🀄 Oishi Tengudo Hanafuda Echigo Flower Red Paulownia Box: Authentic Japanese Playing Cards Game! Review

It was supposed to be a gift but it comes with no instructions so I'm not sure the recipient (who asked for it) will be able to use it.

See the image in the add-on shows the cards but also a series of lines with a gold/silver shadow cast on the card. Now when you get a deck (like mine) the shadow is VERY dark. So much so that the cards are useless. It will be difficult for any beginner to understand them. Just buy another deck elsewhere. I have used many decks in my life and these stink! Not sure why they are. The box is good, I will use it when ordering the next set of postcards.

Sturdy, well-made, paper-wrapped Hanafuda postcards. If you're used to the standard Hanafuda art set, it will take you some time to get used to it, as many of the cards bear little resemblance at first glance. However, the clues are there and the art is actually pretty neat. I don't know how they were made, but it looks like the images are written in ink, with shiny silver and gold detailing, which is then stamped. They look like tiny woodcuts and are very distinctive. The wooden box halves fit