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Fri, 18 May 2012

What other names is Nurikabe known as?

You may come across Nurikabe as another Japanese term, hiragana.

That is if you have heard of Nurikabe at all as it something of a rare and niche puzzle at least compared with things like sudoku and kakuro which have achieved a lot more exposure.

It is sometimes also given a longer english name like islands in the stream, but in most places when you come across it, it will be under the name nurikabe.


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