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Old 2011-10-06, 07:30   Link #88
Dop
Mmmm....
 
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
This is a pretty interesting (although written in 1996) read about Karuta.

"The action gets particularly tense towards the end of every game, when the number of cards left in play is small, and it is then that the player with the fastest reflexes will triumph. Top champions are thus usually fairly young, still with good reaction times, but it is fascinating to watch a competition involving quite elderly ladies. They slowly fold themselves into place before their cards, stretch lazily, chat a bit with their neighbours ... but once that poem is recognized ... it is as though a snake has darted out from each kimono sleeve!"
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