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What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
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Author:  lichigo [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:45 am ]
Post subject:  What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
Hello, I will finally go Tokyo this month and I already planned to visit the Nihon Ki-in. I would like to buy some souvenirs like books. Unfortunately I cannot read japanese (I can read Korean) ,so maybe you could recommend me some problems books or something easy to understand in terms of reading. Btw I'm 5-6 dan Tygem . Thank you ^^
Author:  othkhvn [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
I would look into buying Kiseido books in English at the Nihon-Kiin -- most are 30-45% off what the US Kiseido site states.

In terms of Japanese books, I was looking into tsumego books by Rin Kanketsu. He's a Taiwan-born Nihon-Kiin professional, and is a disciple of Honorary Tengen, Rin Kaiho. The other more famous disciple of Rin Kaiho is Cho U, who is also known for making tsumego. I haven't bought the books, but they do look interesting.
Author:  lichigo [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
Thank you very much, totally interested by the kiseido books.
Author:  oren [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
Nihon Kiin will let you browse enough to probably find what interests you and should have a decent enough selection.

You can try to find Akashiya which will have significantly more books but much harder to navigate.
Author:  gowan [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
If you can't read Japanese I would suggest either problem collections, like those already suggested, or collections of game records. Though you won't be able to read the commentary in collections of commented games, you can still appreciate the games and use the explanatory diagrams. As for the collections of tsumego, your Korean probably would allow you to read "black to play", "white dies", Ko, etc. The sales clerk in the book area probably could help you in English or, maybe even get someone from the Overseas Department to help you in English or Korean.

I have a collection of life or death problems in Korean but I can't even tell which color moves first. Still I like the book because it allows me to look at a position as I might in a real game.
Author:  gowan [ Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What book should I buy at the Nihon ki-in?
Here is a link to the web page of Akashiya Shoten in Tokyo, the best used book store for go books.

http://www.akasiya-shoten.com/
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