アラブ首長国連邦の通信社「VIORY VIDEO」にてニューロン子供麻雀教室東京が紹介されました
Japanese children in Tokyo are increasingly spending their after-school time learning to play 'Mahjong', a tile-based game developed in China in the 19th Century, to help sharpen their decision-making skills.
Footage captured on Friday at the Neuron Mahjong School shows children between the ages of seven to eleven playing the game together with friends and schoolmates. Parents and other children were also seen signing up for Mahjong classes.
"Many ordinary games are easy to play. But Mahjong is complicated and because it is complicated, I can think about it that much more," said Yotsuba Kubo, an 11-year-old player. "There are many different players, so it's interesting to be able to play with different people, and I guess that's fun."
Mahjong instructor Hibiki Suzuki said that learning the game is beneficial for children's critical thinking skills, noting that 'the good thing about Mahjong is that the children can use their brains and train themselves to think about how to play a hand by themselves.'