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The Japanese form of the game with standard size tiles, cut for Riichi rules rather than adapted from a Chinese set.
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Description
keyboard_arrow_downMost people meet mahjong as either the Chinese 144 tile game or the American 166 tile game. Riichi is the Japanese form, and it is different again: 136 tiles, no flowers, and a set of rules built around declaring a ready hand.
It has the youngest audience of the three by a wide margin, largely because of Mahjong Soul and Tenhou, which is where most Western Riichi players learned.
136 tiles: the three suits at 108, four each of the four winds and three dragons. No flowers, no jokers. Most sets add red fives, called aka dora, which are used in almost every modern game and are worth checking for.
A Chinese set will play Riichi if you remove the flowers, and Riichi players generally do not want to do that. The correct set is cheaper than the annoyance.
Japanese tiles have their own conventions, and racks and automatic tables are built to them. A set described as standard size is the one that fits that equipment.
Someone who has been playing online and wants to play in person. That transition is where most Riichi sets are bought, and the surprise is usually how much more the physical game asks of you: online clients handle scoring, and at a table nobody does.
Riichi asks for more equipment than the Chinese game. Point sticks are used constantly for scoring, and a dealer marker tracks the rotation. Neither is optional in a real game, and neither is always included.
Check what arrives in the box, and expect to add point sticks if they are absent.
Barely damp cloth, out of heat, stored contained.
What's included
keyboard_arrow_downSpecifications
keyboard_arrow_down| Type | Japanese Riichi |
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| Tile size | Standard |
| Material | Plastic |
| Age | 14 and over |
Shipping & returns
keyboard_arrow_downOrders leave our warehouse within 24 hours on business days, with tracking on every parcel. Standard shipping across the United States takes 3 to 6 business days and is free over $34.99 — $5.90 below that. Express delivery arrives in 2 business days.
Changed your mind? You have 15 days from delivery to send it back, unused and in its original packaging. Once we receive and check the return, the refund goes back to your original payment method.
Perfect for game nights !
The quality honestly surprised me. The tiles feel premium, easy to read, and the antique box looks beautiful on the table. We’ve already used it several times with friends and everyone loved it. Definitely worth it!
Counted by hand
Every set is opened, counted and checked before it leaves us. What the listing says is what lands on your table.
Made to travel
Cases close flat and latch properly. Take the set to a friend's place without leaving half of it behind.
Easy on the eyes
Deep, clean engraving on tiles that read at a glance, under lamplight as well as daylight.
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Riichi is the Japanese form of the game and stands apart from the Chinese and American versions. It plays with 136 tiles rather than 144 or 166, drops the flowers entirely, and builds its scoring around declaring a ready hand, which is what riichi means. It also asks for point sticks at the table, since scores are settled hand by hand rather than tallied at the end.
Not comfortably. An American set runs to 166 tiles with flowers and jokers, while Riichi uses 136 with neither, so you would strip the set down before every game and reassemble it afterwards. The tile faces also differ from the Japanese conventions that online play and every Riichi guide rely on. A set cut for the rules, like this one, removes the whole exercise.
The hand shapes are no harder than the Chinese game, but the scoring is, and that is where newcomers stall. Riichi settles points every hand using han and fu, and furiten rules govern which waits you may claim. Online clients calculate all of it silently; at a physical table nobody does, which is the surprise most players meet when they move from an app to a set like this.
A set cut for the Japanese rules rather than adapted from a Chinese one: 136 tiles, being 108 across the three suits, sixteen winds and twelve dragons, with no flowers. Most modern sets add red fives, called aka dora, which almost every current game uses. These tiles are standard size, the dimension Japanese racks and automatic tables are built around, and moulded in plastic.
