From: michael facer <michaelf <at> LAVA <dot> NET>
Date: 15 mar 1997
Subject: Shogi Clubs in Japan

Hi,

Usually when in Japan I play at Takadanobaba Shogi club or sometimes at
Sendagaya. But on my next trip I plan to travel around a little, so I was
wondering if there is a list of all the Shogi clubs in Japan. Last time I
traveled around Izu peninsula, but I never did find a Shogi club there. I'm
still not sure if its because there aren't any or because I asked the wrong
people. Is it only big cities that have Shogi clubs? Or do some  small towns
have them too? I plan to stay in Tokyo for a few days and then travel around
the area of Suwa ko,  Matsumoto, Nagano, Bessho onsen and possibly over into
Gunma ken.   Mainly I want to visit alot of Onsen, especially rotemburo. I'm
not sure exactly what places I will visit. Ideally I would like to visit the
places that have fine rotemburo and a shogi club. Can anyone tell me which
places in that area (if any) have Shogi clubs? I'm assumming that big cities
like Matsumoto and Nagano might have clubs but I would prefer to spend most
of my time outside of the big cities. Thanks.

Mike

P.S.  If anyone has any recommendations for good onsen, rotemburo or
minshuku in that area, I would appreciate that too. thanks again.