They ALSO do Kanji puzzles in large numbers, as well as English language word puzzles to some degree. Magazines with Kana crosswords are rampant. (Kana actually includes TWO separate alphabets - Hiragana and Katakana - but they are simply a different way to write the same letters.) No one seems to be doing even the most rudimentary research - like maybe asking some one who is Japanese.ġ) Word puzzles are more popular in Japan than any other form of puzzle, including Sudoku and Nonograms.Ģ) Crossword puzzles are the most popular form of word puzzle in Japan.ģ) Japanese written language does include KANJI - these are pictographs that stand for an entire word - but unlike the Chinese language, which uses ONLY kanji, Japanese also use KANA which is an alphabetic writing system. I've seen similar statement in other places in the UK press. You said: "Now, think what it would be like to live in Japan! Japanese writing is made up of symbols more like pictures than our alphabet." The first weekend it was online I had to make changes because I had misinterpreted who had ownership to the 'Nonogram' name.Ī little while after the article was online I got the following e-mail from Chuck Fresno. Chuck I wrote the article on Japanese Pencil Puzzles, back in April, I little realised how much aggravation it would cause.
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