Introduction
For G0 (G followed by zero), see G0 (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Goa. Look up Go, GO, go, gō, or Appendix:Variations of "go" in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Go, GO, G.O., or Go! may refer to:
For information on going somewhere, see Transport, and the Get in, Get around and Go next sections of the destination articles. Go is the English name for an ancient board game called go (碁) or igo (囲碁) in Japanese, wéiq
In a country where the Roman alphabet coexists with local scripts, a single‑letter placename can cause a bewildering mix of road signs, GPS entries and train timetables. Travelers quickly learn to pair the name with its regional qualifier – for example, Go‑Osaka or Go‑Fukuoka – to avoid ending up in the wrong prefecture. Mobile map apps often default to the most populous ‘Go’, so double‑checking the postcode or nearby landmarks (such as the historic Shinto shrine on the hill to the east) saves time. Locals appreciate the effort; a brief apology for the confusion usually earns a friendly nod and a helpful direction.
The city’s compact centre is peppered with tiny izakaya that specialise in a single dish – typically a regional variety of grilled eel or a fermented soy broth that locals swear by. Because the name is so short, menus often list the dish simply as “Go‑style” followed by the main ingredient, a convention that can puzzle newcomers. Ask for the “Go‑specialty” and the chef will serve a modest plate that showcases the area’s farming hinterland. Pair it with a locally brewed rice shochu, and you’ll taste the subtle mineral notes that reflect the nearby river’s soft water.
During the annual rain‑season festival, the streets of Go become a cascade of lanterns and paper umbrellas, a stark contrast to the brisk commuter rush of the rest of the year. The event, though modest in scale, offers a rare glimpse of community rituals that rarely appear in guidebooks: locals gather at the riverbank to release floating lanterns, each inscribed with a wish for the coming harvest. It’s an ideal moment to wander the quiet lanes, photograph the reflected glow, and experience the city’s rhythm beyond its usual pace.
For G0 (G followed by zero), see G0 (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Goa. Look up Go, GO, go, gō, or Appendix:Variations of "go" in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Go, GO, G.O., or Go! may refer to:
[edit] Games and sport[edit] Go (game), a board game for two players Travel Go (formerly Go – The International Travel Game), a game based on world travel Go, the starting position located at the corner of the board in the board game Monopoly Go, a 1992 game for the Philips CD-i video game system Go, a large straw battering ram used in the Korean sport of Gossaum Go!, a label under which U.S. Gold published ZX Spectrum games Go route, a pattern run in American football Go series, a turn-based, puzzle video game series by Square Enix, based on various Square Enix franchises Angry Birds Go!, a kart racing game based on the Angry Birds series released in 2013 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), a first-person shooter developed by Valve Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game based on the Pokémon series Film[edit] Go (1999 film), American film Go (2001 film), a Japanese film Go (2007 film), a Bollywood film Go Karts (film), an Australian film also titled as Go! Literature[edit] Go (Holmes novel), a novel by John Clellon Holmes Go (Kaneshiro novel), a novel by Kazuki Kaneshiro Go, a novel by Simon Lewis Media[edit] GO (American magazine), a free lesbian magazine Go! (South African magazine), an English-language version of the Afrikaans travel magazine Weg! Go!, Computer and Video Games's handheld console gaming magazine Go (radio), a Canadian radio program Go.com, a web portal created and operated by Disney G/O Media, runs Gizmodo, Kotaku, Deadspin and other sites. Garowe Online, Puntland bilingual news website based in Garowe Music[edit] Go (drum), hanja term to refer to Korean drum, buk Go Records, an Australian recording company Go! Discs, a UK record label with a subsidiary Go! Beat Records Albums[edit] Go (Bedük album) Go! (Cartman album), and the title song Go (Dexter Gordon album) Go (Doc Walker album), and the title song Go! (Fair Warning album) Go (Girugamesh album) Go (Go album), by the 1970s supergroup Go (H2O album), and the title song (see below) Go (Jónsi album) Go (Kreva album) Go! (Letters to Cleo album), and the title song Go (Mario album), and the title song Go (Motion City Soundtrack album) Go (Newsboys album), and the title song Go (Newsboys EP) Go (Pat Benatar album), and the title song Go (Paul Chambers album) Go (Sarah Bettens album), and the title song Go (Vertical Horizon album) Go – The Very Best of Moby, and the title song (see below) The Go (The Go album) The Go (Skunkhour album) Go, an album by Hiroshima Performers[edit] Go (band), a 1970s supergroup G.O (singer), a member of South Korean group MBLAQ The Go, a Detroit garage rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona, a Soviet-Russian rock band Songs[edit] "Go" (Ai Otsuka song) "Go" (Asia song) "Go" (Blackpink song), 2026 "Go" (The Chemical Brothers song) "Go!" (Common song) "Go" (Delilah song) "Go" (Flow song) "Go" (Hanson song) "Go!" (Joe Inoue song) "Go!" (Jupiter Rising song) "Go" (McClain Sisters song) "Go" (Moby song) "Go" (Pearl Jam song) "Go" (Scott Fitzgerald song) "Go" (The Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld song) "Go!" (Tones on Tail song) "Go", by Andy Hunter from Exodus "Go", by The Apples in Stereo from The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone "Go", by The Black Keys from Let's Rock "Go", by Blackpink from Deadline "Go", by Blink-182 from Blink-182 "Go", by Boys Like Girls from Love Drunk "Go", by the Cat Empire from Steal the Light "Go", by the Dance Hall Crashers from Lockjaw "Go", by Daniel Johnston from Respect "Go", by Def Leppard from Songs from the Sparkle Lounge "Go!", by DM Ashura "Go", by Earshot from The Silver Lining "Go", by Grimes featuring Blood Diamonds "Go", by H2O from Thicker than Water "Go", by Indigo Girls from Come On Now Social "Go", by The Innocence Mission from Glow "Go", by Jamelia from Walk with Me "Go", by Kelly Clarkson "Go!", by M83 from Junk "Go!", by Marillion from Marillion.com "Go!", by Melanie Chisholm from Northern Star "Go", by Meg Myers from Make a Shadow "Go!", by Public Service Broadcasting from The Race for Space "Go", by The Replacements from Stink "Go!", by Santigold featuring Karen O from Master of My Make-Believe "Go", by The Smashing Pumpkins from Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music "Go", by Steriogram from Schmack! "Go", by Tages from Tages 2 "Go", by Thousand Foot Krutch from The Art of Breaking "Go", by Triple C's from Custom Cars & Cycles "Go", by Valley Lodge from Use Your Weapons, used as the theme song for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "Go", by The Vandals from Look What I Almost Stepped In... "Go!", by will.i.am from Must B 21 "Go", by Zebrahead from Playmate of the Year "Go Go Go", by Chuck Berry, B-side of the single "Come On" Television[edit] Channels[edit] Go (South African TV channel), a defunct South African channel 9Go!, an Australian channel formerly named "GO!" PBS Kids Go!, a former PBS kids block for older kids Shows[edit] Go (1973 TV series), an American children's series Go (game show), a 1980s American game show Gō (TV series), an NHK Taiga drama planned for 2011 The Go!! Show, also termed Go!!, a 1960s Australian music show Episodes and characters[edit] "Go" (Prison Break), an episode of the television series Prison Break "Go!", an episode of Teen Titans Morgana Go, a fictional character from the Philippine drama TV series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap Other media[edit] Gō (art-name), a pseudonym used by Japanese artists Go (artwork), a pair of artworks by Kehinde Wiley
[edit] Transportation[edit] Airlines[edit] Go Fly, a former British airline, now a part of easyJet Go! (airline), a Hawaiian airline operated by Mesa Air Group Go! Mokulele, a Hawaiian airline operated as a joint venture of Mesa Air Group and Republic Airways Holdings Go First, an airline in India Road and rail[edit] Go! Cooperative, a community-based co-operative train operating company in the UK Go-Ahead Group, a UK rail and bus operating company Go North East, a bus unit of Go-Ahead Group GoRail, a passenger rail operator in Estonia GO Transit, a regional public transit system in Ontario, Canada GoTransit (North Carolina), a branding of transit services in the Triangle region of North Carolina GO Transit (Wisconsin), the public transit system in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Other companies[edit] GO (Malta), a telecommunications company in Malta GO Corp., a pen-based computing company Etihad Atheeb Telecom, a telecommunications company in Saudi Arabia that trades as "GO" Global Oncology, an American healthcare organization GOtv, an African pay television provider
[edit] Go (verb), an English verb meaning to move from one place to another go, in Esperanto orthography, a name for the letter g
[edit] Gō (given name), a masculine Japanese given name Go (Korean name), or Ko, a Korean family name Bong Go (born 1974), Filipino senator and politician Mel Go, Filipino politician Rachelle Ann Go (born 1986), Filipina singer and actress Go of Balhae, Korean general and ruler of the 8th century
[edit] Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code), in the Indian Ocean, administered by France Goiás (GO), a state of Brazil
[edit] Computing[edit] AlphaGo, a computer program that plays the board game Go, developed by DeepMind Technologies while it was a subsidiary of Google Android Go, a stripped-down version of Google's Android operating system designed for low-end smartphones Gigaoctet (Go), a unit of information or computer storage Go (programming language), also known as Golang, a programming language designed at Google Go! (programming language), created by Francis McCabe in 2003 Go continuous delivery, a software tool for continuous delivery of software Google Go, a mobile app designed to enable use of the Google Search search engine for lower-spec devices and those with slower connections Other uses in science and technology[edit] Generator owner in electric industry Gō (unit), a traditional Japanese unit of area and volume Gene ontology, a bioinformatics initiative Go, the pass condition in go/no go testing Graphite oxide, or, graphene oxide
[edit] Guarantee of origin (GO or GoO), an EU certification for electricity generation The Suns Gorilla, nicknamed "Go", mascot of the Phoenix Suns basketball team Grassroots Out, a 2016 organisation campaigning for British withdrawal from the European Union In Venetian cuisine, gò is the grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus), a kind of fish