Acknowledgements

To my parents, Katsushi and Fumiyo Watanabe

First and foremost, I would like to thank Lydia Leong, who gave me the opportunity to work with a fabulous team at Marshall Cavendish. Also, a big heartfelt thank you to the editor, Audrey Yow, for providing guidance and allowing flexibility in the content presentation for this book. Special thanks to Liu Hongde for the beautiful photography and to Lynn Chin for providing art direction. This is an incredibly professional team that helped create something we can all be proud of.