This place is special to me because it is such a lovely, charming, and weird location in South Korea with a wonderful history. Imsil introduced cheese to the Korean diet in 1958, when a Belgian man moved to the region. He raised goats and made his own cheese, and the governor at the time requested that he teach the skill to others in the community. Imsil Cheese Theme Park provides a place to have fun, learn about cheese, and make it yourself!

Imsil Cheese Theme Park in South Korea

Downtown Gyeongju, South Korea

South Korea

Jeju Island is a beautiful island filled with history, nature and pop culture to the south of South Korea.  Small but dense enough in things to experience that there is something to do no matter the time frame.  Partake in the island's unique citrus fruit and decadent black pork, hike along it's many Olle trails or visit the Unesco site "Sunrise Peak", or visit one of its many unique museums, dedicated to a number of interesting subjects. Jeju island is rich in history and brimming with adventure!

Jeju Island

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KOREA CITY PLANS 1:12500 KYONGSONG OR SEOUL (KEIJO)

米軍地図：ソウル (1946)

There are many palaces in Seoul and some places where old houses are preserved.
There are also places where you can experience traditional houses.
Enjoy a picnic on the Han River, stroll in Cheonggyecheon, shopping in the market and
enjoy your Seoul!

My Favorite Seoul

中文: 新版《時局圖》, 可能繪於1900年至1904年之間。作者謝纘泰用以表達19世紀末當時西方列強勢力佔侵中國地區的概況。 
English: Newer version of THE SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST (時局圖). Its author (Tse Tsan-tai, 1872-1939) depicted the western powers encroaching on China at the end of the nineteenth century in symbolic form. At the left "to be clear at a glance" (一目了然), at the right, "self-evident" (不言而喻). The bear representing Russia is intruding from the north, the bulldog head with a lion body representing the United Kingdom is in south China, with its tail around the Shantung peninsula (Wehai english colony was the seat of the British bulldog in the first version of the cartoon), the Gallic frog, is in southeast Asia, with an inscription "Fashoda", in reference to Fashoda Incident opposing Britain and France in Africa. The frog has the Hainan Island in its right hand, in reference to Guangzhouwan, and part of the Sichuan in its left hand. The bald eagle representing the United States is approaching from the Philippines (the U.S. had already invaded the Philippines at this time). On the eagle is written "Blood is thicker than water", a reference to U.S. Navy Commodore Josiah Tattnall's saying in 1859. The symbolic Sun behind Japan spreads its rays across Korea onto China, while Japan fishes for Taiwan. Qing Amban is on Tibet and chinese teacher on Mongolia and Xinjiang with turco-mongol man. Some other European countries, following Prussia, are waiting to invade China at the bottom of the map. 
Français : Nouvelle édition de « Carte de la situation politique » (時局圖), avec sur le coté gauche, « qu'on saisit à première vue » (一目了然) et à droite, « Cela va sans dire » (不言而喻). L'auteur (Tse Tsan-tai, 1872-1939) l'utilise pour exprimer l'invasion des puissances occidentale à la fin du XIXe siècle. L'ours représente la Russie au Nord, Le bulldog britannique (dessiné avec un corps de lion dont la queue entoure la Péninsule du Shandong, où se situait la colonie Britannique de Weihai), le Royaume-Uni au Sud-Est, la grenouille (vision britannique de la France), avec l'inscription Fashoda (en référence à la Crise de Fachoda, fashoda incident en anglais, opposant Britanniques et Français en Afrique), au Sud, venant d'Indochine (alors colonie française). La grenouille tient de la main droite l'île de Hainan, en référence à la possession de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan et la main gauche sur une partie du Sichuan. La Pygargue représente les États-Unis au dessus des Philippines qu'ils avaient à cette époque envahi. Le soleil du Japon caché sous derrière le pays envoie quelques rayons vers un fumeur d'opium chinois, allongé au milieu de la carte, tout en tenant d'un lasso Taïwan. Un Amban des Qing est au Tibet et un enseignant chinois, est sur la zone des turco-mongols (appelés Tartares par les européens) de Mongolie et du Xinjiang. Quelques autre pays font la queue pour envahir la Chine (en dessous de la carte) ; Prusse, suivie par d'autres pays européens, Empire austro-hongrois, Italie, Suisse...

時局圖

東アジア時局図 (1900-1904)

A very interesting 1853 (Kaei 6) Japanese world map by Suido Nakajima. Presented on a cylindrical projection, this map marks a significant advancement in Japanese globular cartography and a far more sophisticated adaptation of western cartographic standards than is evidenced in most earlier Japanese world maps. No longer reliant on 17th century Dutch maps acquired via the Dutch East India Company’s (VOC) trade concession in Nagasaki, the Japanese have here abandoned many of the antiquated cartographic notions, such as an insular California, which were common in Japanese maps of the previous decade. Japanese cartographers may have been motivated to update their traditional world view in the light of the explosion of cartographic ideas associated with the arrival in Edo Harbor of the American Commodore Matthew Perry in the same year this map was published. As a whole this map offers a sophisticated cartographic presentation of the world embracing the most up to date cartographic knowledge available in the mid-19th century. Though adapted to the Japanese printing style, this map presents a generally accurate world view. British Claims to Washington and British Columbia are noted in North America, Australia and the Pacific are accurately rendered, as are the discoveries of Vitus Bering and James Cook in the Arctic, and Africa is clearly pre-Speke. The disputed East Sea / Sea of Japan / Sea of Korea is here labeled as the Sea of Joseon (Korea), which some scholars suggests indicates Japanese acceptance of the “Sea of Korea” convention. Four hemispheres appear in the lower left quadrant, from left, the southern, northern, eastern, and western. All are on a stereographic projection. The map is printed on woodblock and hand colored in vivid, blues, greens, oranges, and yellows. A fine example of the redefined Japanese cartography style of the later Tokugawa period.

地球萬國方圖

この2年間、なかなか自由に部屋を出ることは叶わず、何度旅することを夢見たろうか。
外界とアクセスをする時はマスク一枚に自由を隔てられ、本当の意味で自由になれたのは部屋の中だけだった。

この一枚の絵は、そんな世界中の旅を夢見た人が壁に地図を広げて、旅を夢見る瞬間を描いたものです。
私たちは部屋の中にいながらも世界中の隣人と繋がり、それはまた宇宙にも繋がっています。

あなたはどんな部屋からこの部屋を眺めていますか？
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左上：宇宙で温泉に憧れる者：大分県
右上：砂漠で世界に想いを馳せる者：世界地図
左下：寒冷地で南国バカンスを思案する者：沖縄県、下地島
右下：熱帯でバカンスを夢想する者：北海道

Spaceport Map Remix：SPACE AND OUTER SPACE

備考 
・折りたたみ19cm 
・昭和3年11月20日印刷 昭和3年11月30日發行 
・「昭和3年8月7日 呉鎭守府要塞指令部認可濟」 
・裏に「廣島瓦斯電軌沿線名所案内」あり

宮島廣島名所交通圖繪

宮島, 広島市：吉田初三郎 (1928)

宮島, 広島市：吉田初三郎 (1928)(Sample)

備考 
・折りたたみ18cm 
・「繪に添へて一筆」昭和10年春

天下ノ絶景面河渓

面河渓, 四国 (1935)

ドラマ愛の不時着の撮影地（韓国）をまとめたマップです。

愛の不時着の撮影地（韓国）

三重県御案内　（三重県鳥瞰図）

三重県御案内（三重県鳥瞰図）（三重ぶらり）

Shows government and private railways (operational and under construction), stations steamer lines, underwater cables, roads. Also capital cities, hot springs, shines, temples, mines, resorts.

To make this map more legible and useful, small railway stations which do not lead to any special place of interest for foreign visitors are not shown

On verso, tourist information.

Scale 1:1,640,000 (for Hondo, Shikoku + Kyushu).
Scale 1:2,340,000 (for Chosen).

Insets:
Osaka and cities near by. Scale 1:367,000.
Tokyo and vicinity. Scale 1:350,000.
Hokkaido. Scale 1:2,530,000.
General map of Japan. Scale ca. 1:12,000,000.
Karafuto (Saghalien). Scale 1:3,700,000.

日本の鉄道 (1927)

This is the English edition of the Polish Atlas Swiata. This massive atlas (weighing nearly 5.5 kilograms and containing 48 square meters of maps) is of high cartographic and aesthetic quality, and provides a rich assortment of thematic (over 400) as well as hundreds of physical and political maps. Includes pictures of the flag and a synopsis for each country. Liberal yet tasteful and effective use of tinted colors, especially for topography and bathymetry. Rich use of symbolism creatively conveys the data in a clear manner. Many maps of urban areas. Printed on beige paper. Printed in Warsaw, Poland. Book No. 08 001958 7. Post and screw binding coupled with frequent use of fold-out maps eliminates any problem with the gutter.

Korea. (inset) Cheju-do. Pergamon World Atlas

Korea, 1967

Bellin was an important maker of charts for the French Depot de la Marine. He was born in Paris in 1703 and educated as an engineer. He produced many important charts and published them individually and in compilations. The Neptune Francais was published in 1753 and the Hydrographie Francaise in 1756. His largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime with 581 charts (our copy has 582, including the rare "Carte Reduite des Decouvertes des Russe Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique.") that cover the coasts and important port cities of the known world. The Petit Atlas Maritime is probably the best compilation of plans of maritime towns and harbors of its time. Bellin died in Versailles in 1772. According to Tooley, Bellin issued an earlier version of this atlas in 1763 titled Petit Atlas Francois. The Duc de Choiseul provided financial support for the publication of the atlas. J. Arrivet is listed as engraver on the chart index pages and may also have engraved the charts themselves.

Carte du royaume de Kau-li ou Coree, copiee sur la carte Angloise.

韓国（1764）

吉田初三郎の鳥瞰図、イラストマップ

現在のJR身延線。身延山久遠寺が大きく表示。 
・折りたたみ20cm ・昭和3年4月2日印刷納本、昭和3年4月7日發行 ・裏に「富士身延鉄道沿線名所案内」あり

富士身延鐵道沿線名所鳥瞰圖

富士身延鐵道：吉田初三郎 (1928)

1 atlas : 4 col. maps ; 25 cm. Cover title. Lithograph. In Japanese and
English. Orientation varies. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Includes distance charts, charts of mountains, rivers, lakes on verso.
Includes preface and legend. East Asian Library call number: Cb153.

Dai Nippon Teikoku tetsudo senro meisho annai chizu = Guide to railways in Japan, with maps of the Northern Hemisphere, Manchurea & Corea : Kitahankyu ichiranzu Man-Kan ichiranzu chirishohyo / Aso Etsuzo. Meiji 38 [1905]

大日本帝国鐡道線路名所案内地圖 (1905)

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旭川市を中心とせる名所交通鳥瞰圖

旭川, 北海道：吉田初三郎 (1930)

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Rand, McNally &amp; Company's indexed atlas of the world map of Japan.Copyright 1892, by Rand, McNally &amp; Co. (Chicago, 1897)

日本 (1897)

備考 
・ 折りたたみ28cm 
・「大阪毎日新聞大正十六年元旦附録」、「要塞司令部認可」 
・「（明治25年3月25日第三種郵便物認可）」 
・「大正16年1月1日　大阪毎日新聞　第15668號附録」 
・裏に「九州名所遊覧案内」あり

日本鳥瞰九州大圖繪

九州：吉田初三郎 (1927)

神戸市内と有馬温泉と小部駅（現在の鈴蘭台駅）を中心とした吉田初三郎の鳥瞰図。 
・折りたたみ19cm 
・昭和3年10月25日印刷、昭和3年11月1日發行 
・裏に「神戸有馬電気鉄道沿線名勝案内」あり

神戸有馬電鐵沿線名所交通圖

神戸・有馬, 兵庫県：吉田初三郎 (1928)

Color pictorial map of Japan and Korea, published as a series of Mem-o-Maps at the end of World War II, as souvenirs for the military. Includes inset banner, Military personnel could fill in with their name, organization, etc. Shows various landmarks, place names and two banners "Came in on good ship" and "departed on good ship". Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative compass rose oriented with north to left margin.