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The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the Bushido code.

To most people in the West, particularly the youth, the mere mention of Japan immediately evokes various images. A delectable rainbow of sushi, hand-rolled temaki, and platters of crispy, golden-brown tempura. An idyllic, crystal-clear lake flanked by trees covered with delicate, cotton-candy-pink sakura blossoms.

"La magia de Japón" llevará a los lectores a un ambicioso viaje para comprender los secretos que encierra una de las sociedades más grandes del mundo: trabajos, lugares, rituales y comunicación. Todas esas cuestiones que solemos dar por sentadas, pero que son diferentes en Japón. A través de este hermoso y detallado relato de experiencias y documentación, todo Japón se abrirá a los lectores deseosos de comprender un país tan lejano y de conocer esas pequeñas cosas que uno sólo puede experimentar de verdad si ha viajado hasta allí, pero desde la comodidad del hogar.

On December 16, 1945, Prince Konoe committed suicide after refusing to collaborate with US Army officer Bonner Fellers in Operation Blacklist. His refusal to exonerate Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family of war crimes responsibilities. A week before he took the cyanide, he wrote a memoir regarding his experience governing Imperial Japan during World War 2. The memoir shows many efforts of Prince Konoe's efforts for negotiations with Chinese and US government officials to try to end the war early as well as his governing during a time of crisis.