A town of Koreans left behind by Japanese society.
That is Utoro.
The town of Utoro is being cleaned up.
The old scenery you see on the internet no longer exists.
However, you can see that old scenery at the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum.
What kind of place is the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum?
From the exhibits, it’s like the world of the films Break Through! (Patchigi!) and Blood and Bone (Chi to Hone).
There are no tourist attractions around,so you go just to see the Peace Museum.
I think you should see it at least once.
Utoro is a negative legacy.
I think it is an important legacy that should be passed on to future generations.
P.S.
As photography is not allowed inside the museum, I am unable to introduce the interior or the exhibits. I’m sorry.
※Break Through! (Patchigi!)
A coming-of-age drama set in Kyoto in the 1960s, depicting the friendship and love between Japanese and Korean high school students living in Japan.
※Blood and Bone (Chi to Hone)
Set in !930s Osaka this is the story of Kin Shunpei, a man who was feared even by the Yakuza because of his physique and ferocity, and who was based on the author’s own father.The novel depicts his success in the Kamaboko (steamed fish paste cake) manufacturing business and as a moneylender, but also his violence towards his own family, his subsequent downfall due to his relationship with a mistress, and finally his lonely death in his hometown of North Korea.
Utoro Peace Memorial Museum
https://www.utoro.jp/en/top_en/
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