stackyFACTSIn the small town of Coria del Río in Spain, hundreds of residents proudly carry the unusual surname Japón. They are the direct bloodline descendants of a diplomatic samurai mission that visited Europe in the seventeenth century, with several guards deciding to permanently settle in the local valley.
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