Archive for May 4th, 2012

Selling Hanafuda Cards: Nintendo’s Start in 1889

In 1889, a company named Nintendo Koppai began manufacturing Hanafuda Japanese playing cards in Kyoto. Those that aren’t too familiar with Hanafuda might want to consider the fact that the kanji used to spell the word in Japanese can be read as flower cards. The games played with the decks are dynamic and physically quite [...]