After the 1st game of 21st Ryuo-sen between Ryuo Watanabe and Meijin Habu held in Paris, Sato (6 dan) and Hayamizu (Lady 2 dan) did not return to Japan together with the tournament players and staffs and stayed in France for a few more days to promote shogi there. They went to Colmar in Alsace from Paris. Association Shogi d'Alsace published the reports in two languages such as French and English with many photos on their website. Here are the likns to them.
Visit of Sato Sinya and Hayamizu Chisa - Colmar - 21st of October 2008 (In English)
Visite de Sato Sinya et Hayamizu Chisa - Colmar - 21 Octobre 2008 (In French)
I'm impressed that the shogi community in Alsace has a hand-made big shogi board for presentation which turned out through some of the photos in the linked pages above.
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