Mr. NISHIKAWA made Yakusugi [cedar wood] Go Bowls *off-spec　GKYS-NS42-105-001 409-RC-07

Yaku Sugi cedar is totally banned to cut down since it was designated as UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.
This product is highly evaluated due to its rarity as it is extremely hard to procure this material wood.
This Go bowls has close beautiful Masame wood grain lines and close grain patters.
The charms of this Go Bowl are reddish brown-colored surface and fragrance, which is specific to Yaku-sugi Cedar.

This Go bowls has some repair point for the hole.
Please check the image.

All Go stones, Go boards, Shogi pieces, Shogi boards, Go bowls, etc. are made using natural materials.
For this reason, some products may present defects such as flaw, stain, crack and/or wood knots, or damages caused at the time of manufacturing and/or storage, and thus they cannot be sold at full price.
We do not sell any product with significant defects. We may sell some products with minor defects as "off-spec products" at a discounted price upon confirmation that customers are duly aware of any defects in advance.
We try our best to describe the condition of any defect as precisely as possible using pictures and text.
Please order items only after checking and accepting the condition of defects. Thank you.
*'Defects' refer to any scratch and flaw.

Go bowls made of Yakusugi (cedar) (over 1,000-year-old cedar trees grown on Yakushima Island, Japan), are so beautiful and graceful with their intricate and elaborate grain patterns that there are serious "Yakusugi collectors" all over the world.
Since Yakushima Island has been registered as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, logging has been prohibited and the quantity of Yakusugi trees on the market is quite limited, making them extremely difficult to obtain.
The color of Yakusugi (cedar) wood is reddish-brown. It is a very beautiful wood with its unique aroma and intricate grain patterns including moku (figure) and kobu (burl).
Please note that the tree oil or fat may start to seep as time goes by as the wood contains a lot of oil and fat.

• Traditional Craftsman Mr. Takashi NISHIKAWA made Yaku-sugi [cedar wood] Go bowls *off-spec
  Product No. : GKYS-NS42-105-001
  Conformity Go stone size：size 38 - 42
  A written certificate of his artwork is enclosed in a box.
  A branding iron seal that proves that this is the artwork of Mr. Takashi NISHIKAWA (Registration No. 115).
  (This is a sample image.)
  
• 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 wood materials.
There may be some small flaw or scratch, dent, chipping.