Letras
Ippon, the floating kingdom!
An island empire which for centuries has lived in perfect peace
Undisturbed by intruders from across the sea
There was a time when foreigners were welcome here
But they took advantage of our friendship
Two hundred and fifty years ago we drove them out
By sacred decree of the great shogun Tokugawa
And ordered them never again to set foot on our ancestral soil
From then until this day, in the month of
July, eighteen hundred and fifty-three
There has been nothing to threaten the
Serene and changeless cycle of our days
The Japanese have lived in peace and harmony ever since
We have never known war
And we will never know it
No one can break our peace
No one can break our peace