The concentration, calm and wonderfully old-school charm of a shogi, or Japanese chess club.
An old shogi (Japanese chess) club
Photographs from a small group of islands
Photographs from a small group of islands
The concentration, calm and wonderfully old-school charm of a shogi, or Japanese chess club.
Al says
Very cool. Feels like I can almost hear them concentrating.
Loving the new site design too. Lots of white space but it really emphasizes the images.
Lee says
There certainly wasn’t much chatting going on.
Cheers! That’s the aim. Remove as much clutter as possible, and make it pretty much just the photos and text.
Squidpuppy says
I don’t have a move. Maybe if I pretend to be asleep, he’ll leave and I win by default.
This guy doesn’t have a move. He’s pretending to be asleep so I’ll leave. I’m gonna just darn well sit here.
Lee says
Haha, the age old pretending to be asleep bluff. They could have been in there for days!
Hans ter Horst says
Excellent photo, really tells a story about the people and the place. On the subject of shogi, for some reason it is popular in Sweden, just a little bit of trivia that your photo coughed up in my brain 🙂
Lee says
Cheers. It was genuinely interesting to see, so great to know I managed to at least capture some of its atmosphere.
Had know idea it was big in Sweden of all places. Wonder why on earth that is. The trivia we carry around in our heads eh? But you never know when it’ll come in useful!
Martin Knecht says
There appears to be a lot “seat time” spent by the indentations present in the chairs!!!
I suppose it’s due to all the heavy thinking going on.
Great contrast with the black and white.
Lee says
I know. Chairs worn down by time and thought!