Recently saw the ‘Pretz Game’ プリッツゲーム, aka the ‘Pocky Game‘ ポッキーゲーム for the first time.

What is the Pretz game? Set-up: Take a snack stick (Pretz for salty, Pocky for sweet), and put it in the mouth of two people. Play: take small bites and try to reach the other person.

According to Wikipedia, “Two people begin eating one Pocky from each end. The first person whose mouth comes off the Pocky or the other player gets to the middle first loses. If the participants end up kissing, it is a tie.” It looks something like this (source):

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