Over at The Marmot's Hole, Robert Neff has put up a post showing clever maps made by folks in Korea and in Japan with too much free time on their hands. The one of Korea as a tiger that shows the decidedly
non-Izanagi origins of Japan is quite cute, and the one below is quite interesting.
This, Mr Neff says, is "how the Japanese radicals would like to see the regional map changed." He notes that Tokto has not been blotted out — indicating that it is part of Japan. But then again, Chejudo remains, too. Wishful thinking from former imperialists?
Anyway, this map illustrates something I always thought was a good counterpoint to those who insist the Sea of Japan should keep that name because without Japan, it would just be the Pacific Ocean: Similarly, without Korea, it would just be a much bigger Yellow Sea.
jeju island..
ReplyDeletethree Japanese princess god married jeju spirits..
it was their origin.
their origin was not korean
that is why...?
http://japanese.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=030103&pno=0201
according to History of Goryeo,their origin is … three Japanese queens got marry with gods of Jeju in their myth
高麗史地理誌(第57巻)
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best description of Korea I've heard is that it looks like a "Deflated hemorrhoid hanging off the ass of China."
ReplyDeleteI guess that's better than Florida, which is America's wang.
ReplyDeleteto Koreans Sea of "Japan" sounds like "Sea of Nazi Germany." It doesn't matter to them what kind of historical and geographical arguments either side makes, really.
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