Okinawa City Museum of Culture and History

Since reversion day, large incidents of civil unrest have occurred on Okinawa; often in conjunction with major crimes by United States services members. However, they have never reached the same intensity of the Koza Incident. Indeed, the incident seems to represent the peak spasm of social unrest on the island. On an official level, nearly all parties involved seem willing to marginalize the incident and make it a footnote in Japan-United States relations. There are vestiges of the incident within the local community, but participants are aging, and the memory of the event is fading.

Our tour ends here in front of the Okinawa City Museum of Postwar Culture and History, also known as HiStreet. It must deep hope, you will open its door, enter, and continue learning about the history hidden all around… impacting you life in ways you never imagined possible.