Carnival Games during Japan Summer Festival 1. Ring Toss - ‘Bingo or Wanage’ - Ring toss is a game where players toss rings to the prize you want to get. Players should shoot three rings in a row, any connecting rings and win a prize. The prizes are usually presented in numbers attached to each pillar fixed on the floor. 2. Traditional Japanese Shooting - ‘Shateki’ - Gun-shooting, or called as shateki in Japanese, is a game where you use a toy rifle to target the price you want and shoot at it. The bullet is made of cork, and if you hit your target, you’ll get it as a prize. 3. Yo-Yo Tsuri - Yo-yo fishing, or called as yo-yo tsuri in Japanese, is a game where you fish a “yo-yo” using a string made of paper with a hook attached to its end. The yo-yos are usually water balloons with rubber strings with long loops attached. The yo-yos are pretty heavy, and the paper strings aren’t waterproof, so you have to fish the yo-yos quickly and carefully. 4. Katanuki - Similar to the ‘Sugar Honeycombs’ game from Squid Game. A game that uses a rectangular candy mold made of sugar, flour, and a pre-shaped mold that forms shapes, such as animals, stars, trees, flowers, and more. The player uses a needle to engrave the outline on that mold and separate the shape from the mold. Although it’s made of sugar and flour, the candy mold is not used for eating but for playing, and it’s pretty easy to crack, so players have to be very careful. 5. Guess How Many - All you need is a jar and lots of small items to put in it. For the item, you can choose beans, candy, pom-poms, rocks, shells — anything really. You’ll also need some paper scraps and pencils so people can write down their guesses. - Before you put everything into the jar, make sure you’ve counted how many things are in there so you can pick a winner. This carnival game is easy enough that people of all ages can participate, since all they have to do is make their best guess for how many objects are in the jar. To make things really fun, let the person with the closest guess keep the jar and its contents. DIY Carnival Games
