What is Toriteita? A closer look at the birthplace of the new board game “Toriteita 4 to 6” 【Kanazawa Topics】

The 「hill series」 such as Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, and Hinatazaka46 were named after places in Tokyo. Sakurazaka46 and its advance 「Keyakizaka46」 have actual slopes called 「Keyakizaka」 and 「Sakurazaka」 in the Roppongi Hills area. Hinatazaka46 has become a topic of conversation after finding out that 「Hyuga-zaka」 is located in Minato-ku. Did you know that 「Toriteita 4 to 6」 has now appeared in this context?

Toriteita 4to6 (image from 『Nekoyanagi / Nekoyanagi Daikinboshi /』 Twitter)

What’s a Toriteita?

There used to be a variety show called 『Nogizaka tte, doko?』 (TV Tokyo), Nogizaka is said to be the hill in front of Nogi Shrine that passes around Akasaka 8-chome and 9-chome in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

I tried to look up 「Toriteita」 on the net, but unfortunately I couldn’t find it. Incidentally, I asked the chat GPT, 「What’s Toriteita?」 I asked him, 「In general, as for the word toriteban itself, in many cases, it may be used as the name of some place or building, or as the name of a specific trademark. However, what exactly it refers to depends on the person using the word and the context, so it is difficult」 to give a definite answer”.

I realized on the way there that 「toriteita」 is actually a 「board」 rather than a 「slope」.

What is a 「Toriteita 4 to 6」 anyway?

「Toriteita 4 to 6」 is a new trick-taking game using cards, a staple of board games. It is a game created by 「Kanazawa Kodatsuno Games」, a game creation project that is active locally in the Kodatsuno neighborhood near Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and is not an idle group.

Although we could not confirm the name of the place called Toriteita, it means that 「Toriteita 4 to 6」 was born in the area around Kodatsuno, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Speaking of Odatsuno, Kanazawa City…

The three Kanazawa temple complexes are 「the Kdatsuno temple complex」 to the southeast of Kanazawa Castle, 「the Utatsuyama foot temple complex」 to the northeast, and 「the Teramachi temple complex」 to the southwest. The Odatsuno plateau between the Saikawa River and the Asano River is particularly hilly, and the Odatsuno area with the Odatsuno temple complex may be the most suitable birthplace for the 「Toriteita 4 to 6」.

The road to Tentokuin (image from 『takashi zekkei.pics』 Instagram)

「Tentokuin」, which is associated with Maeda Toshitsune’s wife, Princess Tamahime, is located in the Kodatsuno temple complex.

Details of Tentokuin, the Temple of Princess Tamahime

Tentokuin temple gate (image from 『takashi zekkei.pics』 Instagram)