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[Seattle Go Center] Gifts of Go Equipment and Books

Dear Members,

 

Our little store at the Go Center is ready for a wide range of holiday gift giving.  We now have three kinds of full sized boards: shin kaya (spruce), bamboo and painted.  We have full sized glass stones (8.5 mm thick) and school club sized (6.5 mm thick).  We have two sizes of magnetic boards, which are great as starter sets.  We also have the full range of “Graded Go Problems” by Kano Yoshinori and all 5 “Learn to Play Go” books by Janice Kim.  In addition, we have a great stocking stuffer, available only at the Go Center – our logo patch!  We accept cash and checks; you can also use Paypal if your portable device connects to the web.

 

Other Retailers  -- We view our store as a convenience to our members, not as a big profit center, so we are not offended if you buy your equipment elsewhere. 

 

Shiga’s Imports in the University District, next door to the University Bookstore, often has good equipment, including slotted and folding boards.

http://www.shigasimports.com/go.html

Uwajimaya in the International District has some economical equipment – just watch out for boards with tiny stones.

http://www.uwajimaya.com/locations.html

And H Mart, a huge Korean Grocery Store in Federal Way, often has basic sets at good prices.

http://www.hmart.com/

 

Our Suppliers

 

You can also go to our suppliers on the Internet, and have stuff delivered where you want:

We use Yellow Mountain for most of our boards:

http://www.ymimports.com/

We use Kiseido for our Go Books from Japan.  Note that their prices are much better than Amazon.

http://www.kiseido.com/

We use Yutopian for stones, some equipment and some books.  They import from China and Korea.

http://www.yutopian.com/go/

Another good site for books - Slate and Shell

http://www.slateandshell.com/

We sometimes use Amazon for Janice Kim books. Their used Go books are often overpriced – you can find new versions for lower prices at Kiseido.

http://www.amazon.com/

 

Cheers,

Brian

 

 

 

Brian  Allen

Manager, Seattle Go Center

Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of the West

206 545-1424 (Go Center)

206 632-1122 (Office at Home)

manager@seattlego.org (e-mail)

www.seattlego.org (website)

 

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