Shin Kaya Go Board 3cm.

Traditional Japanese go game board made of solid shin kaya wood (new kaya). A very popular go board among go players. The honey colour and the texture of the goban will be perfect with any kind of stones. Besides, there is a 13*13 go game grid or a chinese chess (xiangqi) playing surface on the other side of the board for short games and tutoring.

Originally, Japanese traditional go boards were made of a wood called Kaya. But due to the cost of this precious species of wood they finally turned to another kind of wood with similar aspect called shinkaya, "shin" meaning new in Japanese. Nowadays Shin-kaya go boards are the most popular one among Japanese go players and are well appreciated all over the world. This wood is also known as new kaya, Alaska spruce or Picea asperata.

Thickness: 3cm

Dimension: 42,5cm* 45,5cm

Weight: 3,2kg

To fit this shin-kaya go game board aobo-shop suggests the following go stones:

- Slate and shell go game stones 8.4mm jitsuyo

- Korean Glass go game stones 9mm

- Yunzi go game stones 9mm