‘No damage to Mahjong Museum’
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- Created on Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:25
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:00
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TOKYO - The earthquakes and the tsunami which has caused many deaths and considerable material damage in Japan, has left the Mahjong Museum in Japan unharmed. Says Mr. Takunori Kajimoto, spokesman of the museum.
The museum is situated in Chiba, not far from Tokyo. The severe earthquakes that hit Japan the last days, raised panic also in the Tokyo and Chiba area. Buildings trembled and swayed. But the museum, with its precious collection, was amongst the buildings that survived.
Comments (5)
1Saturday, 12 March 2011 21:09
Mark Chizhenok
No offence, but who worries about "precious" mahjong collection when people dies?...
2Saturday, 12 March 2011 22:42
Mahjong News
Hi Mark,
Look at the world around you. Catastrophies, war and killing anywhere. Yet, people play mahjong and still care about the world.
Look at the world around you. Catastrophies, war and killing anywhere. Yet, people play mahjong and still care about the world.
3Wednesday, 16 March 2011 19:45
Tom Sloper
That's a little good news out of Japan. Hope my mahjong friends are all well. Sounds like Kaji at least is fine!
4Sunday, 03 April 2011 06:38
Sushila Singh
Kyoichiru Noguchi felt 'mahjong will contribute to the cultural exchange and peace of the world.’
Just like his death touched us personally, so did the destruction in Japan. Peace is to understand chaos and choose to be constructive with your own human resources.
Just like his death touched us personally, so did the destruction in Japan. Peace is to understand chaos and choose to be constructive with your own human resources.
5Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:31
Susan
Interesting to read people's responses to the news.
The loss of so many lives will NEVER be overshadowed by one small piece of good news ...
As an avid Mah Jong collector for many years now (www.mahjongmahjong.com) I had the greatest fortune to visit the Mah Jong museum last year (Oct, 2010) ... it was absolutely wonderful to see the passion and dedication behind such a fantastic Mah Jong collection. Chiba was quite the journey from Tokyo - an all day event involving taking many different trains and finally a very obliging taxi but so very worth it. I was very saddened to think all these pieces of history may have been lost.
Good news however, amongst such a tragedy, is ALWAYS welcome.
The loss of so many lives will NEVER be overshadowed by one small piece of good news ...
As an avid Mah Jong collector for many years now (www.mahjongmahjong.com) I had the greatest fortune to visit the Mah Jong museum last year (Oct, 2010) ... it was absolutely wonderful to see the passion and dedication behind such a fantastic Mah Jong collection. Chiba was quite the journey from Tokyo - an all day event involving taking many different trains and finally a very obliging taxi but so very worth it. I was very saddened to think all these pieces of history may have been lost.
Good news however, amongst such a tragedy, is ALWAYS welcome.
IMO, kuitan nashi will be the most problematic point for a world championship.
To shorten my point, kuitan-nashi Mahjong is like Formula 1 racing with 3 tires. It's probably a great learning exercise (good) that they turned into the only form of testing (bad). If that was the only problem, most people could live with that. The bigger problem for EMA Mahjong is their tolerance for a type of call that would be considered cheating anywhere else: tolerating the pick-and-switch for the same tile. (chi 78+9, throw nine; pon 11+1, throw one)
For a WC-Riichi event to succeed, that last point needs to be addressed once and for all. As for the rest of the rules, it will most likely be a take it or leave it scenario. There's nothing we can do about it.
But i appreciate the current changes cuz they minimize the luck factor a bit.