Unique Badminton Japanese Hanetsuki ..
If you've read the popular Japanese manga Doraemon , you will certainly remember an episode when boy Nobita played badminton with the girls and wiped ink in the face. Badminton game both strange and familiar is very popular in Japan, called Hanetsuki.
Racket used to play Japanese Hanetsuki is a wooden racket, is small, called Hagoita. The Hagoita often meticulously decorated, with beautiful traditional patterns, sometimes is the characters in the Japanese traditional theater. Shuttlecock with colorful feathers used in this game called Hane. Unlike conventional badminton, badminton game of Japan does not use the net.
There are two ways to play Hanetsuki basics: play alone and double play.
Hanetsuki appeared in Japan from the Muromachi period (1333 - 1568) and is often played on the occasion of New Year. It is a game of girls. However, sometimes the boyfriend to try this game (as Nobita comics). The results are predictable: the males usually wipe the ink in the face because they are not familiar with this game like a girl.
Traditionally, when play Hanetsuki on the occasion of the year, if you keep the Shuttlecock as long as you can in the air, The whole year, you will not be bitten by mosquitoes!
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