In April each year, as part of the Dento City cherry blossom festival, there is a shogi (a chess like strategy game) tournament with a difference. Instead of using normal or even over sized pieces, all the pieces are actual humans - many dressed in character and of course in the respective colours. Professional Shogi players are invited to rally their human armies in a mighty battle. Well, kind of. The venue is a flat square on the peak of Mt. Maizuru - an easy 20 minute walk from Tendo Station. Shogi is obviously a big deal in Tendo - they also have a shogi museum.