Seodaemun Prison

This is back logged about a week.

A few weekends ago Angela and I went on a merry adventure to the seodaemun prison museum in North Seoul. It was a bitterly cold day to be lurking a spooky, fairly deserted old prison. This prison was opened by the Japanese to throw the independence fighters in. you walk though a series of old torture rooms and all sorts of things, some with mannequins and some without. Each one was gorier and more creepy than the last. By the last room Angela nad I were clutching eachother with our eyes closed. The next building was the "jail experience" building. in one room you looked into little boxes to see gory scenes (we declined). you then could walk into a room which set of people who start screaming at oyu in Korean. you could even sit on a box that would start an execution scene, where the box dropped down next to a noose. Did I throw my bag on it to start it, and run away? You bet I did. this place was Creeeepy. Like, outlandishly. You could step behind a wall, and thats where exectuions took place. You weren't allowed to take pictures, but you were allowed to feel creeped out.
The Tunnel which the japanese dragged the dead out of.

Finally we saw the underground prison cells, where one of the most famous prisoners, a student, was held. It was depressing.
This isn't on a major tourist circut, but if you really want to get a feel for how terrible the Japanese were to the Koreans, and really understand what was going on here that everybody seems to forget about, this is the place to do it. I'm glad a saw it, and haven't been that disturbed in quite some time.

Something to look forward to: Great Subway Adventures, everyday life, and teaching 5 years olds how to sing and dance in time. Its nothin' but a good time.

Patience and faith,
ErinJ

Don't lock me up!