Japan is a mysterious place on islands in the Pacific Ocean with a rich culture and developed economy. Of course, everyone knows something about this "Land of the Rising Sun": samurai who from time to time made themselves hara-kiri, sushi and sticks with which they are eaten, geisha and hokku, ikebana and origami, as well as anime, high technology, tsunami... But what is it really - real Japan? Writer and journalist Yura Okamoto, who lived there for nineteen years and felt Japanese culture from the inside, is trying to answer this question. However, according to him, the book is intended "for those who are closer to an interesting question than the correct answer."