ZenGarden They have a large selection of gobans and stones, but it is pricey. There is a branch of Maruhachi Gobanten in Ginza, across the street from Matsuya department store. You can see a kaya board that costs US$200,000.
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It's a rather small shop, but full of books on Go and shogi.īob McGuigan- In Tokyo the Maruhachi Gobanten and Maezawa Gobanten are two shops where really top quality go equipment is sold. I hope that's the one - it's on this street in any case. Here is a picture of the shop on Google Street View. In Tokyo, the Akashiya Shoten bookshop in Jimbocho is the specialist second-hand store.Ĭharles Matthews, RafaelCaetano, Richard Hunter Note that the hours may vary based on special events or for year-end holidays. Mo Tu We Fr Su 11:00~18:00 (last pairing 17:00)Ģ-10-1-9F Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, Yurakucho Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo Japan Update: I see the address is on the Nihon Ki-in site now, I've updated the info below. The sign was, of course, in Japanese so I could not read it enough to post the new address here. Vaughn The Yaesu branch has moved! I tried to go today (May 25th, 2014) but there was a sign with the new address in Yurakucho. I've added the Yaesu branch below and added their hours for both locations.
KurtSauer The Nihon Ki-in's Yaesu branch, located directly opposite from the Tokyo main train station, also has a playing area, and it is open on Saturdays. The price for playing there is 1.100 Yen. MarkD I can confirm that they are closed on Saturdays. Note that the dan ranks here are especially inflated, expect KGS+4 I believe they are closed for playing on saturdays. Finally, if you can't get along to the Nihon Ki-in, but feel the urge to play, you can find dozens of go clubs, large and small, listed in the English language edition of the Tokyo phone book. They will fix you up with appropriate opponents and everyone is very kind.
The Nihon Ki-in also runs a very big playing salon for the public. If you're nice, somebody will probably show the famous " Yugen no ma" or "Room of Profound Darkness", the press room and the the inseis' playing rooms - all uncannily accurately reproduced in Hikaru no Go.
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You will find lots of gobans and stones on display, plus photos from historic matches at which these pieces of equipment were used. You need to get off at the Ichigaya subway stop and find your way from there (it's not far and the Nihon Ki-in has a map, albeit an upside-down one, on their website). Tamsin If you can, do try and visit the Nihon Ki-in's main office.
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