{"product_id":"taimei-goma-shogi-pieces-good-design-award","title":"Good Design Award 2016 Winner : \"Taimei Shogi pieces\"","description":"Winner of the Good Design Award 2016, the \"Taimei-Koma\" (大明駒) is both well-designed and practical.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSimple visualization + Easy understanding\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e TAIMEI KOMA is a set of Shogi designed for beginners, those who are not familiar with kanji characters, and just anybody who want to play Shogi.\n\u003cbr\u003e The graphic, instead of Kanji characters, on each piece indicates the movement of the piece, showing the direction where the piece can move.\n\u003cbr\u003e As each movement is visually explained, it is easy even for the beginners to get started, and those who are not familiar with kanji characters can also enjoy playing Shogi within no time.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible Collapsible--large\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"Collapsible__Button Heading u-h6\" data-action=\"toggle-collapsible\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\n\nDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みのタイトル --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Collapsible__Plus\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Content\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容 --\u003e\n\nThese shogi pieces have been highly acclaimed for their design and have been introduced on numerous TV programs, magazines, newspapers, and websites.\n\u003cbr\u003e It is a new type of shogi piece that is completely different from regular pieces that are marked with letters, and yet it can be used to play shogi, and moreover, \"you can tell how to move the piece by looking at it.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Since the design of the pieces directly represents the movement of each piece, it is easy to play Shogi even before learning the names and movements of the pieces.\n\u003cbr\u003e The game was also developed so that beginners can easily grasp the opponent's moves, which are often overlooked by beginners, visually and get accustomed to Shogi more quickly.\n\u003cbr\u003e It can be used conveniently by experienced players to teach beginners.\n\u003cbr\u003e In addition, the design is universal, so that foreign players who have difficulty identifying Chinese characters can easily play Shogi.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e The piece material is the finest hon-Tsuge (Japanese boxwood) from Mikura-island.\n\u003cbr\u003e Each Shogi pieces are carefully hand-painted and finished.\n\u003cbr\u003e *A felt shogi board is included.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容ここまで --\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible Collapsible--large\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"Collapsible__Button Heading u-h6\" data-action=\"toggle-collapsible\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\n\nAbout the Art Director, Mr. Taimei Inaba\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みのタイトル --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Collapsible__Plus\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Content\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容 --\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eMr. Taimei Inaba\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Born in 1978\n\u003cbr\u003e Graduated from Tama Art University Graphic Design Department\n\u003cbr\u003e Art Director, Graphic Designer\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容ここまで --\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible Collapsible--large\"\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"Collapsible__Button Heading u-h6\" data-action=\"toggle-collapsible\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\n\nSpecification\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みのタイトル --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Collapsible__Plus\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Collapsible__Content\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- 折り畳みの内容 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