Practice Times (11/3-11/9/2013)

Practices this week are Monday and Wednesday 6-9 pm. Hope to see you there!

Practice Times (10/20/2013-10/27/2013)

Practices this week are Monday and Wednesday from 6 pm-9 pm at the Spokane Valley Library in the small conference room. Also if anyone reading this is curious about joining our club or karuta itself, shoot me an email at losewine1@yahoo.com. Hope to see you there! :D

Practice Times (10/14/2013)

Practices this week are Monday and Saturday from 6-8 pm. See you there!

Practice Times (10/6/2013)

Only one practice this week due to some conflicting schedules. Our only practice this week is Monday from 6-9 pm at the Spokane Valley Library. See you there!

Practice Matches (9/30/2013)

Here's 2 practice matches from our meeting Monday night. We will be filming our practice matches 
from now on and hopefully with better camera angles soon! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o_uzUVx-W4&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEceZrGvwu0&list=PL55c0T8IpUSu2i4qRIdjVHkje7gz9pVMN

We've only been playing karuta for about a month now. Hopefully as we get better we'll be able to deliver even more exciting matches!

Spokane Karuta Society's Going to Be on TV!

So I received an e-mail this morning from a Japanese T.V. company called T.V. Asahi and they asked us (Spokane Karuta Society) if we would like to be a part of a show they're making called I Love Japan. It features different people from around the world who are interested in Japanese culture. Pretty cool huh? 

Practice Times 09/29-10/6

Practices are on Monday from 7-9 pm and Wednesday 6-9 pm at the Spokane Valley Library in the small conference room downstairs. Hope to see you there!

Adjusted Practice Times This Week

Practices this week will be on Monday and Wednesday this week from 6-9 pm instead of Monday/Thursday. Just a reminder to anyone who's curious, we practice at the Spokane Valley Library (12004 E. Main Avenue,Spokane Valley, WA 99206) downstairs in the small conference room. If you need help finding us ask one of the nice librarians. :) Hope to see some new faces there! :D

Second Practice Complete!

We had another fun time at practice. Played an intense yet fun match. Currently working on a flyer design to help promote our club. I'll post it to show you all what it looks like.
Here's some pics from tonight's practice:

On a side note before we went to practice, a librarian asked the other co-founder of our society and I  if we would be interested in teaching the kids from the local anime club about karuta, and how to play it. Pretty exciting if I say so myself! :D Potential recruiting skills activate!

Pics from Our First Practice!

Our first practice was held Tuesday and it was a lot of fun! Here's some pics of myself setting up for a match against the other co-founder of the Spokane Karuta Society. :D

Our next practice is tonight. Same time and place. We'll be meeting in the small meeting room downstairs. Ask one of the librarians if you don't know where to find it. :D

Public Club Practice Times

Now that we have everything we need. The Spokane Karuta Society will start holding practices at the Spokane Valley Library (12004 E. Main Avenue,Spokane Valley, WA 99206) on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-8 pm. Practices are open to everybody. We encourage anyone to stop by, whether you're just interested in seeing what a karuta match looks like or if you wanna be a member of the team.

*First practice is on September 9'th (since September 2'nd is Labor Day).

We hope to see you there!

Public Club Practice In the Future

We should be getting our first authentic karuta deck here soon. Once we get the deck we'll post scheduled times for our club to practice. Of course since our practices are public, everyone should stop on by. Even if it's just to see what karuta is like or if you're interested in joining! Will give more detailed info on the practices in a couple days. :D

P.S.-We're always recruiting. Email me at losewine1@yahoo.com if interested!

Updated Useful References

Just updated the "Useful References" page with a new link to a PDF. This link covers the most intricate step step instructions on how to play a match of competitive karuta. It also covers other aspects of karuta such as player etiquette.

Fundraiser for the Spokane Karuta Society!

Everyone please go check out this page. We’re trying to earn enough money to compete at the first ever national tournament in North America. It would be great if you could support us. Even a dollar would be greatly appreciated!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fundraiser-for-the-spokane-karuta-society/x/4391140?show_todos=true

Other Karuta Clubs Around the Country

If anyone who's reading this is interested in playing karuta or joining a karuta club check out these cool clubs located around the country:

http://sfmurasamekaieng.wordpress.com/ A very cool karuta club located in San Francisco,California area.

http://lansingkarutaclub.blogspot.com/ A recently founded karuta club located in Michigan.

https://sites.google.com/site/bostonnakamaro/home A karuta club that's been around for a few years. Located up in Boston.

http://www.karuta.ca/ The oldest karuta club in North America.

North American Karuta Tournament

I just found out that the first ever North America Karuta Tournament will take place October 12'th - 14'th in Washington D.C.. This is a pretty big deal. History is being made! Hopefully this is a sign of growth for the popularity of karuta in North America. The Spokane Karuta Society will take the next couple of months to train as hard as we can to do our best at nationals! Also, I hope we can can get the funds!

Spokane Karuta Society Shirt Design!

Here's the design we're thinking for the official team shirt:

Pretty snazzy eh?

First Post

The site is up and running! Hope everyone enjoys the site!!