Kana Satomi aims to become the first female professional player of shogi, the Japanese board game of strategy and patience. 9 year-old Reo Fujita also turns pro but this time for Go, another board game of territorial possession and capture played throughout East Asia. In Niigata, the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022 is currently underway having been delayed a year and features Ongoing Village based in Sansho House a 150 year-old wooden school found in the region's ‘satoyama’ — a zone bordering both mountain and farm land.

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