Why is chess not popular in japan?

It just goes against the local Japanese aesthetic; there are Shogi
Shogi
Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: /ˈʃoʊɡi/, Japanese: [ɕoːɡi]), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, Xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi.
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and Go Meijins, but there is no “Chess Meijin” just a Chess Master — that alone sort of makes it go against the concept of what the Japanese think of a competitive board game. There are too many local games that contend with it like Shogi and Go.

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2023-10-19 23:03:25

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