棋

Kirakuken

Shogi, chess, hanafuda, daifugo: sixteen games, all laid out for you.
We have picked a name for you. Keep it, or change it.

No sign-up, no fees.

Read the rules before you come in (in Japanese)

This site plays sound

The menu
Right now

The house will play you

Take a game from the shelf. To wait for other people, create a room.

The last seven days

including games against the house

Features

    Open tables

      No tables for this game are open right now.

      Welcome

      Set the pieces. Gather round the board.

      We choose our games with care and set them out on the shelf. No flashy effects - everything here is for the moment you sit down at the board and pick up a piece.

      First time here?

      How to take a seat

      1. Just tell us your name

        No sign-up, no fees. Pick a name and you can take a seat. If someone is already here under that name, please choose another.

      2. Open a table, or join one

        Join a table from "Open tables", or open your own. New tables are private and don't appear in the list - send the invite link to bring your friends in. If you'd like to play with strangers too, make the table public and it will show up under "Open tables".

      3. No opponent? The house will play

        If nobody else is around, you can call a CPU to the table. In games with selectable strength, each CPU seat carries a strength tag: tap it to choose Easy, Normal or Strong. Games against the house count in the ledger too.

      4. Table full? Watch from behind

        You can join a full table as a spectator. Seated players can also step back to watch between games and give up their seat.

      5. Dropped out? Your seat is kept

        If your connection drops mid-game, we'll hold your seat. Come back under the same name and you can pick up where you left off.

      6. Feel free to chat

        Every table has tea set out for a chat. It's just talk in the moment and disappears when you leave. Unsure of a move? Try "How to play" beside the board.

      Every finished game counts in the ledger. Only the game, the time and how many played are kept - never names. Private tables count only in the totals.

      Notes

      How this place was built

      • Claude Code

        This parlour was built by Claude Code.

      • Sound Effect Lab

        The sounds at the table are borrowed from Sound Effect Lab.

      • About this site

        What you can do here, who runs it, and how to get in touch. (Japanese)

      • Privacy policy

        What we don't collect, and what is kept in your browser and on the server. (Japanese)

      • A note to the owner

        Something you noticed, something to fix, a game you'd like to see. Read the next morning.

      • Add to home screen

        How to add an icon to your phone's home screen, for iPhone and Android. (Japanese)

      Chat