[2026] Easy sports anyone can do. Popular “yuru-sports” (casual/relaxed sports).

Pictogrammy

[Official] Pictogrammy PV

Do you know what pictograms are? They’re simple graphics that represent things, like the emergency exit sign.

They even became a hot topic during the Tokyo Olympics.

Pictogrammy combines those pictograms with sports.

The idea is to strike poses that match the pictograms.

Using pose estimation technology, it accurately checks whether your pose is really the same.

Some of the poses are a bit complex, so you’re sure to get hooked.

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Kotatsu hockey

Kotatsu Hockey is, as the name suggests, a hockey game you can enjoy while sitting inside a kotatsu.

Think of it as the kotatsu version of the air hockey you find in arcades.

That said, instead of batting around a real puck, you swat at projected mandarin oranges on the surface of the kotatsu—giving it a cozy, whimsical twist.

And you hold a teacup as your mallet.

It’s a laid-back sport you can play seated, moving only your arms, so a wide range of people can enjoy it.

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laundry tennis

Laundry Tennis is a doubles game of tennis played using laundry.

Normally there’s a net in the middle of a tennis court, but here it’s a clothesline instead.

There’s also a laundry basket filled to the brim.

Two players hold the ends of a piece of laundry and use it as a racket to hit a large ball back.

When they return the ball to the opposing court, they hang the piece of laundry they used as a racket on the clothesline in the center.

Before the opponents hit the ball back, they prepare the next piece of laundry—and so the rally continues at a pretty grueling pace.

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Circle-Cross Space

[Official] Maru-Batsu Space (O/X Space)

We all used to play tic-tac-toe as kids—drawing a 3×3 grid on paper and trying to line up Xs or Os.

This version turns that game into a casual sport called “O/X Space.” By touching a glass panel, Xs and Os appear, and you place them using both hands or both feet.

It’s a laid-back sport that engages your whole body.

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utatane

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Steady Tactile Paving Relay

Braille Relay: Racing on Tactile Paving at the Kobe Eye Center

Tactile paving blocks installed in city streets and at train stations—using those, you create a course, and the opposing team must traverse it using a white cane.

That’s the “Tap-Tap Tactile Block Relay.” You’ll have 10 “go/guide” blocks and 5 “stop” blocks, and the key is how complex a course you can build with them.

There’s also a time limit for creating the course, which makes it quite challenging.

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Zombie Soccer

Trailer for the film “Goal of the Dead” — Zombie soccer kicks off, infection warning!

Blind soccer turned into zombies? It’s “Zombie Soccer.” Participants wear zombie masks, which block their vision.

In blind soccer, players use a ball with bells inside, but in Zombie Soccer they use a ball that, unbelievably, emits “human screams”! The zombies head toward the direction of the screams…

For spectators, it’s like watching a zombie movie!

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Volley Bomb

The rules are simple, but the thrill is off the charts.

Nail a catch and you’re a hero.

Flub it, get soaked, and you’re still a hero.

It’s volleyball played with the world’s first “water balloon,” using specially developed, ultra-fragile balloons.

Neither the thrower nor the catcher knows when a balloon will burst.

Enjoy a cool, exhilarating, and fun experience as the water balloons pop.