Synopsis

Situated a thousand kilometers from Japan's Pacific coast, the Ogasawara Islands first sustained a permanent human presence in 1830. Generations of settlers cultivated a vibrant prosperity, but the Second World War irrevocably altered their way of life. This episode of Japanology Plus explores the Ogasawara Islands, a remote archipelago marked by a rich and often tumultuous past. Those who lived through the war's upheaval and the subsequent postwar years offer us their personal recollections.