[JAPAN] 8,000 people turn out for high school event of live version of Japanese Chess

April 29, 2007 by Dennis Amith

In Tendo, Yamagata, high school students dressed in samurai outfits for a live version of Japanese chess which brought out 8,000 people to the event according to Mainichi Shimbun.

According to the article, “The event was held on April 21 in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, to reproduce a scene that ancient warlord Hideyoshi Toyotomi reportedly carried out. About 8,000 people watched the event.”