“Month of Go” proclaimed in Hawai’i
Chris Garlock | Published on 7/28/2024
Hawai’i Governor Josh Green has proclaimed the month of July “The Month of Go.”
Noting that “July culminates in the annual American Go Association's US Go Congress and will see the recognition of Hawaii's Brian Johnson as the AGF Teacher of the Year for his work founding the Honolulu Go Club with Sid Kobashigawa, and his 16 years of teaching the class ‘Buddhist Philosophy and the Game of Go’ at Punahou School to over 180 local students each year,” the proclamation “encourage(s) the people of the Aloha State to join us in recognizing the game of Go and Go players around the world for furthering an enriching past time and a piece of global cultural heritage.”
“To my knowledge that makes Hawaii the only state in the USA to have an official month for Go,” said local organizer Chris Ghorbani. Click here for more on the Honolulu Go Club and here for more on Go history in Hawai’i.
photo: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii New Year’s Ohana Festival, January 13, 2024.