A Guide to Roleplaying in Present-Day Japan

TWO JAPANS: One is a bright, modern, technical wonder of glass and steel. The other is a shadowy labyrinth of corrupt feudal customs. Both uneasily coexist on a string of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of China. This coveted archipelago is a battleground for primordial entities who once ruled the Empire of the Sun, who remember a golden age, and who will themselves not be forgotten.

Azathoth. Hastur. Yig. Nyarlathotep. Cthulhu.

JAPAN: a cold glittering star of enlightenment in the black void of ultimate cosmic truth. The millenium is here -- the third and final age of man is over. Mappo has come. Buddha will not save you.

SECRETS OF JAPAN contains a comprehensive portrayal of the culture, history and people of Japan presented in a Lovecraftian setting. Japan is the playground of over two millenia of history and culture. Here is a new world of possibilities for keepers and investigators wishing to take their adventures East.