Photos from Godalming, 2017 Open Riichi Championship

A collection of photos from the 2017 UK Open Riichi Championship in Godalming

The Japanese Mahjong Wiki Has Moved + Open to Suggestions

Since 2013, bps, author of the definitive (at the time) English Tenhou Documentation (http://arcturus.su/tenhou/) has hosted the Japanese Mahjong Wiki however, due to their life getting busier they were looking for someone to take over as webmaster so I volunteered and have now taken over.  This handover

Photos from Aachen 2017

A collection of photos from the 2017 Aachen Riichi Open.

Photos from the Swedish Riichi Championship 2017

A collection of photos from the 2017 Swedish Riichi Championship in Linkoping.

Photos from European Riichi Championship 2016

A collection of photos from the 4th European Riichi Championship that took place in Farnham, UK on October 7th 2016.

Photos from Russian Riichi Championship 2016

In 2016, I and a small group of players from the UK travelled to Moscow for the 5th Russian Riichi Championship.

Photos from Shigekazu Moriyama's Riichi Study Session

A collection of photos from a 2015 study session by Japan Professional Mahjong League's president, Shigekazu Moriyama.

Photos from World Riichi Championship 2014

A collection of photos from the first World Riichi Championship that took place in Paris on July 16th 2014.

Common mistakes (4)

Not so common, more like silly mistakes. 1.In a recently played match, I had the following tenpai: Dora: 6m (Hatsu was pon'd)Nothing special, it's a tenpai waiting on 78m. Then I drew 4m. It's either 4666m with 45m wait or 6668 with

First M League Team Draft

Team1st Pick2nd Pick3rd PickKonami Mahjong Fight ClubHisato SasakiMari Takamiya Yuudai MaeharaShibuya ABEMASOoi TakaharuSho ShiratoriYoshiro Matsumoto*Sega Sammy PhoenixYuumi UotaniSeiichi KondoSayaka KayamoriEX FurinkazanAki Nikaidou Kazunori TakizawaKenji KatsumataTEAM RAIDENMasato HagiwaraNaoki SetokumaSaki KurosawaAkasaka DrivensKen SonodaJun MurakamiTarou Suzuki*U-NEXT PIRATESGo KobayashiKoushin Asakara (ASAPIN)Nobuhiro Ishibashi**ABEMAS, Drivens and PIRATES all picked Tarou as their

M League - What is Known So Far

CyberAgent, Inc, an internet service company, announced the creation of a new professional mahjong league, M League. M League aims to promote mahjong as a competitive sport, with the goal of including mahjong in the Olympics. Here’s what is known so far:

History of Japanese Mahjong

Mister Mahjong, Takeo Kojima, passed away in May. I believe it was known for some time that Kojima’s health was failing. In September Mondo released a documentary about his life (Mister Mahjong: Takeo Kojima's Footprint) I met Kojima at the first World Riichi Championship. I don’t