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Sanja Matsuri from May 17 to 19, 2019 The Sanja Festival is held annually in the Asakusa district. It is held in celebration of the three founders of the Sensoji Temple, who are enshrined in Asakusa Shrine next door to the temple. Nearly two million people visit Asakusa over the three days of the festival, […]

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6th Pro Best Ten – 5th-6th Place Playoff, Final White: Hashimoto Shoji 9 dan Black: Takemiya Masaki 5 dan Date: May 17, 1969 Place: Kansai Ki-in Komi: 5.5 Black wins by resignation. Analysis by Takemiya Masaki in Kido, March 1975 Please enable JavaScript to view this game.

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Building Fighting Strength Life & Death Problems Black to Play Composed by Tei Meiko 9 dan and published in the Building Fighting Strength Life and Death Problems booklet as a supplement to Kidō, October 1998. Which? *Right or left… That is the question, you know.

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Japan Day in New York City, Sunday, May 12, 2019 Free admission. Taiko drums, Japanese dance performances, flutes and bands playing, origami and other Japanese cultural exhibitions, and food tents. www.japandaynyc.org/ Recently, I explained here how I visited the late Sakata Eio 9 dan at his condominium in Yokohama in order to obtain the English […]

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