Go-stop

Spot a group of old people playing cards in a park and chances are they're playing Go-Stop. Originally a card game from Japan, it's now a Korean tradition in its own right.

In Korea we used to play Hwatu, which means, literally, “the battle of the flowers”, but there were also other games such as Koi-Koi and Go-Stop.

They are used to play a game called Godori, or Go-Stop, the goal of which is to match the cards in your hand with the cards laid out on the table.

Flower card solitaire and go-stop, the most popular game, were ways some residents at the center passed the time and exercised their minds.

People would meet up from around 1 a.m. onwards to drink or play the Korean playing card game "go-stop," or hwatu.