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Japan trip 2011
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:44 am
by EdLee
A few Go-related photos from a recent Japan trip (Oct 2 - 16, 2011):
Japan Airlines in-flight entertainment (Oct 2, 2011):
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:49 am
by EdLee
Daily Go section in newspapers; Steve Jobs (Oct 6, 2011):
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:52 am
by EdLee
Meijin (Iyama v. Yamashita, game 4) live on HDTV, Oct 6, 2011:

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:56 am
by EdLee
Kyoto Go club (affliated with the Nihon Kiin), Oct 8, 2011:
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:06 am
by EdLee
Kyoto Go club (business hours; Go sets on tables), Oct 8, 2011:
Code: Select all
Monday - Saturday: 11:30 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 11:30 am - 6 pm
8,000 yen: Monthly fee
1,000 yen: Entry fee (Mon - Sat) (i.e. for men)
800 yen: Ladies (Mon - Sat)
500 yen: Sunday
500 yen: After 5:30 pm
200 yen: drinks (tea?)
110 yen: snacks (gum, fruits, etc.)
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:10 am
by EdLee
Oct 9, 2011. NHK blitz tourney live on HDTV

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:12 am
by EdLee
Oct 9, 2011. NHK blitz tourney live on HDTV (cont'd):
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:15 am
by EdLee
Oct 9, 2011. (Not Go) Ultra-Man documentary on HDTV

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:20 am
by EdLee
Oct 11, 2011. Kamakura (鎌倉) Go Club -- on the 3rd floor, above a McDonald's

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Re:
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:32 am
by p2501
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:39 am
by EdLee
Oct 12, 2011. Tengen (天元) Go salon, Shinjuku (新宿).
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:43 am
by EdLee
Oct 13, 2011. Nihon Kiin. Street view, lobby, some amateur tourney:
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:51 am
by EdLee
Oct 13, 2011. Nihon Kiin. Pro tourney list; street views:
(Yoda Morimoto 依田紀基 9p was playing in the Yuugen no Ma 幽玄の間, 5th floor;
Kobayashi Kouichi 小林光一 9p on the 7th floor;
we also ran into Michael Redmond 9p in the hallway

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Re: Japan trip 2011
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:53 am
by gurujeet
Thanks for the pics!
I saw what looked like a separate smoking section at one club. Is that the norm now?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:55 am
by EdLee
Oct 13, 2011. Another Go club in Shinjuku:
(I
accidentally walked to this club in Google maps a few weeks before the trip

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