Japanese kids also play tag and hide-and-seek, like children in other countries; jumping rope is popular too. They also play some traditional Japanese games, such as "Darumasan ga koronda," a game like "red light, green light" where everyone freezes when the person who is "it" turns to see them after singing the game's name, and another one called "Hana ichimonme," like "red rover," where two teams try to get members of the other team to come over to their side. But these aren't so common any more.

When they play indoors, Japanese kids' big favorite is video games, such as Nintendo and Play Station, but they also enjoy playing card and board games like Monopoly and Uno. And sometimes they go to each other's houses and read books or comics together.