Yukigassen

thumb|Kemijärvi Yukigassen 2011 Final is a snowball fighting-competition played between two teams of seven players each on a pitch of snow 10 meters wide and 36 meters long. The pitch is divided into halves, and each half has three defensive "shelters" and the team flag. The goal of the game is to either capture the other team's flags or to eliminate all of the other team's players by hitting them with snowballs, 90 of which are made prior to the start of gameplay. The game has been compared to capture the flag, dodgeball, and paintball.

thumb|Court for the Japanese snow game Yukigassen == Etymology == In Japanese, is a compound of the words and . It is a common term for 'snowball fight' in Japanese.