[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Excessum

Those are awesome, Kanji! What size are they?

I have no idea, sorry Excessum....

More traditional Japanese toys, I just had to post these, having seen them in Samurai X, and in other films.



Japanese boys also like playing with tops and kites. Tops, or Koma, spun either by hand or with a string, came to Japan about a thousand years ago from China. During the Edo period (1603-1868), a competitive game with tops became popular. Using a string, players spun small wooden or steel tops called bei-goma inside a ring, usually a bucket covered with a towel, and tried to knock their opponents' tops out of bounds. Over the years, many different kinds of tops have been created in Japan, including tops that make noise and tops that spin extra fast.