From: Yuusuke Suganami <suganami <at> ISRD <dot> HITACHI <dot> CO <dot> JP>
Date: 8 jul 1997
Subject: Re: My trip in Japan

I'm Yusuke Suganami.
Hello, Eric.

> I just finished my report on my trip in Japan. I hope it will be
> interesting for many players. Everyone needs to travel to Japan and to
> live such an experience !

I enjoyed your report very much.

> Thursday 26 june is an important day for my shogi experience. I went to
> Toshio Miyata's dojo. In his dojo, there is more than 50 boards on two

Woooow!
I often go to the dojo to study shogi under the guidance of Miyata 7 dan
and other professional/amateur players. To my regret, I was absent the day
for cold.

The dojo is Takayanagi Dojo, one of the famous dojos in Japan. It's famous
for playing on Tatami(Japanese mat), as Eric said. That is unique even in
Japan now.
It's also famous for producing a lot of great players, such as Nakahara 10
dan, Tanaka 9 dan, Shima 8 dan, Shimizu joryu Meijin.... Now, some boys and
girls study shogi there. They'll be professional players in the near future.

I'm going to see Miyata 7 dan and Takayanagi 9 dan at Dojo soon. I'll tell
them your gratitude.

See you.