We played shogi together during the homeroom on March 14th.
Shogi is a traditional Japanese board game played by two players to compete top get each other’s pieces called “koma”. Interestingly, its playing rule is very similar to chess’.
There were two students know how to play chess. So, they seemed to understand the rules of shogi immediately, and enjoyed playing against each other.
Students who didn’t know how to play shogi tried to play a game called “yamakuzushi”
(山崩しit means a landslide)using shogi pieces instead. As you can imagine by its name, “yamakuzushi” is a game to stack pieces like a mountain and then remove the pieces one by one (like Jenga) without making any noise.
Since you can’t make any sounds, concentration is a key to play this game. Everyone was moving their pieces very carefully little by little. Students said that they felt difficulty, but the game was very interesting!”
Some students asked the teacher where to buy shogi pieces after the class. It seems that they had an enjoyable time.
I was very glad to see everyone’s joyful face! I hope we can play the game again in the near future!
3月14日、ホームルームの時間にみんなで将棋をしました。
将棋は2人で行う日本のボードゲームで、ルールはチェスと似ています。お互いの駒を取り合うゲームです。
チェスのルールを知っている学生が２人いて、将棋のルールもすぐに理解できたようで２人で対戦して遊んでいました。
ルールがわからない学生は、将棋の駒を使って「山くずし」というゲームをして遊びました。「山くずし」は名前の通り、駒を山のように積み、そこから1つずつ音を立てずに駒を取り合って山を崩していくゲームです。
少しの音も出してはいけないので、集中力が必要です。みんなとても慎重に少しずつ駒を動かしていました。「難しいですが、とてもおもしろいです！」と言っていました。
授業が終わった後には「先生、これはどこで買うことができますか？」と尋ねる学生もいました。
それぐらい楽しく遊ぶことができたようです。
みんなの楽しそうな表情を見ることができてよかったです。またみんなで一緒にできたらいいですね。
