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Oshikura Manju is a very simple Japanese game that is played on cold days in order to get warm.

The game is played with at least three players, but it is better if there are more. The players first gather around in a circle, as close to each other as possible. They face the outside, standing back to back with each other. When the game starts, the players powerfully shove backwards, pressing their backs towards other players' backs as they chant "Oshikura Manju osarete nakuna", meaning "Oshikura Manju doesn't cry even when shoved". The chant is the most famous part of the song, and many people are familiar with only this part. However, the proper song continues; "Nakuko wa dare yowamushi kemushi hasannde sutero" (Who is crying? Pinch the coward and caterpillar, and throw them away).[citation needed] The players continue shoving each other, repeating this song over and over. There is no accurate end to this game.

One variation to the game is to play in a circle drawn on the ground. The game goes on with whoever pushed out of that circle getting out of the group, ending when one player left in the circle.

The word "Oshikura" in the name of this game is thought to have the meaning of "oshikurabe" (shoving competition), but originally, it was not a competitive game, but an easygoing one where players become absorbed in shoving each other vigorously, which results in them being warmed up.

Highly popular UK children's game of the 1970s/1980s. Kingey consisted of a kind of hand-tennis, where each player had a square and bounced a ball (usually a tennis ball, but any smallish ball would do) over the line into the next box. The receiving player had to hit the ball back to the original player, or into any other player's box either on the volley or after one bounce, as in tennis, squash, etc. The ball could generally only be played while your feet were in your box (although this was waived if you only had a single chalk line to divide you from your opponent), and gymnastic feats could be performed to hit a ball that was well out of your square, while keeping your feet in it. Doubles could be played in large and/or rectangular boxes. Parts of tennis courts were good for this.

Kingey could be played in theory by an infinite number of players over an infinite amount of time, given enough painted or chalked boxes and a long enough lunch hour. The boxes were arranged usually in two rows, which players progressed around as they won and lost points. When a player lost a point he moved from his current position into the bottom box, or 'Nut'. All other players moved up a square. If you remained undefeated, and you or someone else beat everyone ahead of you, you would rise up the boxes until you were in "Queen" and then "King" box, the current best player's position.

Resources for Kingey on the internet or elsewhere are almost non-existent, but there will be many thousands of children with memories of playing this game every day, which was more popular than any other playground sport in some schools, including football. Edits to his Wikipedia article could add greatly to this important piece of late 20th century popular culture.

Doubles could be played in large and/or rectangular boxes. Parts of tennis courts were good for this.