BOARD GAME: Travel Around Japan

1. Make a Sugoroku game sheet.
Print the Japan Map Sugoroku game sheet on A3 paper. For a larger game sheet, use poster printing and print it across four pages to assemble into a larger sheet (e.g., A4 × 4 = A2 size; A3 × 4 = A1 size).

2. Copy the dice PDF below onto cardboard and make the dice.

3. Copy and cut out a set of Dokidoki cards.
Choose a set of cards according to your students’ Japanese level. Students of different levels can play together by using cards that match their individual abilities. (*Please note that the Japanese and English cards are not translations of one another, so the questions/instructions may differ.)

English Type A: Situations and instructions are written in English except for やすんでmiss a turn, すすめてmove forward, and もどってgo back. 

English Type B: Students read a travel situation in English and respond with what they would say.

Japanese Type A: Situations and instructions are written in Japanese.

Japanese Type B: Students read a travel situation in Japanese and respond with what they would say. This is the most difficult card set.

4. Prepare small objects for students to use as markers.

Sugoroku game sheet

DOKIDOKI cards

English type A

English type B

Japanese type A

Japanese type B

• Students form groups of 4-5. Each group has a map, dice and set of chance cards. The cards are placed next to the map face down.
• Students decide who will start by じゃんけん. The game starts at おきなわ and ends at さっぽろ.
• Players take turns to throw the dice and move their marker accordingly. If a player lands on a major city which has a picture, they pick up a dokidoki card and follow the instructions.
• If a player cannot say what is required miss a turn.