FOR a Japanese Tea on the lawn you will need the same costumes as for
an indoor tea. The refreshments, too, are the same, and the piazza can
be easily arranged in Japanese style.
If you are fortunate enough to have plenty of room for your party, a
kite-playing contest will be great fun, and you must be sure to get the
queer “bird” kites that the children of Japan love. Puss-in-the-corner
is a Japanese game (did you know it before?) and so is Blindman’s Buff.
Japanese girls and boys enjoy battledore and shuttlecock, and when they
play, whoever fails must have his face marked with charcoal.
The Japanese children are fond of playing ball, too, and they use a
ball wound with silk of different colors.
By the time that you have tried all these games, you and your guests
will be quite ready to sit down on the straw mats, and enjoy Japanese
refreshments.