Hyuga Kaya oi-masa 1.4-Sun (about 45 mm thick) 1-piece 6*6-ro special dimension Table Go Board No.76860

This is a beautiful board with a strong yellowish color peculiar to Hyuga-kaya wood.
This board’s wood cutting style is "Oi-masa", so one edge side of the top surface has Itame part.

The bottom has some color spots and lines derived from the wood materials , its looks like rolled-in wood peels remains.
One cutting side has a intergrown knot remnant. *Please check the photo images.

"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".

The "Oi-masa" cutting style board has itame (flat grain) on only one side of the top surface of the board.
The center (core) of the log often has this grain pattern, which is cut out between masame and itame.

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

Hyuga Kaya wood with special dimension of 6*6-ro board
The lines are screen-printed.
Oi-masa 1.4 sun / about 45 mm thick
Product No. : No.76860
Size：155 mm × 146 mm × 45 mm
Weight : About 0.6 kg

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.