This graffiti room is for those of you with a taste for the Man’yoshu, the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka.

Pick any portion of the words that catches your eye, search for it online, and you should find the continuation of that poem. If you can’t read Japanese, you can try to search for the poem using google image search.

“Yoki hito no Yoshi to yoku mite Yoshi to ihishi, Yoshino yoku Miyo Yoki hito yoku Mitsu”

For example, this portion is a rhythmic ditty about how people with good taste can appreciate Mount Yoshino. It’s said it was a popular tongue twister back in those days; we certainly hope you’ll look up the continuation of this poem.