Ogoola Karuta is a karuta shop that offers Ogoola Karuta Poetry Games in English, German, French, Swedish and Chinese. We also offer the original Hyakuninisshu karutas translated in English, Swedish and French.
Ogoola Karuta poetry game is the world's first non-Japanese karuta which uses poetry quotes from poems written in English, German, French, Swedish and Chinese. Karuta is a game based on a 400 year old traditional Japanese poetry game.
The game is about listening and being fast. A reader reads a poetry quote aloud from a reading card. The players grab the matching playing card which is being read aloud as fast as she can. Be the first to win!
Please visit our website at http://www.ogoola.org

Hyakuninisshu English Translated Karuta Part 1 (cards 1-50)

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English Hyakuninisshu Karuta!
You can play like Chihayafuru!

This game includes card no. 1-50 (Part 1). It is the first half of the 100 cards. This Karuta (poetry card game) uses the original Japanese poems from Ogura Hyakuninisshu translated into English "wakas" (follows strictly the 5+7+5; 7+7 syllables) so that you can read/sing them exactly like the original Japanese poems with its unique melody.

All cards have both the Japanese original poem with a unique illustration or text, from the original karuta from Shogundo plus the English translation (by Clay MacCauley 1917) on the back of the cards. 70x 100 mm cards. Box: 120x170x45 mm Net 322g.

Review from Japan Center Michigan State University 2020-03-09
“…really appreciated how you used the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable translations, and the reading app made it feel just as real to us as the “traditional” version of the game.”

Karuta is sometimes described as intellectual martial arts. It is about listening and being extremely focused and fast, just like the Samurai with their swords. Only here you fight with cards instead. To begin, a reader is chosen or a reader app will be used to read the poems on the reading cards aloud. Players listen and search for the playing card with the second part of that poem being read aloud. Be the first to get the matching cards to win.

Tip: Download the free iOS audio reader app (companion app for this game). You can use the reader app for practicing and also when you are only two persons and you need a reader. We have two reader apps. 1. Hyakuninisshu EN : This reader app sings the poems exactly like the Japanese wakas (original poems) are sung since 400 years. 2. Read Hyakunin Isshu EN: This reader app is read normally. It is easier to understand when it is read normally but the app which is sung sounds more genuine like the original Japanese poems.

The Android app is still under construction due to the new regulations made by Google last November.

Meanwhile, for those who have an android device or a PC, you can play the readings on spotify. Search Hyakuninisshu English Karuta by Aya Feurst on spotify. You can also download the audio recordings of the Hyakuninisshu English translation from our homepage (www.ogoola.org). for free. Please go to Media/Download/English on our homepage if you are interested. You can listen to the original song of the wakas and the readings in English. Download an audio player for example the VLC player to make your own playlist. Good Luck!

If you want to hear the original Japanese poems read with its unique melody, download the Japanese Hyakuninisshu app from Shogundo、百人一首かるた読上アプリ「将軍堂」. This app is for Android only, which is a companion app to the original karuta in Japanese. The poems are read by Shogundo in Kyoto Japan.This app is in Japanese.

Shipment Information: We send all our products with the company postnord. It is the northern European post. For customers who select the track and trace service for their shipment, the following link will get you to the track and trace service page. Just click the link and input your Shipment ID that we notice you via email and you can track your parcel as soon as it's on its way. Link to postnord.
https://www.postnord.se/en/our-tools/track-and-trace

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Ogoola Karuta

Our mission

Our mission is to spread karuta and poetry all over the world.

Since 2009, we have been specializing in making karuta in non-Japanese languages to be able to share with the world the beauty of poetry and the excitement you can experience through this game of karuta.

Ogoola Karuta Poetry Game is a card game which uses poetry quotes from famous poems that originates in non-Japanese countries. Our Karutas are a variation of the traditional Japanese poetry game, Ogura Hyakunin-isshu Uta-karuta.

Karuta has been played for over 400 years in Japan. Today we offer karutas in English, German, French, Swedish and Chinese using the original poems (quotes) written in each of these languages.

For people interested in the original Japanese karuta using the Hyakuninisshu poems, we offer the Hyakuninisshu Translated Karutas in English, Swedish and French. The English Hyakuninisshu karuta uses the translation by Clay Mac Cauley (1917). This translation follows the Japanese waka form of 57577 syllables so it is possible to sing the poems in the same melody as the original Japanese poems. We are proud to present our recording of this English translation which is made into a free reader app. The English translation recording has two editions. One which is sung in the original melody and the other which is read. The readings can also be found on Spotify.

We hope to contribute in spreading poetry and karuta all over the world.

So what is this game about?

This game is about listening and being FAST. A reader reads the reading cards aloud while players search, find and grab fast the matching playing card which is being read aloud. Grab the correct cards before the others do in order to win! Known as an intellectual martial arts game in Japan. The cards have famous poetry quotes on them but no prior knowledge is needed!

For more information about the game please visit our website at

http://www.ogoola.org

About Us

Aya Feurst Hasegawa and Ola Feurst

Founders of Ogoola Karuta

We are an international couple from Stockholm and Tokyo specialized in making Karuta in non-Japanese languages. Our company name Olayaselection derives from our names Ola and Aya. We love to dance, play music, sing, read, play games and meet interesting people. We also love to cook plant based and try to contribute in saving our beautiful planet.

We live on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea with our beloved dog, Heyla. Ola is a marketing professor at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland and spends most of his free time together with me, working on our poetry project.

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