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I thought the formatting looked familiar. I am working through it slowly myself. Haven't gotten very far, still getting used to reading notation quickly.

@ohithere no I got it on eBay used. It's just old but the previous owner clearly never used it. Probably was just a decoration. The Japanese written inside the lid has a date, 1997. The lines are hand…

@ohithere the wood is some kaya lookalike but not the real thing. So probably some kind of spruce. The finish was a bit splotchy looking in the light and had a slight stickiness. It also looked a bit …

Great set, @ohithere. It sounds like you aren't sure the pieces are boxwood. The grain looks right. In my single experience with boxwood it's extremely hard with decent weight despite the tiny piece s…

@LizardWizard wow it's shorter than it looks but 45cm is still tall to sit at. You must be tall or sit on your legs. Regarding the boards the pros use, yeah 20cm+ thick kaya are insanely expensive. Ev…

@ohithere you're right I forgot to look at that picture again. You don't need to read Japanese. Miwa Keiji, or if not him, whoever runs his customer service can handle English. Their site seems to jus…

@ohithere I say bring it unless you are worried about damage. It's nice to not have to compromise on good feel when at the club. The pieces in the pile are stamped, not ones in the game position if th…

@LizardWizard really great idea. I think of it as the western version of a board with legs. Very much a piece of furniture but you can use chairs instead of sitting on the floor. Do you get to use it …

@ohithere I love seeing different shogi equipment since it's pretty tough to find good stuff (or expensive). I always wondered what Aoyama's kaya boards looked like, yours looks great. Thin enough to …

Got it going on the good board. https://i.imgur.com/nkSqjgE.jpeg Hopefully my Shogi will have a reduced screen diet unlike my Go.