After the end of World War Ⅱ Okinawa was under the administration of the United States before "reverting" to Japanese sovereignty, but as is written in a pamphlet on Okinawan culture published by the Okinawa Prefectural Culture Center: "The terms of the return haven't been at all to the liking of the people of Okinawa."
一九七二年，琉球結束了戰後美國二十七年的託管「復歸」日本，但是「復歸的內容距離縣民的願望卻差得很遠」，由沖繩縣文化中心編輯的介紹沖繩手冊《沖繩文化》書中如此寫道。