Tools for Ogura Hyakuninisshu Karuta in Japanese and English.

On this page, we introduce tools you can use to practice playing the Hyakuninisshu Romaji Karuta, the Hyakuninisshu English Translated Karuta and the Japanese original Ogura Hyakuninisshu karuta.

Hyakuninisshu Karuta – recited in Japanese on Spotify

  • Spotify Public Playlist: Hyaku Intro
    小倉百人一首 Hyakuninisshu – 12 selected cards for a trial game
  • Spotify Public Playlist: Hyaku Original 1-101.
    小倉百人一首 Hyakuninisshu original, 100 poems by 100 poets, read in Japanese
    plus the Joka (introductory poem) as card 101

Japanese Apps for training and competition -recited in Japanese

  • WWW: Beta Computing: Kyogi Karuta – Competitive Karuta Online.
    Practices, reciting and competition

 

Hyakuninisshu English Translated Karuta – recited in English on Spotify

  • Spotify Public Playlist: Hyaku English 1-100
    English Translated Hyakuninisshu by MacCauley (1917)
  • Spotify Public Playlist Hyaku English 1-101
    Including 6 Makurakotoba cards and 1 Joka – by Olayaselection (Feurst 2025)