Hanafuda solitaire games are played with the Japanese Hanafuda Flower cards. This deck is common in parts of the Pacific including Hawaii, Korea and Japan. There are twelve suits of four cards each in the deck. The suits are associated with the twelve months of the year. You can find information about the cards including a brief history of the pack at http://www.telestream.com/~grania/
Most of the flower card solitaire games are played like western deck games
with minor changes. See the General Rules
for basic instructions on how to play solitaire. The object in most cases is
to move all the cards from the tableau to the foundations. Probably the most
difficult part of learning to play with hanafuda cards is learning which cards
belong in which suits and what their ranking is. The ranking of the suits is
sometimes as important as the ranking of the cards in the suit. Try keeping
this hanafuda help image displayed where you can refer to it as you play.