We are very tired from the 28 hours of travel yesterday, but the day was good.  We met the Japanese hosts right when we arrived to Ibigawa.  Most of the delegation from Utah got delayed in LA, so there were only 7 of us last night to be introduced.  The mayor of St George was supposed to say some words upon arrival, but he was still delayed.  So, this picture is of me doing some thank you's for him.  Fortunately, we had interpreters, so I didn't have to do it all in Japanese.

We have a great host family, the Iwamas.  Here is our bedroom.  I liked the touch of having blue and pink beds.  We had an okay night's sleep, but we woke up a little in the night.  We went on a short run together in the morning.  The houses and gardens are fun to look at.

We had a good breakfast with our family, then went to the Heian Jingu Shrine and Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.  Lunch was a buffet of Japanese food.  We met up with the rest of our delegation there.  There was one more runner and a few others from St George.  The rest of the photos are from the sites we visited.  We're pretty tired now, but will make it until at least 9pm before going to bed.  Tomorrow, we'll drive the race course and have a banquet at lunch.