Black ships in Yokohama, steam moves in Nagasaki, chrysanthemums wilt.

It is 1864, ten years since the Perry Expedition forced Japan to open its doors to the world. An isolationist and traditional Japan now finds foreigners roaming the streets, trains sprinting across the island, and Western arms held beside katanas.

Japan has been ruled by a Shogun, the supreme military commander, through a system of warlords and fiefdom for the past 700 years. Now, all may change. Anti-western sentiment, the rejection of forced modernization, and the growing resentment of Daimyōs may bring the Shogunate to an end. The island divides, its fracturing accelerated by outsiders, as pro-imperial forces clash with the Shogunate while the economy crumbles and armies of samurai and Gatling guns march forth.

As a JCC, delegates shall be split into two rooms, representing Japan's pro-imperial and pro-shogunate factions. Even within rooms, century-old rivalries, newly minted alliances, and the desires of foreign empires will surely clash in fiery debate and perhaps even on the fields.

What will happen to Japan? The birth of a new nation, the reverence of the old ways, or another century of civil war and strife. This is your choice. This is your Japan.

Directed By Alex Drotenko & Evelyn So