I did not know what to expect when I started my CIP. When I was in high school, I played some chess so I thought it would be fun to learn how to play Japanese chess- shogi. The first time I went to the shogi room, this tiny little room called a box, I opened the door to find a single person sleeping on the floor. Not wanting to disturb him, I slowly closed the door and took down the contact information for the club. That was a weird introduction to the shogi club but was pretty representative of the club as a whole. The atmosphere of the club is very relaxed- people come and go as they please, they play shogi as the want, and generally just want a place to kick back with friends.<\/p>\n
When I started learning shogi, I had two problems. The first problem was that I had no idea how to play shogi. This was further compounded by my inability to read the kanji on the pieces. The second problem was that chess strategy is hard enough to understand without trying to figure out what is being said in Japanese. Somehow, I figured out how to play the game after a couple of thoroughly embarrassing interactions. I\u2019m still getting trashed by all the other shogi players but it\u2019s okay because if I ever want to relax and play a quiet game of shogi, I know where to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I did not know what to expect when I started my CIP. When I was in high school, I played some chess so I thoug … \u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080