From late 2023 to early this year, the four men, all in their 20s, met on occasion at the club located a few minutes’ walk from JR Shibuya Station near the famous Shibuya Center-Gai street.

The new shogi hall is located a two-minute walk from Sendagaya Station in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward. The first floor has 12 rooms for playing shogi games including a spacious 21 tatami mat-size ...