Q1. What should ordinary go fans do to increase the number of go players around them? Please give me some advice. Q2-a. What are your targets now, in go or outside? Q2-b. What are your current targets, either in go or outside go? Or is there something you have become addicted to recently? December  Narumi OSAWA 4-dan I think that a major factor in whether a person who doesn't know go at all takes an interest in the game is how much the person doing the recommending likes go and how attractive that person is. A2-b. For the last seven years, I've really been into stone saunas. Novemober  Chiaki MUKAI 4-dan When I hold beginners' classes, people sometimes consult me about the best way to teach go to their friends. Usually when I teach beginners I focus on the following five rules. A2-b. I'm really into hot yoga. October  Akino IZAWA 4-dan The cleverest people at teaching go to beginners that I have witnessed until now get their pupils emotionally involved in it. I felt that they created a space in which people could feel that they had had a fun day. A2-b. I've always been bad at tidying up. There was a fashion for tidying up your place by throwing things away. So first of all I tried to sort the large pile of clothes that didn't fit into my closet. September  Kaori CHINEN 4-dan This is an age that is overflowing with all kinds of things, but recently I have felt anew that go is, after all, the most fun. A2-b. 1. Originally I thought I liked all kinds of sports lol. But these days I don't get enough exercise. August  Kana MANNAMI 4-dan I think there are two methods. One is to explain the rules simply and the other to play on a small board. A2-a. My goal is to have my household and go coexist. My husband is a company employee, so after I see him off in the morning I do housework such as washing the dishes, cleaning the house, laundry, ironing and so on. July  Izumi KOBAYASHI 6-dan In my case, my horizons became much broader through go, and I had many encounters, for which I am grateful. My husband and I often talk about how to get as many people as possible to experience the fun of go. A2-b. Recently, that is, the last one or two years I have really been into aromatherapy. June  Ayumi SUZUKI 6-dan Increasing the number of go fans around us???The first thing to make people aware of the fascination of go is to get them to learn the rules, so I recommend beginners' classes at the Nihon Ki-in or a go club or a culture centre. A2-b. Recently I've really been into 'citrons and pepper'. They go well with any kind of food, meet, tofu, natto, etc., and I love them. May  Tomoko KATO 5-dan Increasing the number of go fans around us...The first thing that is necessary is to show people how interesting go is so that they will take up the game. A2-b. Recently I've really been into Korea dramas! I recommend romantic comedies. I'm so addicted to them it's a problem for me, but in many cases I find the script really moving. April  Kumiko YASHIRO 5-dan I'm sorry. Nearly 20 years have passed since I took up this occupation, but I've never dragged anyone who didn't know go at all into this hobby. So, please don't take my opinions too seriously. [Laughter] A1-b. < My goals in go >There are many! (Mainly technical.) Anyway, my game is full of flaws, so I want to overcome them as much as possible. March  Mieko NAKAJIMA 2-dan A1. think the best way to let people know how much fun go is is first of all to get people to actually experience the game. A2-b. There is, but it's not something of mine... I like looking at various blogs. Before I realize it, it often happens that an hour has passed by. I enjoy seeing words lined upon the screen. February  Akiko TSUKUDA 5-dan A1. Even if you invite people to try playing go, they have an image of it as a difficult game, so sometimes it's very hard to get people to take an interest. This is what I do to attract my friends to go. A2-a. I'd like to say that my target in go is to win a title, but that no longer seems likely...(laughs). My target now is to play in an international women's tournament. January  Kaori AOBA 4-dan I am a kyu player, but I am really slow. Even if I think, I can' t read properly, but I think and think and just use up time. I try to read one, two, three moves ahead... well, just play! in recent years, Japanese go has been unable to match Korean and Chinese go, which makes me very sad. What is the basic difference between Korean and Chinese and Japanese go? How can the Japanese win? > backnumber 2013 > backnumber 2012 > backnumber 2011 > backnumber 2010 > backnumber 2009 > backnumber 2008 > backnumber 2007 > backnumber 2006 > backnumber 2005