Tendo City is promoting community development with a focus on promoting the Japanese chess industry and popularizing shogi. Tendo Sakura Tree Festival Ningen Japanese Chess: Set on Mt. Maizuru, where approximately 2,000 cherry blossom trees are in full bloom, Tendo professional shogi players compete on an extra-large Japanese chess board with samurai warriors dressed in armor and kimonos and their waistcoats acting as chess pieces. Big event in the city. Japanese chess×soccer collaboration event: In conjunction with Montedio Yamagata Tendo Citizens Support Day, professional shogi players from the Japan Japanese Chess Association will be present to hold instructional games and collaborative events in an event unique to the Japanese chess town of Tendo. Japanese chess festival: Strong amateur amateurs from all over the country gather to compete for the position of the representative of the southern Tohoku region of the national amateur KING tournament "Yasuharu Oyama (Birthplace: Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Date of Birth: March 13, 1923, Date of Death : July 26, 1992, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture) This is an annual festival that hosts the 15th Meijin Cup Shogi Tournament and the Citizens' Japanese Chess Tournament where beginners to intermediate players compete. 2018 (World Record Challenge): On October 14, 2018, the number of simultaneous shogi games was held with the aim of transmitting to the world the wealth for future children and "Tendo, the town of Japanese chess." I challenged the world record and set a world record of 2,362 stations. Comic "March Comes in Like a Lion: Chika UMINO (Japanese comic house and coterie writer. Born in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. Supervised by shogi player Manabu Sakizaki. Serialized from 2007 issue 14 in "Young Animal" (Hakusensha Co., Ltd.). As of January 2022, the cumulative number of copies has exceeded 10 million.)” Collaboration with the popular manga “March Lion”, in which professional shogi players are active, limited novelties, original illustrations for Tendo City, sightseeing Various activities such as pamphlets are being carried out. Tendo City Japanese chess museum: The only museum in Japan dedicated to Japanese chess is attached to JR Tendo Station. There are various exhibits from chaturanga, which is said to be the birthplace of shogi, to modern shogi pieces. You can also see the history of the Tendo Sakura Tree Festival "Human Japanese chess''.
A core business that contributes to the promotion of regional agriculture and the improvement of the farming life of cooperative members. In order to deliver safe and secure agricultural and livestock products to consumers, the "Tendo City Agricultural Cooperative Agricultural and Livestock Product Safety and Security Promotion Headquarters" is organized by dedicated groups for rice cultivation, fruit trees, vegetables, and livestock, which are composed of related organizations and consumer organizations. Has been established, and efforts are being made to ensure food safety together with consumers. In addition, we strive to establish a system of production areas for the specialty fruit "KING Mark" and promote the spread of reduced pesticide fertilizer cultivation and organic fertilizer cultivation through the effective use of soil diagnosis facilities based on soil preparation. A full-time staff will be assigned, and efforts will be made to nurture successors and r...
