Prologue
Part I: Graves and Caves
Chapter 1: Tours among the Ruins
Chapter 2: The Touristification of Sacred Ground
Part II: Creations and Recreations
Chapter 3: "Tropical Image Up": Landscape under (Tourist) Occupation
Chapter 4: Ryukyu Restoration: Shuri Castle and Furusato Okinawa
Part III: Bases and Beaches
Chapter 5: Military Bases as Tourist Attraction
Chapter 6: Beach Resort Invasion
Epilogue
Bibliography

This original and fresh book explores Okinawa's makeover as a tourist mecca in the long historical shadow and among the physical ruins of the Pacific War's most devastating land battle. Gerald Figal considers how a place burdened by a history of semicolonialism, memories of war and occupation, economic hardship, and contentious current political affairs has reshaped itself into a resort destination. He traces cultural, political, social, and economic issues of Okinawa's postwar experience to the present through the innovative frame of tourism development--both as it has been imagined and, in some cases, realized. Creatively, accessibly, and eloquently written, this compelling work highlights a set of islands that represent key issues facing contemporary Japan.