'Karuta' players compete for title of queen

'Karuta' players compete for title of queen

OTSU, Japan - Saki Kusunoki (R) competes to defend her title of queen of the traditional ''karuta'' card game during a competition at the Omi shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 9, 2010. Kusunoki won the match, involving a set of 100 poem cards, for the sixth straight year.

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