While ever-changing and modernizing Japan stays true to its roots. It has an ancient Asian culture at the forefront of today's globalizing world. The delicacy and simplicity of haiku and ink-wash paintings the serenity of the traditional tea ceremony the bustling city of Tokyo the hyper-sleep modernism of bullet trains - these cultural icons and more are celebrated in this volume on Japan's customs and culture.
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