Diplomaticos Bushido Comes To Asia Pacific Region
Bushido. It's the samurai code of honorable conduct. It's the way of the warrior. But it's also the name of the new Cuban Regional Edition Diplomaticos launching this week through Pacific Cigar Ltd., the distributor of Cuban cigars for the Asia Pacific territory that includes Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Known as a No. 109 in Cuban cigar factories, the Diplomaticos Bushido measures 7 1/4 inches by 50. But what makes the size distinct is its tapered, blunted belicoso head. A long discontinued vitola in the regular-production Cuban portfolio, the 109 is rarely seen and only released intermittently by Habanos S.A. for special projects such as this one.
But the Bushido is also a commemorative cigar of sorts. Pacific Cigar told Cigar Insider that it was created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the very first Japanese citizen to visit Cuba. During the Keicho mission, samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga stopped in Cuba (then part of New Spain) on his way to the Vatican in Rome. (The Diplomaticos Bushido was originally intended for a 2014 release.)
Pacific Cigar celebrates the spirit of diplomacy and the code of the samurai with these Diplomaticos Bushidos, which come packaged in a decorative black outer shell designed with an eye-catching samurai motif. But they won't come cheap.
For much more information on these interesting smokes, see today's Cigar Insider.
