Fuji, kimono, cherry blossoms. These are the three themes of the images that appear on Google when someone searches for the word Japan: an unfortunate reality, because the Land of the Rising Sun is much more than that.
Why did the great Emperor Meiji change the name of Edo, the city of the Shoguns, to Tokyo? 

Who was the mythical Taira no Masakado? Why do the Japanese fear the number four? What does Yokohama have in common with the bridge of Arta? Why is there a monument for a dead horse in the middle of a central avenue? Where does the flower of the Underworld grow? All these are just a few of the thousands of secret spots that make Tokyo not an ordinary metropolis, but the setting of an exciting journey that resembles a treasure hunt. And to find the treasure, you need a key map. That is, this book.