Amanohashidate to Kyoto
 The Japanese-style Catholic church, instead of the crest, they have the cross.
I started today with a guided tour of Seikiro and the town of Miyazu. Like I mentioned yesterday, Seikiro has a history of about 300 years and there are many artifacts and historical items on the property. Tokuda-san explained the different artwork on display and it was impressive!
 This room has precious paintings and calligraphy. It's set up for a function today.
There were pictures from 200 years ago and even 500 years ago in the ryokan. The one I liked best was the 9-metre long painting depicting the scene from Kyoga Misaki all the way to Miyazu. The artist must have sketched it on a boat sailing down towards Miyazu.
 This elementary has the coolest main gates. The old castle doors!
Before driving to Kyoto city, I stopped for lunch at Muruka’s dad’s udon restaurant near Seikiro. He had studied how to make udon in Konpira, Kagawa prefecture. It was really good udon and I could’ve eaten two bowls (and risk food coma on the drive to Kyoto).
See you all at the Kyoto walk tomorrow and I have to say that I don’t recommend driving here. The traffic is horrible!
 I'm hungry just looking at this now.
 Konpira Udon.
 Muruka's dad is a little shy.
 One of Tokuda-san's daughters wrote this!
 Inside the Catholic church, the weird glow is from the stained glass. (There's also tatami below the chairs.)
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The deadline for answering the quiz question for day 19 has passed.
Born in the Ishinomaki region, Ishinomori Shotaro was one of Japan's most important mangaka. Which of the following manga series did Ishinomori not create?
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Kamen Rider
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Cyborg 009
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Astro Boy
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Sarutobi Ecchan
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None of the above
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The correct answer is: Astro Boy
Astro Boy was created by Tezuka Osamu.
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