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2021.07.05

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Culture & Seasons

【西瓜】Do you know how to pronounce this Kanji?

The answer is【Suika】! Don’t you feel like eating cold fruits like watermelon in this hot season, do you? Speaking of watermelon, we usually imagine round red one, but there are also square one and yellow one.

Suikawari (Watermelon Splitting) is a traditional Japanese game played in the summertime!

A watermelon is laid on a sheet, and participants wearing a blindfolded attempt to come closer while listening to the instructions from the audience and smash it open with a wooden stick.

 

Japan Suikawari Association sets official rules of Suikawari, such as the length of stick and time limit🍉

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