The Youth of EAI Sarangbang Embrace Kyushu: 21st Century Joseon Missions to Japan Visit Kyushu

EAI Sarangbang's second monograph has been published. "The Youth of EAI Sarangbang Embrace Kyushu: 21st Century Joseon Missions to Japan Visit Kyushu" contains the stories learned, felt, and experienced by students who took the EAI Sarangbang course in the first semester of 2014 during their field trip to the Kyushu region of Japan. Based on meticulous preliminary research, the students took turns acting as guides, visiting Sasebo Naval Base, the Arita pottery village, Dejima, Glover Garden, the Atomic Bomb Museum, the Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition Hall, the Shimonoseki Treaty Memorial Hall, and the Kyushu National Museum in succession. Just as Park Gyu-su's Sarangbang 140 years ago was a living educational space for young intellectuals of the enlightenment faction, EAI Sarangbang disseminates the vivid knowledge of this era that young people cannot learn in conventional education today. This book is distributed free of charge as an e-book for all readers, including students and the general public.

Foreword

The third cohort of EAI Sarangbang youth embarked on an academic field trip to the Kyushu region of Japan after completing a semester of intellectual guerilla training titled "Viewing World Politics Clearly." Their trip was not simply to see Kyushu.

Within the small world of Kyushu, they reflected on how traditional Korea-Japan relations were interwoven within the East Asian order. They investigated how Japan, a periphery of the East Asian order, met the Western Netherlands in the 17th century, how it fully embraced the European modern international order in the 19th century, and how it formally entered the international stage with its victory in the Sino-Japanese War at the end of the 19th century. They then witnessed the tragic reality of the atomic bombings, which Japan had to endure as a result of its misguided choices during the age of Japanese imperialism in the first half of the 20th century. They visited sites of military cooperation between the United States and Japan in the Asia-Pacific, and finally contemplated Japan and Asia in the 21st century.

For these field trip objectives, the Sarangbang youth visited the Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition Hall, which well-summarizes the history of Korea-Japan relations; the Arita pottery village, where one can feel the spirit and soul of Korean potters since the Imjin War; Dejima, an artificial island created as a Dutch trading post; Glover Garden, a symbolic expression of 'Pax Britannica'; the Shimonoseki Treaty Memorial Hall in Shimonoseki, which marked the end of the Chinese world order and the dawn of Japanese imperialism; the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, which painfully illustrates misguided modern encounters; and the US Navy's Sasebo base in Kyushu, undertaking a strenuous journey in the short span of three days and two nights. They presented their field trip reports, prepared over the semester, on-site and engaged in earnest discussions. The discussions did not easily conclude and continued late into the night back at the accommodation. The conversations ranged from the personal to the national, from East Asia to the globe, spreading widely. Although the field trip was short, they shared many of the concerns that remained unresolved from the lectures during the semester. It is hoped that one day, the abundant fruits of these small seeds sown will be reaped.

This field trip was also greatly supported by the generous financial contributions of W1°, the EAI Women's Support Group. We are deeply grateful.

Finally, we regret that Kim Deok-hwan, who participated with exceptional diligence in both the semester's lectures and the field trip, cannot share in the joy of publishing this field trip report. However, Kim will forever live in the hearts of our Sarangbang youth along with this report.

October 5, 2015

Mancheong Ha Young-sun

Table of Contents

Foreword

Field Trip Itinerary

Chapter 1 Opening the Door to Exploration _Sasebo Naval Base ■ CHOI Inho

Chapter 2 The Prosperity of Dejima, Japan's Gateway to the World ■ KIM Yuran

Chapter 3 Glover's Wings Ignite Japan's and Northeast Asia's Turbulent Modern History _Glover Garden ■ KIM Juyeon

Chapter 4 A Place Holding the Secrets and Dreams of the City _Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum ■ HA Boram

Chapter 5 Korea-Japan Relations in History and Future Directions _Korea-Japan Exchange Exhibition Hall ■ KIM Deokhwan

Chapter 6 The Sino-Japanese War and Japanese Imperialism, Marked by its Beginning in Shimonoseki _Shimonoseki Treaty Memorial Hall I ■ LEE Juwon

Chapter 7 Witnessing the End of China's World Order _Shimonoseki Treaty Memorial Hall II ■ GU Minseon

Chapter 8 The East Asian New Order of the 1930s and Japan's Opportunity _Kyushu National Museum ■ KANG Hyunmin

Chapter 9 In Search of East Asia's Gathering Place _The 21st Century Communications and Abe's Japan ■ CHOI Inho

Appendix

This book is available free of charge to the public as an e-book.