Seodaemun Prison

Just some pictures from the last few days and of the Japanese colonial prison museum that I've been studying. (Some of the pics are a bit disturbing). I'm studying how this type of museum and exhibit shapes how Koreans think about their country's colonial past.



Skyline at sunset from Wangsimni. You can see the Seoul Tower poking out in the middle.


Didn't want a picture...



...but I got one anyways :P


Seodaemun Prison History Hall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_colonization_of_Korea



Yoon Bong-Gil, Patriotic Martyr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Bong-Gil




I tagged along with a tour group of about 30 old women.
That really changes your perception of the place.

The blue sky through the cell building skylight

Interesting how the Japanese soldier mannequins are depicted laughing or grinning maniacally.

"Wailing Poplar" outside execution house

this pic overexposed, but here are the same old men playing Korean chess every Thursday in front of the museum (and quite possibly every afternoon). :D