This page requires that javascript be turned on in order to display as intended. Although Japan is changing fast, it still has more than its fair share of fuddy duddies. In the west he'd have to be wearing no clothes for anyone to notice. The dominant impression he gave was of curiosity.
Title matches involve lots of peripheral activities, such as parties with local dignitaries.
All this was new to Yamada, but his only comment was that it takes longer to play a title game than you first imagine. Despite that, he used all of his generous time allowance - newcomers to title matches tend to play too fast, or to fall into the wrong rhythm of using their time. In short, young Yamada is the king of cool . This comes in handy on the go board. He did this in the Oza , beating holder Ryu Shikun in Game 1.