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Post #21 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:05 am 
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thanks for the photos!

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Post #22 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:30 am 
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Very nice pictures! But the picture with elderly people looks a bit sad. I have absolutely nothing against elderly people playing go but where is the youth (unless that was a special occasion for the old)?

Can you roughly give an idea how strong an average club player is? I mean when you approach somebody you don't know for playing, what would be his/her level typically?

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Post #23 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:43 am 
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Nice pics! Was this an AGA related trip? I can't help but wondering as I see Jennie Shen was with you.

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Post #24 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:12 am 
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When I was in Kyoto last, in 1998, the Kyoto branch of the Nihon Kiin did not seem to have a lot of amateur players. Other go clubs did. :) The Nihon Kiin branch was perhaps a little out of the way.

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Post #25 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:40 am 
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cool photos ^ ^

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Post #26 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:11 pm 
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These pictures are really great! I'm going to be in japan for a few months starting in Jan., so it would be nice to know the location of a few good clubs (I'll mostly be in Kyoto)

I knew mostly old people played in Japan, but seriously...

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nagano wrote:
Nice pics! Was this an AGA related trip?
Thanks, nagano. Not a Go trip at all. :) It was a group tour with my karate sensei,
related to the 80th anniversary of the Waseda University karate club.

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Post #28 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:30 pm 
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Thanks a lot for the nice pictures :D !

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EdLee wrote:
nagano wrote:
Nice pics! Was this an AGA related trip?
Thanks, nagano. Not a Go trip at all. :) It was a group tour with my karate sensei,
related to the 80th anniversary of the Waseda University karate club.

Did you get a chance to see any actual copies of the ancient go manuals in the Waseda University Library?
There are links to their online versions on SL via the Japanese Go Books page.

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tchan001 wrote:
Did you get a chance to see any actual copies of the ancient go manuals in the Waseda University Library?
Unfortunately, no. There was a tour of the Waseda campus, but I did not attend.
There were ancient Go kifus in the same basement of the Nihon Kiin.
Except for the two Nihon Kiin visits which were planned ahead of time,
all the other Go clubs were found by accident, and impromptu visits so I was already very lucky. :)

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Post #31 Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:07 am 
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Great pictures!

Now, about the woman professional who presents the NHK go programme you see in post No. 6. Well, she always used to look very glum and serious on TV, but then a few years ago I met her at an event, and she gave me a teaching game (I lost by about 5 points on 5 stones, if I recall correctly). Afterwards, I somewhat cheekily told her that she was very pretty, but she would look much better on TV if she smiled more. Ever since, whenever I have seen her on TV, she has been smiling a lot, as you can see in the picture!!!

I wish I could recall her name.

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Post #32 Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:31 am 
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Tami wrote:
Now, about the woman professional who presents the NHK go programme you see in post No. 6.
...

I wish I could recall her name.

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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~bg2t-tkg/nhk/nhk.html -- my favorite site for NHK games. Clicking the X between the players names will reveal the host's photo:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~bg2t-tkg/nhk/nao.jpg

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Post #33 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:36 pm 
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Thanks, Tami. Yes, she's the sister of Mannami Kana 万波 佳奈 4p
http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000375.htm

Mannami Nao 万波 奈穂 2p
http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000411.htm

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