Shown from left are Japanese Consul General to the Unied States, Takashi Shinozuka, Americus  Mayor Barry Blount and his wife Tami Blount, and the school superintendent of Miyoshi City, Japan,  omoyoshi Matsumura. The Consul General was here to thank the City of Americus for receiving the contingent from Miyoshi City, Konu, Japan, which is Americus’ sister city.