Japanese Driking Games

As Americans, especially college students, we have become obsessed with drinking games. It is not uncommon to go into a party and see a beer pong or flip cup game being played.  As I was drinking over the weekend it made me think about whether Japanese had drinking games and if they did what were they? I wanted to find out and write a blog on my new findings. A hang over and 5 bottles of water later I began to feel better. I began my research about Japanese drinking game and this is what I came up with. 

笑っちゃいけないゲーム

No laughing Game

The objective of the game is to make the other players laugh. Once the player(s) who laugh they must take a drink. Remember to keep a straight face or else get ready to purse those lips and take a drink. 

Pin Pon Pan 

The game starts by the first player saying, “Pin!” the second player says, “Pon” and the third player says “Pan.”It is the job of the third player to point at a random person in the group, the person chosen must  say “Pin!” and starts the whole cycle all over again. The person who makes a mistake must drink. 

Oosame Game 

All  you need for the Oosame game is chopsticks, pen, and a creative mind and a alcohol supply. So first you get a chopstick for each player and you write "Oosama" on one of the chopsticks and write a number for each chopstick depending on the number of players, so if there is 5 players you number them 1-4. 

Next you will cover the bottom of the sticks and player will randomly select a stick. Person with Oosama calls out they are Oosama (direct translation is king)  and everyone else keeps their numbers a secret.

This is when the game really begins. The Oosama is in charge of telling people what to do. If the person chosen as king is know as a sadist and jerk you better be prepared for the worse. Its kind of like playing Truth or Dare but its mostly just dare and you have to do what the King says. 

Example of a game: I have been choose as king. I want   person 4 to go streaking.Person 2 to finish his beer while number 3 has to get someones number at a bar and number 1 to kiss a random person. But remember karma and she can be pretty devious. When the commands are fulfilled the sticks are shuffled and the fun once again begins. Remember to keep drinking while playing this game it will sure help you find courage to do some of these daring task. 

Pocky Game 

First you get a piece of pocky (a long stick of pretzel dipped with chocolate also come in many flavors such as strawberry) and each person grabs a hold of each end with their mouths. It is between two people and slowly start eating at each end of the pocky stick. The first one to chicken out and let go of the stick has to chug their drink. If you both end up kissing you are safe. If your a couple that is just cheating. If you do it with your crush- bonus points. 

 There are more Japanese drinking games but these were the three I found I was capable of doing and sounded more fun to me. Here is a blog which list more of the Japanese drinking games.