What is a Japanese hagoita?
What is a Japanese hagoita? Hagoita (羽子板 「はごいた」) are the wooden paddles used to hit shuttlecocks (羽子 pronounced hago 「はご」 or hane 「はね」), traditionally made of soapberry seeds and bird feathers, that are used to play the traditional Japanese pastime called hanetsuki during the New Year. What was hagoita originally used for? It is a […]