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What can ordinary go fans do to increase the number of go fans around us? Please give me some advice.
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Talk enthusiastically about the fascination of go and always carry a paper 9x9 board with you.

First of all, casually talk about the fascination of go to people who don't know how to play it.

For example:

o When you play go, you get to know more deeply both yourself and the other player.
o Many famous historical figures, such as Nobunaga Oda and Ieyasu Tokugawa, played go (go develops your overall judgement and decisiveness).
o There are many managers and politicians who play go (it has something in common with management and politics).
o It's the world's best strategic game and trains you mentally.
o Sensitivity is important, so it's suited to women.
o You expand your circle of friends and have some splendid encounters.
o It's a game that becomes more interesting the more you know about it.
o Playing go develops the mental powers of children.

These are the kinds of fascinating aspects of go you can talk about.

This should be enough to get most people interested in playing.
At this point, you casually take out the 9x9 go board from your bag.

Next . . .
There are just four rules!
1. Black and White play alternately on the intersections.
2. The player with more territory wins.
3. You can capture your opponent's stones by surrounding them.
4. There are some taboo points.

Don't worry about the fact that there's nothing casual about 'casually' pulling out a 9x9 board. By the way, I have a go application on my ipad. At first, the key is to keep things simple and short (explain for about 10~15 minutes, then play a game).

If you convert one person close to you per year into a go fan, then the number of go players will increase geometrically, and in five years everyone in Japan will be a go fan!
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