For Japan, Korea is the closest country. (In this blog, I state Korea as South Korea. It’s because I never admit North Korea as nation. I think they should be integrated to South Korea. However, there are still many political economical and historical problems. These problems are main problems for Asian next generation. Including Japan, we must solve them.)

In the past, it was the closest and furthest country on account of historical problems. Recently, it has been becoming the closest and closest country at last.

There are many intimateness between each other, for example, I can sing Japanese songs in Korean karaoke room and kimchi is famous food in Japan. On the other hand, there are many differences between them, for example, kimono and jeogori is similar from western people’s view but difference surely exists.

These differences are really interesting for me studying in Korea. I want to search and consider them.

日本にとって韓国は最も距離的に近い国と言えます。しかしながら、昔は歴史的な問題から近くて遠い国でした。近年、本当の意味で近くて近い国になってきました。

お互いの国にとって文化的な親密性を示すものがあります。例えば、韓国のカラオケボックスでは多くの日本の歌が普通に歌えますし、キムチは日本でも有名な料理です。一方で厳然と違いも存在します。例えば、着物とチョゴリは西洋の人達からみたら似たようなものでしょうが、私達から見たら全く別のものです。

現在韓国で学んでいる私にとってこれらの違いは興味深いものです。日本と韓国の違いを探し考察して行きたいと思います。