Hanafuda Hawaii Style Box Set
Hanafuda Hawaii Style playing cards and instruction booklet included in the box set. It's good fun for the family, or a great gift.
Hanafuda Hawaii Style box sets are also being sold by local Hawaii organizations and businesses:
CLICK HERE TO SEE A LIST OF LOCAL SELLERS
WHAT IS HANAFUDA?
Hanafuda is good fun for everyone! Hanafuda are playing cards from Japan. People play many different games with them.
Hanafuda Hawaii Style cards are especially for the game played in Hawaii. We've made the game easy to learn and play. You will be having a great time with friends and family in no time at all.
TESTIMONIALS
Hanafuda Hawaii is about using games and game play to teach young people, and to keep the minds of the elderly active and engaged. We are working with community groups to bring generations together.
Keep informed with news and updates. Find other people who are fans of Hanafuda.
Upcoming Events:
Presentation at the Main Public Library
Saturday, May 12, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Main Public Library
487 S. King Street, Honolulu
Learn fascinating myths and symbolism of the hanafuda cards from Helen Nakano, author of Hanafuda Hawaii Style.
Free Admission, no registration required.
Please call the library 2 weeks prior to the program date if a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation is needed.
Hawaii Public Radio Interview with Helen Nakano
January 31st, 2012
The Conversation, KHPR
Video of the First Hanafuda Hawaii Style Tournamet
Click Here to Watch the Video
A Special thanks to Johnny Kai for producing this great video for everyone. Johnny is the Executive Director and Producer of Brown Bags to Stardom which showcases emerging young new talent from our Hawaii schools.
HANAFUDA HAWAII STYLE IN THE NEWS
“Japanese card tournament bridges generational divide”
by: Rob Shikina
Star-Advertiser
July 24, 2011
“The main event at Saturday's tournament, which included about 150 participants, was a matchup between a team of two 88-year-olds and Kate Takenaka, 7, and her 5-year-old brother, Koen.”
“Hanafuda Tournament”
by: Chris Fleck
Midweek
July 20, 2011
“There is no substitute for real time practice of face-to-face communications to learn how to live successfully.”
Interview on KFVE
Friday, July 15
Channel 5, KFVE
with anchor Lisa Kubota
Our Founder, Helen Nakano, was interviewed on Hawaii News Now SUNRISE
Speech to the 442nd Annual Reunion Banquet
“Age-old card game fuels mission”
by: Burl Burlingame
Star-Advertiser
September 22, 2010
“Nakano isn't just producing a new edition of an old game, she's ‘on a mission.’”
“Reviving a tradition one card at a time”
by: Lee Cataluna
Honolulu Advertiser
November 8, 2009
“‘…I want to use hanafuda as a tool, a force for good,’ Nakano says.”