Welcome to War Memory Tourism (WMT), an open-access resource about warfare in Japanese history (particularly 1853-1945) and how it has been remembered, travelled, and represented within popular culture.
The site is produced/maintained by Philip Seaton (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). See the “About” section for terms of use, the webtree etc.
The site has five main areas.
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War history and memories as politicized subjects of contestation among various actors in East Asia including governments, civil society groups, and individuals.
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Representations of war in mediatized popular culture from the news media to entertainment forms such as cinema.
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War as the creator of stories and memorial sites that have generated tourism.
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The differing ways in which war affected people across the Japanese archipelago, thereby creating distinctive localized memories.
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A section that I will be developing in the coming years as I investigate the connections between war, culture, travel, and music.