Carom in Japan

Dean_H

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A Japanese fellow that uses the user name "Yoshiex2" has been streaming and archiving matches of non three cushion carom matches in Japan on U-Stream. Yoshiex2 has also has a Youtube page:
https://www.youtube.com/user/yoshiex2/videos


In the videos there are matches of 47/2 Balkline played with 61.5 mm balls ( what we use in the Americas and Europe ) on full match tables, Japanese 4 ball carom using the 65mm sized balls on 8 foot tables ( Japan and Korea), 42/2 Balkline billiards using the 65mm balls played on 9 foot tables ( As far as I know unique to Japan ), and One cushion matches played on ten foot tables with the regular 61.5 mm balls.

It is interesting that the Japanese 4 ball carom game is played a little bit different then the Korean version. In the Japanese version you can make a carom with your cue ball of both red balls, or make a carom with your cue ball caroming off a red and the opponents cue ball.
 
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