We Often Play Monopoly,

the board game that I am pretty sure that everybody knows,

 the game that causes more Christmas bust ups than any other! it's other claim to fame is that it has so many regional variations, released in over 200 countries there are literally hundreds of them, and here is a new one,

 the ‘Traditional Japanese Arts & Crafts Edition’ instead of the railroads (or in our version breweries), you’ll control Hato-guruma (Dove Carts), all the rules are the same except the objective is to form monopolies on certain traditional arts and crafts, then you can open studios and even shops where your opponents will have to shop for your goods! The community chest and chance cards are replaced by Zipangu cards (your kutani porcelain exhibition was a success, collect 150E) and Future cards (advance to go thanks to an apprenticeship system that solves your shortage of labor),

in an attempt to recreate the lost charm of shoten-gai, Nakagawa Masamichi Shoten, a traditional fabric maker with a 300-year history, hired designer Yusuke Seki to create a new type of market place; one more suitable and competitive within a new ecosystem, I am guessing a Japanese phrase book would help and one version of the game definitely not recommended for a non-Japanese speaking household at Christmas!