羽根突き(HANETSUKI)/凧揚げ(TAKOAGE)/福笑い(FUKUWARAI)/書き初め(KAKIZOME)/おみくじ(OMIKUJI)【お正月のアクティビティーを英語で説明しよう！】

（※マークは、オンラインゲームサイトへのリンクです。）

【福笑い】

Fukuwarai is a traditional Japanese game similar to "pin the tail on the donkey". The Player wears a blindfold and then place paper cutouts in the shape of the eyes, nose, and mouth on face. It is played during the New Year's holidays.

福笑い紹介サイト (日)

FUKUWARAI (英）

バーチャル福笑い (英）

福笑いソフトを無料でダウンロード！ (日）

→日曜プログラマー工房のサイトより。パソコンに無料でダウンロードして楽しめる福笑いソフトです！あらかじめ用意されているおかめ画像やモナリザ画像はもちろんのこと、自分が持っている顔写真などから目・鼻・口を取り外し"福笑い"にすることができちゃいます！

【羽根つき】

"Hanetsuki" is a traditional Japanese badminton-like game played during the New Year holidays by girls. With "hagoita"(battledore), we hit "hane"(a shuttlecock) and send "hane" to partners. If one player drops a shuttlecock, the other can draw something on the loser's face in India ink.

オンラインで羽根突きゲームをやろう！ (日)

NIFTYオンラインゲーム

→@Niftyオンラインゲームより。羽根つきや餅つきなど、携帯でもPCでも楽しめるお正月ゲームが満載！

JAPAN GUIDE -羽根突きを英語で説明しよう！ (英)

[Japanese dictionary of historyより]
Game which consists to strike mutually a shuttlecock (hane) by 2 persons or 2 groups and those who miss it become a looser. It looks like a badminton but there is no net and racket is a wooden paddle (hagoita) while shuttlecock is made with soapberry seed and feathers. The game was already played by aristocrats during Muromachi period but has been generalized among population since the end of Edo period. Hanetsuki was greatly played during a new year festival until recently.

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【たこあげ】

"Takoage" means flying-kite and it's a popular New Year activity in Japan.

オンラインで"ドラえもん"凧揚げ (日)

→DORA-WORLDより。ドラえもんファンの方は、ドラゲームもチェックしてみましょう！ドラえもん間違い探しゲームや占いゲーム、そしてじゃんけんゲームなどが楽しめますよ！

[Ajinomoto Englishより]
Takoage is a common activity throughout Japan in which children fly kites on New Years Day. Kites vary considerably in shape and decoration according to the locality. As in the past, kite-flying contests are still held all over Japan at this time.

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【書き初め】

"Kakizome" is the first calligraphy writing of the New Year. We write auspicious words such as "Kibo" (hope) and "Haru" (spring) on Kakizome with a brush.

[About.comより]
Kakizome (the first calligraphic writing) is a traditional event held on January 2nd. People write auspicious words or phrases with a brush. Elementary schools and junior high schools have kakizome competitions annually.

【おみくじ】

[ハローアカデミー日本的事象300選より]
Omikuji are fortunes written on slips of paper. People buy them at shrines and, occasionally, temples and tie them onto the branches of nearby trees in hopes that a good fortune will come true or that a bad fortune will be kept away.

OMIKUJI (英)
→Jun-gifts.comより。英語でおみくじを詳しく解説しています。

OMIKUJI (英)
→Japanupdate.comより。おみくじを英語で詳しく解説している。

Absolute Japan Omikuji photo (英)
→Photo travelsの"Absolute Japan"コーナーより。おみくじ＆新年の写真をチェックできます！

Yahooおみくじ (日)

開運おみくじ (日)

オンラインおみくじ (日)