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Foreword

I decided to translate my book into an English version, because my Japanese friends asked me to do so. Please excuse any grammatical mistakes.

Japan is a mystery. It is simply completely different than any other country, of which also the Japanese themselves are firmly convinced. Even after many years of contact with Japanese culture, you always discovers new mysterious, funny, astonishing, curious and impressive things. Very often it is deplored that one or the other idea cannot be found abroad.

Two years ago I moved back to Japan. I’ve been living in Japan for two years, after a five-year stay in the 1990s and numerous business and leisure travel. When I came back, I quickly realized that almost daily I am confronted with things that are still surprising and often bring a smile to my face. Since many people are interested in Japan, I started to take photos and send them to friends as a quiz. The idea to put this quiz in a book format developed shortly after.

Interestingly, many of my Japanese friends and acquaintances could not solve many of my riddles, which has always led to amusement and amazement on both sides.

You might ask yourself: "Why 57.3 puzzles?" My intention was to provide with this the first puzzle for all interested Japan-fans. The resolution of this entry puzzle follows on the next page. You can look forward to 57 detailed secrets to guess and ponder, hopefully many surprising moments and interesting information while reading the resolutions. The three puzzles behind the comma are covered rather briefly at the beginning of the book and all deal with numbers.

In each case you will find a photo with the associated puzzle on the right page and the resolution with some backgrounds and explanations on the back of the photo.

The lines in italics at the beginning of each chapter serve to briefly elucidate the riddle for hurried readers.