tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2837116197120944140..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Namsan: Of vanished history and unfulfilled plansmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-30920486345791622522014-05-25T12:11:00.288+09:002014-05-25T12:11:00.288+09:00Just wrote about the Chosen Jingu in my blog: http...Just wrote about the Chosen Jingu in my blog: http://walterulreich.blogspot.kr/ <br /><br />Found a very sharp 1932 Photo from top of the stairs towards the town. <br />I live on the opposite side of Nansam hill.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265004295002774814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-35658581699380120222012-09-30T07:53:57.093+09:002012-09-30T07:53:57.093+09:00I also wonder what the park would be like if the o...I also wonder what the park would be like if the original steps were still there, but the Japanese left such a negative impression on Korea that that was probably infeasible.<br /><br />The park, however, is anything but inaccessible. There are two well paved roads, and beautiful wooden and cement stairways and trails that run on either side of it. It's actually very nice, and I go there a lot because it is in my backyard.<br /><br />Lately, they've been trying to restore the old city wall in an area of the park that extends westward toward the Hilton Hotel.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-82192525522928464502012-09-17T22:49:02.578+09:002012-09-17T22:49:02.578+09:00If Poland can keep a truly awful place as Auschwit...If Poland can keep a truly awful place as Auschwitz open as a museum, then surely Korea could keep a few relics of Japanese occupation as a reminder lest they forget. I can imagine that in a few generations time there will be a lot of Korean people pissed off with Japan but without really understanding why.monty_internettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677486777092877328noreply@blogger.com