GBC-609-08 Go 3-piece set with Japan-grown Kaya Go board with legs Kiura 6.2-Sun

Go Board / Japan-grown Kaya with Legs Kiura 6.2-Sun
This is a Go board with legs featuring a substantial thickness of 6.2-Sun (approx. 190 mm).
The grid lines are drawn using the traditional Tachi-mori technique.
There are multiple intergrown knots on the top surface, bottom surface, and legs.
There are multiple stains on both cutting sides, the sides, and the legs.
*Please refer to the images for details.
*Comes with a cloth cover, Paulownia cover

Go Stones / Clamshell Go Stones Premium Snow grade size 33 *Diameter 21.0 ㎜ Go stones
These Go stones measure 21 mm in diameter, making them slightly smaller than standard Go stones, which are approximately 21.8 mm in diameter.
*Please refer to the diameter comparison image.
The black Go stones are also 21 mm in diameter.
Quality: The highest quality with almost no scratches that has cleared strict selection standards.
Grade (striped pattern): The highest and the most beautiful grade with more than 80% of the stripes pattern.
Production Volume: Approximately 5–8% of total production *This is the highest grade of clamshell Go stones made from Mexican clamshells.
Each of our clamshell Go stones is meticulously handcrafted one by one by our skilled Go stone artisans, offering an exceptional playing feel together with the distinctive texture and tactile sensation unique to genuine clamshell stones.
Go stones in sizes 30 to 36 are generally considered to offer the most comfortable playing experience. Size 33 (9.2 mm thick) is neither too thin nor too thick, providing an ideal balance of ease of play and a satisfying sense of weight and presence, allowing you to fully appreciate the exceptional playing feel of clamshell Go stones.
Clamshell Go stones are manufactured by Go stones craftsmen one by one through more than 20 manufacturing processes.
It takes about 2 to 6 months from the Clamshell to the product.
Please experience the brilliance of Go stones carved by traditional Go stones craftsmen, the techniques of making Go stones that have been handed down for over 100 years.
*The black Go stones included in this set are Nachiguro Go stones.

Go Bowls ：Shimaguwa [Island Mulberry]
Mulberry wood is highly prized and is regarded as one of the finest materials for luxury Go bowls.
Its exceptional hardness, beautiful color and grain, and substantial weight make it an ideal material for premium Go bowls.
Mulberry wood has a beautiful yellowish tone that develops a distinctive character when polished, appearing to glow with a golden luster depending on the angle and the way the light falls upon it.
The wood is exceptionally hard and durable—so much so that it is also used to make walking sticks, which require considerable strength.
“Shima-Kuwa” (Island Mulberry) is an exceptionally beautiful and rare variety of Mulberry wood sourced from Mikurajima Island.

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.
There are three types of kaya trees: "Hyuga Kaya" which is grown and harvested in a mountainous area in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan, "Japanese-grown honkaya" which is grown in other areas of Japan, and "Chinese-grown honkaya" which is mainly grown in Yunnan Province, China.
Generally, Japanese-grown honkaya is said to be better than Chinese honkaya in terms of quality.
The main difference between Japanese and Chinese kaya is the wood quality, caused by the natural environment where the tree was grown. Japanese kaya is usually lighter and more yellowish in color and has a unique wood aroma.
Depending on your preference, Japanese kaya is generally more highly valued than Chinese kaya, and the value and price of Japanese kaya tends to be higher due to the rarity of the wood.

In order to make a one-piece Go/Shogi board or board with legs, it is necessary to get a large tree between 200 and 800 years old.However, since logging is now prohibited in many forests in Japan, large-diameter kaya wood is almost impossible to find on the market.
The procurement of kaya is becoming more and more difficult and the Japanese honkaya Go board is getting rarer year on year.

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

”Kiura” cutting style applies to the center (core) of the log and itame (flat grain) appears on the top surface of the board.
The top surface has masame (straight grain) at both ends and an oval or bamboo shoot-like pattern or irregular itame pattern in the center.
Itame (flat grain) appears on the top surface.
This is the most valuable cutting style of the itame wood.

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

• Go Board / Japan-grown Kaya with Legs Kiura 6.2-Sun
  Product No.: No.71149
  Size：449 mm × 418 mm × 190 mm × 121 mm
  Weight：About 17.5 kg
  *Comes with a cloth cover, Paulownia cover
• Go stones / Clamshell Go Stones Premium Snow grade size 33 *Diameter 21.0 ㎜ Go stones
  Thickness：About 9.2 mm
  Diameter：White stones／21.0 ㎜, Black stones／21.0 ㎜
  Quantity：180 Clamshell White Go stones,181 Nachiguro Slate Black Go stones
  Spare Go stones (2 for each)
  Materials：White Go stones／Mexican clamshell, Black Go Stones／Nachiguro Slate from Kumano City, Mie Pref., Japan
  with wooden box, Fabric Go stone bag, Quality certificate
  *The white Go stones are made from Mexican clamshells.


• Go Bowls / Shimaguwa [Island Mulberry] for size 30-35 Go stones One pair
  
• 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.