Hyuga-kaya Go Board with Legs Masame 6.0-Sun No.81022 *Repair

"Kaya" is regarded as one of the best materials to make Go and Shogi boards, because of its good sound and feel when placing the stones, moderate elasticity, beautiful grain, color, gloss and luster, and aroma.

"Hyuga kaya" is a special type of close-grained Japanese nutmeg tree grown and harvested in a mountainous area in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan.

The reason why Hyuga kaya from Miyazaki Prefecture is of the highest quality is because of the natural environment in which the tree grows.
The climate in southern Kyushu and the Miyazaki area has relatively big temperature differences between daytime and night time, a lot of rainfall, and strong direct sunlight, all of which help trees to produce clear-grain grains.
The wood grows on rocky terrain and requires several hundred years to grow into a tree large enough to be used as Go board material.
This is why it is considered a top-quality product, due to its rarity as well as its wood quality.
The grain of the wood is very fine and dense, so it rarely causes warpage or distortion.

Hyuga kaya boards are used in various title matches and famous tournaments.
The sound of the placing of stones on the board is very clear. Moreover, as it is used over the years, it will take on a refined candy-colored luster, further enhancing its maturity.

*Go board materials are explained detail in "How to choose a board".
Please take a look.
Go to "How to choose a board".

This is made from Hyuga-Kaya, that is the highest quality material wood to make Shogi board.
The value is increasing as the wood will be rarer in the near future.
It is the high quality board, such as wood color, and grain patterns. There is a crack between one cutting side to the bottom.
There are small flaws or scratches at the one side and the bottom.
One side has an intergrown knot. *Please check photo images.

• Product : Hyuga-kaya made Masame Shogi board with legs *Repair
  Masame 6.0-Sun / 18.0cm thick
  Item No.81022
  Size (height × width × thick × leg)
  367 mm × 335 mm × 180 mm × 90 mm
  Weight : About 12.4kg
• Included：Certificate, Paulownia cover and Cotton cover


• 1,000 JPY flat rate shipping within Japan, free shipping for purchases totaling 20,000 JPY or more.
  Please bear the actual cost for shipping charges outside Japan.

You may find small knots, burrs, rolled-in bark as all these products are made of natural trees.
There may be some small flaw or scratch, dent, chipping.