Kurile Islands

45°

Hokkaido

Honshu

EAST
CHINA
CHINA SEA
Kyushu

30°

Ryu-kyu- Islands

Taiwan

PACIFIC OCEAN

Philippine Islands 15°

N

0 200 400 600

Statute Miles
120° 135° 150°

Map A Ryūkyū Islands, Japan and the Pacific (Source: Pearson 1969: 2, courtesy of Richard
Pearson)
 Kyushu 32°

EAST CHINA SEA

-
Osumi Gunto-
Kuchinoerabu Tane

Yaku

30°
Kuchi

Suwanose

Akuseki
nto-
Gu
ra

Takara
ka
To

Kaminone
Yokoate

Kikai
-
Amami Oshima
un -
to

28°
iG

Tokunoshima
am
m

Okinoerabu

Iheya
Yoron

Okinawa Gunto-
Ie
PACIFIC OCEAN
Okinawa
Kume N

Kerama
26°

0 50

Oblique Mercator Projection Statute Miles

128° 130°

Map B Amami and Okinawa Island groups (Guntō) (Source: Pearson 1969: 15, courtesy
of Richard Pearson). The dotted line indicates the northern border of Okinawa
Prefecture
 CHINA

26°
Hu
ian

EAST CHINA SEA

24°

Irabu
TAIWAN Miyako
Minna
Tarama
Miyako Gunto
Yonaguni Iriomote
Ishigaki

Yaeyama Gunto
Hateruma
22°

TROPIC OF CANCER

Lü Tao PA C I F I C O C E A N

Lan Yü
20°

0 50

Statute Miles
Oblique Mercator Projection

Map C Yaeyama and Miyako groups (Guntō) (Source: Pearson 1969: 14, courtesy of
Richard Pearson)
1 Northern Training Area 10 Kin Blue Beach Training Area
2 Okuma Rest Center 11 Kin Red Beach Training Area
3 le-jima Auxiliary Airfield 12 Kadena Ammunition Storage Area
4 Yaedake Communication Site 13 Senaha Communication Site
5 Gesaji Communication Site 14 Tengan Pier
6 Camp Schwab 15 Camp Courtney
1
7 Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot 16 Camp Mctureous
8 Camp Hansen 17 Camp Shields
9 Ginbaru Training Area 18 Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield
2

4
5

19 Sobe Communication Site

30 Tsuken-jima Training Area 20 Torii Communication Station
31 Army POL (Petrol, Oil, Lubricants) Depots 21 Camp Kuwae
32 Tori-shima Firing and Bombing Field 22 White Beach Area
33 Kume-jima Firing and Bombing Field 23 Kadena Air Base
34 Kobi Firing and Bombing Field 7 24 Awase Communication Station
6
35 Akao Firing and Bombing Field 25 Camp Zukeran
36 Desa-jima Firing and Bombing Field 26 Futenma Air Station
37 Okidaito-jima Firing and Bombing Field 27 Makiminato Service Area
28 Naha Port
8 29 (Ukibaru-jima Training Area)
9
10 31
11

13 12 14
19 15
18 16
17
20 23
21
24 22
25 ( 29 )

26 30

27 32

28

34 35 36
33

37

Map D US Bases in Okinawa Main Island. Modified by the author from Asagumo
Shimbunsha (2006) Bōei Handobukku (Defence Handbook), Tokyo: Asagumo
Shimbunsha: 438
 27° Iheya Island Yoron Island
N

Izena

0 20 M

0 20 Km
Ie Island Nago City

Aguni OKINAWA

Henoko

Kin Bay

Futenma Base
Kume

Naha
PACIFIC OCEAN

Kerama Archipelago

28°N

127°E 128°

Map E Okinawa Main Island, Kerama, Ie, Kin Bay Area, Nago City, Naha, Futenma, and Henoko (Courtesy of Vivian Forbes)