Daejeon City, Daedong Sky Park, Modern History Exhibition Hall, and Hanbat Arboretum, South Korea
From Daedong Sky Park, a panoramic view of Daejeon city can be seen. The Modern History Exhibition Hall displays photos and shows videos on past 80 years of Daejeon history. Hanbat Arboretum is a vast arboretum in Daejeon.
Daedong Sky Park: 20-9 Jayang-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Modern History Exhibition Hall: 287-2 Jungang-ro, Seonhwa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Hanbat Arboretum: 169 Dunsan-daero 117beon-gil, Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Turned around and looked back while I am climbing to Daedong Sky Park.
The view of the Daejeon city from Daedong Sky Park
The top of the park is a small area with this model of wind house.
Walking back to the city.
A Catholic church and a Buddhist temple are side by side.
At the Daejeon Modern History Exhibition Hall.
It had a special exhibition on the Korean War and its participation. Daejeon was one of the cities the Korean government set up temporary government because of the war.
Wartime school classroom.
The main exhibition
Daejeon was one of the connecting cities for the train that goes from Seoul to Busan. It is all because many Japanese citizens lived at Daejeon. Initially, there were more Japanese than Korean who lived in Daejeon.
When Japan colonized Korea, many Japanese came to Korea to live. They selected a location where only a few Koreans lived because they would be freer when Korean were not nearby. The location they chose was Daejeon because there waw hardly anybody lived there at that time.
Eventually, Korean came to live in Daejeon, employed by the factories that the Japanese built.
Eventually, the number of Koreans who lived in Daejeon surpassed the Japanese. There were many who worked against the Japanese rule of Korea.
And some Korean went to Jail for that – below is a letter written by a jailer.
During the Korean War, most of Daejeon was destroyed.
I came to Sungsimdang bakery. This brand is famous in Daejeon.
The city view near Sungsimdang bakery.
Hanbat Arboretum. This garden is vast. It would take a good half day to cover all. The pictures below show only part of the park.
