ひたち郷土かるた

Hitachi Folk Karuta Rules

１．Background

Each Karuta game takes place on a court.
Each team has three players and teams compete against each other in a round robin style in order to qualify for the semifinal and final stage of the tournament.

２．Preparation

The referee divides the 56 Karuta cards into 2 piles.

The cards are shuffled and then placed on the game board face-down, which is in the middle of the court.

The teams sit on either side of the court with the team leader sitting in the middle.

Rock- paper- scissors is played to determine which pile of cards will be placed on either side of the court.

The team that wins rock- paper -scissors chooses first.

The cards are placed face up on the court with 15 cards on the top row and 13 cards on the bottom row. The losing team does the same with their cards.

The cards must be 3 cm apart and the cards on the bottom rows of the court must be 10 cm away from the player’s knees.

３．How to play Karuta and dos and don'ts

	How to play		Dos and don'ts
	Card Reader	Player
Start	Sit as per the participant position plan		● Wait quietly sitting Japanese style until the game starts
Game	Give the cards for reading a good shuffling. After saying “Ready?” read the card slowly. Read the same card again. (Read each card twice.) Then, saying “I will read the next,” read the next card slowly. Continue the card reading in the same way. When only two cards remain, the reader should say “I will check and confirm the cards.”(read the two cards) Line up the two cards in the center row 30cm apart. The card reader reads one of the two cards. The card reader reads one of the two cards.	Take the card read Take the card read. Continue taking cards in the same way. Each team leader competes. Take the card. Each team leader counts its cards and reports to the referee.	●Bow to each other before and after the game. ●Put your hands on your knees until the card is read. Don’t stand on your knees. ●When you take a card, hold it or sweep it by using only one hand. ●During the game, don’t change the position of the cards. (Put the cards back to their original positions if they have been moved) ●If more than one player holds the same card, the player whose hand is at the bottom should get the card. If they hold the same card at the same time, in the same place, play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets the card. In other cases, see the list. ●If you or one of your team members touch the incorrect card, the correct card should be given to your opponent as “Otetsuki”. Even if all members of your team touch different cards that are incorrect, only the one correct card should be given to your opponent. ●Even if you are unhappy with youropponent, don’t argue with each other. Give your opinion through the referee. ●While the leader is counting the cards, all the others should sit quietly.
Determ-ining the winner	Considering one card obtained as one point, the team which gets the highest points is the winner. If two teams get the same number of points, then, the team which has the card ”り” (=joker) becomes the winner.

Start

【How to play】
Sit as per the participant position plan

【Dos and don’ts】
● Wait quietly sitting Japanese style until the game starts

● Bow to each other before and after the game.

● Put your hands on your knees until the card is read. Don’t stand on your knees.

Game

【Card Reader】
Give the cards for reading a good shuffling.
After saying “Ready?” read the card slowly.
Read the same card again.
(Read each card twice.)

【Player】
Take the card read

【Card Reader】
Then, saying “I will read the next,” read the next card slowly.
Continue the card reading in the same way.
When only two cards remain, the reader should say “I will check and confirm the cards.” (read the two cards)

【Player】
Take the card read.
Continue taking cards in the same way.

【Dos and don’ts】

● When you take a card, hold it or sweep it by using only one hand.

● During the game, don’t change the position of the cards. (Put the cards back to their original positions if they have been moved)

● If more than one player holds the same card, the player whose hand is at the bottom should get the card. If they hold the same card at the same time, in the same place, play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets the card. In other cases, see the list.

● If you or one of your team members touch the incorrect card, the correct card should be given to your opponent as “Otetsuki”. Even if all members of your team touch different cards that are incorrect, only the one correct card should be given to your opponent.

【Card Reader】
Line up the two cards in the center row 30cm apart.
The card reader reads one of the two cards.

【Player】
Each team
leader competes.

Take the card.

Each team leader counts its cards and reports to the referee.

【Dos and don’ts】

● Even if you are unhappy with your opponent, don’t argue with each other. Give your opinion through the referee.

● While the leader is counting the cards, all the others should sit quietly.

Determ-ining the winner

Considering one card obtained as one point, the team which gets the highest points is the winner. If two teams get the same number of points, then, the team which has the card ”り” (=joker) becomes the winner.

A team	B team	Judgment
when a player touches both the correct card and the incorrect one	when a player touches the both cards	decide it by “rock- paper-scissors”
	when a player touches only the correct card	B team can get it
	when a player touches only the incorrect one	A team can get it
	when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	decide it by “rock-paper-scissors”
when a player touches only the correct card	when a player touches the both cards	A team can get it
	when a player touches only the correct card	decide it by “rock-paper-scissors”
	when a player touches only the incorrect one	A team can get it
	when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	A team can get it
when a player touches only the incorrect card	when a player touches the both cards	B team can get it
	when a player touches only the correct card	B team can get it
	when a player touches only the incorrect card	decide it by“rock-paper-scissors”
	when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	B team can get it
when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	when a player touches the both cards	decide it by“rock-paper-scissors”
	when a player touches only the correct card	B team can get it
	when a player touches only the incorrect card	A team can get it
	when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	the team whose player touches　the correct card first can get it

【A team】Judgment	【B team】when a player touches the both cards 【Judgment】decide it by“rock- paper-scissors”	【B team】when a player touches only the correct card 【Judgment】B team can get it	【B team】when a player touches only the incorrect one 【Judgment】A team can get it	【B team】when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one 【Judgment】decide it by“rock- paper-scissors”
【A team】when a player touches only the correct card	【B team】when a player touches the both cards 【Judgment】A team can get it	【B team】when a player touches only the correct card 【Judgment】decide it by“rock- paper-scissors”	【B team】when a player touches only the incorrect one 【Judgment】A team can get it	【B team】when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one 【Judgment】A team can get it
【A team】when a player touches only the incorrect card	【B team】when a player touches the both cards 【Judgment】B team can get it	【B team】when a player touches only the correct card 【Judgment】BB team can get it	【B team】when a player touches only the incorrect card 【Judgment】decide it by“rock- paper-scissors”	【B team】when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one 【Judgment】B team can get it
【A team】when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one	【B team】when a player touches the both cards 【Judgment】decide it by“rock- paper-scissors”	【B team】when a player touches only the correct card 【Judgment】B team can get it	【B team】when a player touches only the incorrect card 【Judgment】A team can get it	【B team】when a player touches neither the correct card nor the incorrect one 【Judgment】the team whose player touches　the correct card first can get it

■ When the last two playing cards are lefts

The reader reads the two remaining cards aloud, and the players must confirm they are correct. After confirmation, the remaining two playing cards are placed in the center (marked red) with a 30 cm space between them. The team leader (the center of each team) plays on behalf of the team. (The two cards must be placed so that each card faces each player) The player who takes the first one also takes the other one.

・When the number of reading cards do not match the number of cards on the court

→ There are more than two cards
・The extra cards are collected by the referee

→ There are less than two cards

・Two cards are prepared and continue

・When both two cards are wrong

→ Collected by the referee and the correct ones are prepared

■When both team tie

The playing card “り” serves as a trump card (=joker) in this case, so the team which has this card is the winner. If the trump card is kept by the referee, both team leaders play rock-paper-scissors for a single round.

■Notice for a referee

① Before the game, the referee gives the playing cards a good shuffle and divides them in two piles, each consisting of 28 cards, then places them in the center of the court face-down.

② When the players have a seat, the referee confirms their team’s name and fills in the recording sheet.

③The referee has to raise his hand when :
(The referee must keep his hand raised until the matter has been resolved.)
(The referee leader will come to the referee.)

●There are some inconvenient things such as reader’s voice, injury, quarrel and so on.

●Plural people touch the card at the same time (ref. the list)
※In one game, “rock-paper-scissors” to decide the matter above up to
three times (time limit)
The same time “rock-paper-scissors” is done by two people and the referee calls their names.

※No one touches the card when the reader reads the card twice.
(The referee has to raise his hand immediately. And when the card is taken, he has to put his hand down.)

④After the game, the referee puts the result down on the recording sheet and hands it to the recorder.
Write which team got the “joker” by ○or × on the recording sheet.
(The recorder will collect it.)