Tottori students win comic strip contest

KOCHI, Japan - This three-panel comic strip drawn by a group of students from Yonago High School in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, is awarded the top prize on Nov. 3, 2014, in a manga contest held for students in Tottori and Kochi prefectures, both of which boast of being the hometowns to great cartoon artists. Under the designated theme "47th place," the winning manga highlights how Tottori's population remains the least among Japan's 47 prefectures.

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