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Bekuhai - Sake drinking game
Bekuhai is a traditional drinking game from Kochi prefecture and includes a set of 3 uniquely shaped sake cups and a six-sided spinning top The word bekuhai in kanji is 可杯 and 可 in Chinese literature can't be placed at the end of the sentence, therefore the cups can’t be put down before finishing the sake 「可」の字は、漢文では「可何々」(何々すべし)と書き、下にはつけない字であるため、下に置けない杯を「可杯」と呼ぶようになったそうです。 The rules of the game are very simple, the players will take turns spinning the top. Once it stops, the p
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