Where are you at in Japan?

Generally yes, it's mainly the past time of old men in Japan though various schools do have clubs and children only events in Japan are still larger than the largest tournament in the US.

Very cool that you live in Japan! I was there for one year back in my military days but did not get to see as much as I would have liked due to a very hectic life back then.

I'm surprised to hear that Go isn't played by the younger generation and considered a 'old man' game.

Just out of curiosity which board games are popular? Shogi? or something else?

Thanks for all of the welcomes.

@goTony: As much as I'd like to be able to answer questions about Japan's go scene, I actually don't know too much about it. I moved here around 4 months ago, and I basically live in the country. The town I live in also doesn't have any Go salons or equivilents. The closests ones are in a city about an hour by train or car, but the trains run pretty infrequently, so I haven't really made an effort to go visit them yet. I just purchased a car, so hopefully I'll be able to check some of them out sometime soon.

I can tell you the general state of go though. Most young people have little-to-no interest in it for the most part. It's pretty much considered something that old men do. At least as far as I can tell.