BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.4949@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20150418T000000Z DTEND:20150418T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong>Professional shogi player to visit Vancouver!</strong>\ n\nJoin us for the first-ever visit to Canada by a professional shogi (Jap anese chess) player. Shogi pro Madoka Kitao (北尾 まどか) will delive r a shogi and animal shogi presentation at 1:00pm. Afterward\, we will bre ak out into games of shogi and animal shogi.\n\nMs. Kitao travels the worl d regularly to promote Japanese chess. She has written several books about shogi\, and is the creator of Let&rsquo\;s Catch the Lion! (animal shogi / どうぶつしょうぎ)\, a smaller version of shogi that uses animal images to encourage people to try Japanese chess.\n\nPlease note: The init ial presentation at 1:00pm will be entirely in Japanese language\; we apol ogize for any inconvenience. Everyone is welcome to attend\, and we hope t hat you&rsquo\;ll join us for games of shogi and animal shogi after the pr esentation!\n\n<strong>When:</strong> Saturday\, April 18\, 2015\, 1:00pm- 4:00pm (presentation 1-2pm)\n\n<strong>Where:</strong> Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (487 Alexander St\, Vancouver\, V6A 1C6) \n\n<strong>Cost:</strong> Free Admission\n\n<strong>Facebook:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1584768131778999/" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/events/1584768131778999/</a>\n<strong>Website:</s trong> <a href="http://shogivancouver.wordpress.com/events" target="_blank ">http://shogivancouver.wordpress.com/events</a>\n<strong>Instagram:</stro ng> <a href="http://instagram.com/ShogiVancouver" target="_blank">http://i nstagram.com/ShogiVancouver</a>\n<strong>Twitter:</strong> <a href="https: //twitter.com/ShogiVancouver" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ShogiVan couver</a>\n<strong>Email:</strong> shogivancouver@gmail.com DTSTAMP:20240416T085403Z SUMMARY:Professional shogi (Japanese chess) player to visit Vancouver URL:/en/events/2015/04/18/professional-shogi-japanese-chess-player-to-visi/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR