Daegu, South Korea

We recently watched “House Hunters International” on TV. An American was looking for lodging in Daegu, South Korea. The cameras followed him all around the city.

Daegu now is the fourth largest city in South Korea with 2.5 million residents. There are U.S. Army and Air Force bases located in Daegu.

My paternal grandparents immigrated to Hawaii from Daegu in 1904. They were already married and had two children. My father was born later in 1909.

This is a photo of Daegu, South Korea in 1904, the year my paternal grandparents left the area. Commoners lived in this type of housing with roofs thatched with straw. The wealthy, on the other hand, lived in houses with roofs lined with tile:

Note the clothing back then:

The wealthy lived in elegant structures like these:

This is Daegu in 2020. It’s a very modern metropolis. The view from that tower must be awesome:

Images of Korean cuisine, which consists of rice, vegetables and meat:

Kimchi:

Bibimbap:

Kalbi:

Mandu:

Jeon:

This is a photo of David and me in Seoul, South Korea (October 2002). We were there to witness my deceased maternal grandparents being honored as Patriots of Korea by the South Korean government. We donned this clothing (worn by nobility) and posed for the camera at the Korean Folk Village, a tourist spot:

Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see Daegu, which was further south. I probably won’t travel to Korea again. But, thanks to the internet, I can learn more about Korea without actually being there.