úkolem hráčů předvést co největší ohňostroj! Tak jednoduché to ale není, hráči nevidí své vlastní karty a ostatní jim musí jednoduchými indiciemi napovídat, co mají v ruce. Kromě logiky tak procvičíte i pamatováka, protože některé karty si musíte pamatovat i několik kol, než je můžete zahrát.
Takenoko je desková hra, která se odehrává na japonském císařském dvoře. Čísař dostal od svého čínského protějšku darem vzácné zvíře - pandu. Vaším úkolem je postavit zahrádku, na které budete pěstovat bambus, který věčně hladovou pandu zasytí. Tím získáte vítězné body na kartičkách s tajnými úkoly. Takenoko je vynikající rodinná hra, která se nejen dobře hraje, ale i nádherně vypadá....
ATRAH plunges you into the deepest, darkest trenches of the ocean … Designed by Johannes Goupy and Jérémy Ducret, this tactical game for 2 to 4 players perfectly blends set collection, area majority, and a volatile stock market economic engine.
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...
The third expansion for Onitama, Light and Shadow offers a new way to explore the elegant and simple game of martial tactics by introducing a new type of pawn: the Ninja! Unlike other pawns, the Ninja moves secretly, hidden from your opponent's view until they are ready to strike...
Hakkeyoi, Nokotta! In this hand management game, try to force your opponent to go above 10 or below 0 to achieve a Slambo! Stay balanced or get slammed! Each card you play raises or lowers the balance by the number printed on the card. Blue cards raise it, and red cards lower it. Can you stay in the fight long enough to win?

