Takodori's Entrance to Shogi World

Oishi Tengudo is selling shogi boards and pieces

I got to know the existence of the shop through HIDETCHI's shogi video lesson#29. Here are the links to their toppage in English and the page of shogi goods.

• Shop of old standing Kyoto Oishi Tengudo of Game of Go and Japanese Chess sales

• Shogi（Japanese chess） | Shop of old standing Kyoto Oishi Tengudo of Game of Go and Japanese Chess sales

The goods look good and prices seem fair. The problem is that they do not mention to the payment method and shipping cost and so you will have to make some email communication with them before order. But anyway, the shop is one of the options to think over if you would like to buy a shogi set.

Shogi DIY

Mushrooshi published his way of how to make shogi board at Instractables.com. Here is the link.

Portable Shogi Board

Portable Shogi Board - More DIY How To Projects

Interesting article about traditional shogi scene in Japan

I think it will be interesting for you to read the following article posted to Shogi Forum at boardgamegeek.

Shogi and my grandfather | Shogi | BoardGameGeek

Articles about Kato 9 dan

Here are the links to the articles about that Kato 9 dan was sued by his neighbors.

• Pro shogi player Kato sued for feeding stray cats at condo › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
• 'Shogi' master's fondness for cats raises stink in Mitaka | The Japan Times Online
• asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Shogi pro sued for feeding stray cats - English

Kato 9 dan is one of the most famous shogi players in Japan and this is why they covered the story.  If he is an ordinary man, I don't think it's covered by these media.

Shogi Manga occupied 3rd place - Weekly Taiyosha Manga Rankings ~ Dec 1, 2008

Umino Chica's "March comes in like a Lion" where the main character is a 17 years old professional shogi player is swinging in Japan. The volume 2 started to be sold on November 28 and it occupied the 3rd place in Weekly Taiyosha Manga Rankings. Taiyosha is one of the biggest book/manga wholesalers in Japan.

MangaCast » Weekly Taiyosha Manga Rankings ~ Dec 1, 2008                       

Ryou's report on Shogi Festival in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur

I think it might be interesting for you to read. Kobayashi Kenji 9 dan visited the festival.

Ryou's Shogi World: Shogi Festival in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur! (Report)

Pro vs Foreign Ama over SC24 tomorrow

According to the information posted to Shogi-l, there will be three games to wach at Shogi Club 24 between Pro vs Ama on November 8.. For more information, please read the linked article below. You can watch any games as a guest there. Registration is not necessary.

Online games between professional shogi players shogi amateurs from USA, Asia and Europe.

A CNET article inserts the link to "Shogi Hour" by Aoki Jun

I'm surprised to find that the linked article about Youtube auto-translation includes the link to "Shogi Hour". I don't know why the writer selects it. But anyway it is good for shogi to be known to many people who did not heard about anything about it before.

YouTube now auto-translates subtitled vids | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

My dream, albeit just a dream, is to have YouTube use speech-to-text conversion on all its videos to make this an automatic process, since creating properly timed subtitles for long-form videos is a pain.

To give it a spin, try it on this video where you can see Robocop play Shogi (Japanese chess) with lasers.

Articles I found interesting recently

Here are the links to the articles mentioning to shogi which I found interesting recently.

Shogi Strategy: End game « The Level 8 Buddhist

Gamers` Esperanto or Thesaurus of Shogi

SHOGI AND CHESS | Comparing Chess And Shogi - Chessvine.com

I need help here between two shogi sets! - Games and Video Games

 

Naruto Shippuuden 82(Naruto Episode 302) has shogi scenes

Naruto Shippuuden 82 has shogi scenes which I think is the longest insertion in  one episode. The following page briefly illustrates the content of the episode.

Marvz18: Naruto Shippuden Episode 82

Shikamaru was not there to join the funeral. His out there greiving on its own. He went home and sits beside the pond still greiving when hi father ask him to play shogi. As he and his father play shogi, his father talks about Akatski and Asuma. Shikamaru can't hide it anymore and shows his sadness. His father told him to let it out as the first step. At dawn when his finally tired of crying. He picks up the shogi board and the pieces and saw the "king" piece. Then picks up the other pieces and play alone until he figures out a plan.

I wrote my interpretation about the position on the board in the dawn in Animesuki Naruto Forum. If you are interested, please click the linked page below and read the #54;

[Anime-only] Shippuden Episode 82 Discussion - Page 3 - AnimeSuki Forum