<p>Competition cards are 74x53mm (~2.9x2.1 inches) in size, and made from "pasteboard". Reference: <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BE%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%80%E9%A6%96#.E3.81.8B.E3.82.8B.E3.81.9F" rel="nofollow">Japanese Wikipedia article on karuta</a>.  The pasteboard used to make Japanese playing cards tends to be thicker than what we are familiar with in the West for cards. It's called 厚紙 (atsugami = thick paper) and can be quite thick -- I have some Japanese playing cards that are 0.4mm thick, which is thicker than Western plastic playing cards, and I've seen images of atsugami that look quite a bit thicker.</p>

<p>Alas I don't know exactly how thick karuta competition cards are since I never held any.</p>

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2016-08-05T05:06:38.917Z
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<p>Chihayafuru is an anime about card game called Karuta where players compete to touch the right card based on the poem being read. Chihayafuru wikia <a href="http://chihayafuru.wikia.com/wiki/Ogura_Hyakunin_Isshu" rel="nofollow">lists all 100 of the poem</a>. However, I can't find the dimension of the card they use in the game. What is the dimension of the card used by Chihaya in the matches? Like how many cm x how many cm? If possible, the thickness of the card too.</p>

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2016-07-28T06:19:41.707Z
Thickness wise i would assume it's the same as Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Cardfight Vanguard, Magic: The Gathering and Cards Against Humanity Cards. at least i assume they are all the same, they look and feel the same thickness wise
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2016-07-28T06:23:30.030Z
[This is the best image I could find for thickness](http://www.japanese-vintage.org/images/japan_karuta_antique_2016apr276.jpg)
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What is the dimension of Karuta cards?
# What is the dimension of Karuta cards?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-07-28
Chihayafuru is an anime about card game called Karuta where players compete to touch the right card based on the poem being read. Chihayafuru wikia [lists all 100 of the poem](http://chihayafuru.wikia.com/wiki/Ogura_Hyakunin_Isshu). However, I can't find the dimension of the card they use in the game. What is the dimension of the card used by Chihaya in the matches? Like how many cm x how many cm? If possible, the thickness of the card too.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Thickness wise i would assume it's the same as Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Cardfight Vanguard, Magic: The Gathering and Cards Against Humanity Cards. at least i assume they are all the same, they look and feel the same thickness wise  
> **username_2**: [This is the best image I could find for thickness](http://www.japanese-vintage.org/images/japan_karuta_antique_2016apr276.jpg)  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2016-08-05. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
Competition cards are 74x53mm (~2.9x2.1 inches) in size, and made from "pasteboard". Reference: [Japanese Wikipedia article on karuta](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BE%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%80%E9%A6%96#.E3.81.8B.E3.82.8B.E3.81.9F). The pasteboard used to make Japanese playing cards tends to be thicker than what we are familiar with in the West for cards. It's called 厚紙 (atsugami = thick paper) and can be quite thick -- I have some Japanese playing cards that are 0.4mm thick, which is thicker than Western plastic playing cards, and I've seen images of atsugami that look quite a bit thicker.

Alas I don't know exactly how thick karuta competition cards are since I never held any.
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