Lucy Блэкман, young stately englishwoman with light hair, in summer of 2000 went out on streets Tokyo and without trace disappeared. By a next winter in a cave on a coast found her dismembered remains.Book of the British journalist, becoming the direct participant of events, not only tells about this sensational business but also meticulously investigates thin nuances distinguishing European mentality from Japanese one. As far as investigation before a reader the reliable picture of psychological climate of Country of an ascending sun is opened out, infinitely alien and enigmatic for other whole world.