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King of the Beers
Not so fast. Last time I played Toku, I founded 2 religions. That's a decent start on culture. There's a synergy in there somewhere between japan and culture. It probably has to do with the fact that you start with fishing and the wheel which help on researching pottery and CS is a priority. You can naturally pick up CoL and burn a GS on philosophy. But, that was a monarch game.