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Kansai Kiin to host Osaka Go Camp and Japan Go Congress

For those looking for an intensive go experience in Japan, the Kansai Kiin is organizing back-to-back events June 25 through July 17. The fifth annual Osaka Go Camp will be held June 25-July 13, followed by the second annual Japan Go Congress in Takarazuka. Click here for details on both. "During the camp, we have league games in the mornings and full teaching programs in the afternoons by professional players every day," says teacher and longtime US Go Congress attendee Ryo Maeda 6p. The teaching programs will be in English. "On holidays, we will also organize some day trips to places like downtown Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and a two-day trip to Kyoto, as well as a Friendship Tournament with Kyoto go players and sightseeing including the Honinbo Jakkoji temple which is really interesting for go players." "I promise that everyone can improve quite a lot through the Camp and the Congress and will have a lot of fun!"