Kanagawa Prefecture Go Association

Kanagawa Prefecture Go Association (KPGA) is the union of 16 Go organizations based in Kanagawa Prefecture (located in the South of Tokyo). Their headquarters are based in Uchu Ki-in, Yokohama since March 2007. In other words, KPGA is the Yokohama version of Nihon Ki-in.

Table of contents Affiliated organizations Administrators Games Other activities

Affiliated organizations

The following organizations are KPGA affiliates with their own website:

• Union of Nihon Ki-in Branches in Kanagawa Prefecture (UNBK)
• Kanagawa Prefecture High School Go Association (KHSGA, website)
• Kanagawa Prefecture Junior High School Go Association (KJHSGA, website, established in 1996)
• Yokosuka City Go Association ( website, established in 2002)

Administrators

Games

KPGA is responsible for holding local preliminaries for the following games:

• All Japan Female Amateur Championship
• Amateur Honinbo
• Amateur Meijin
• World Amateur Go Championship

Note that collegiate championships like the Female Student Honinbo and the All Japan Students Go Oza Championship are not under KPGA control but operated by the Kanto Student Go Association.

Other activities

KPGA publishes the Kanagawa Prefecture Go Yearbook every year. They also create the Kanagawa Go Player Ranking, which is used to organize the games in above.