The authors of the book outline the realms of memory (lieux de memoire) in Japanese sport and clarify how memories of sport moments, heroes and places constitute an inventory for local and national identity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Clarifying and verifying the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan, this book shows how memories and counter-memories of (sport) moments, places and heroes constitutes an inventory for identity.