Unique Culture and missing letters

A while ago I was asked to design a logo for a Japanese holding company that would eventually be the umbrella organisation for a few Japanese stores. Once the name was decided I set about creating something that would be pretty, and delicate and slightly unusual. They actually asked for a fusion of cultures – I thought that could be messy and ungainly so I decided to fuse the words in the company name instead – but kept it legible!

After a could of false starts I got to what you see here and it was approved immediately.

even with the missing letter