Japan Chess Federation Registered Clubs

These are the Japan Chess Federation Registered clubs where you can play chess in Japan. Please feel free to join if you are in the area.

(Updated: December 19, 2024)

Hokkaido / Tohoku

Sapporo Chess Club
Representative Sugimoto Koichi
Mail sapporochessclub@gmail.com

Sendai Chess Club
Representative Takahashi Mitsuo
Mail sendaichess@gmail.com

Tokyo

Divine Chess Gurukul
Representative Bhatia Praveen
Mail praveen.bhatia@sumpurn-ai.com

Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club
Representative Tatsumi Kai
Mail contact.us@beaconsq.info

8×8 Chess Club
Representative
Mail 8by8chessclub@gmail.com

Kitasenju Chess Club
Representative Tabata Minoru
Mail chess@tg8.so-net.ne.jp

Tachikawa Chess Club
Representative Xie Qinlan
Mail tachikawa.chess@shinran.info

Nakano Chess Club
Representative Nakagawa Seiji
Mail nakanochessclub@gmail.com

Akabane Chess Club
Representative Yamaguchi Tosei
Mail akabanechessclub@gmail.com

Tokyo Check Mates
Representative Hold Michael
Mail tokyocheckmates@gmail.com

Machida Chess Club
Representative Okita Ken
Mail okitachess1022@gmail.com

Kanto (Excluding Tokyo)

Chiba Chess Club
Representative Ogasa Seiichi
Mail chibachessclub@gmail.com

Yokohama Chess Club
Representative Seto Shunpei
Mail yokohama.chess.club@gmail.com

Kawasaki Chess Club
Representative Yasuno Naoki
Mail kawasakichess@gmail.com

Kawagoe Chess Club
Representative Pineau, Jacques Marie
Mail kawagoechessclub@gmail.com

Chubu

Matsumoto Chess Club
Representative Arai Yuki
Mail matsumoto.chessclub@gmail.com

Nagoya Chess Club
Representative Horie Takahiro
Mail nagoyachessclub@gmail.com

Minamoto Chess Club
Representative Minamoto Marcos Cesar
Mail minamotochessjapan@gmail.com

Kinki

Osaka En Passant Chess Club
Representative Tabe Masaharu
Mail osakaenpassant@gmail.com

Osaka Abeno Chess Club
Representative Takashima Bunji
Mail 06bunji22@gmail.com

Kashiwara Chess Club
Representative Brinkmann, Leonard
Mail brinkmannleonard@yandex.com

Kobe Chess Club
Representative Okada Mitsuhiro
Mail mitsvsop@gmail.com

Takasago Chess Club
Representative Ono Tadashi
Mail urawaza3000@gmail.com

Chugoku / Shikoku

Setouchi Chess Club
Representative Yamada Kohei
Mail setouchi.chess@gmail.com

Kyushu/Okinawa

Imari Chess Club
Representative Hayashi Hiroyuki
Mail imarichess@gmail.com