The Chosun Exhibition was held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Japanese colony in Korea.
It was held at
Gyeongbokgung
Gyeongbokgung (), also known as Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, was the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. Built in 1395, it is located in northern Seoul, South Korea. The largest of the '' Five Grand Palaces'' built by the Joseo ...
, opened on 12 September 1929, ran until 31 October 1929
and was attended by 986,179 people.
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As well as a Reception Hall there were Navy, rice, fisheries,
Industries South,
Industries North, Electric Machinery, Ministry of Railways
Gyeonghoeru
and
Jeonnam
South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...
pavilions.
Japan itself was represented by the Domestic Pavilion.
There was a Children's Land with a locomotive and a panoramic picture of elephants in India,
a moving pictures pavilion.
The Architectural Association of Chosun had a display of three model houses showing modern housing.
and the
Gakutensoku
Gakutensoku (學天則, Japanese for "learning from the laws of nature"), the first robot to be built in the East, was created in Osaka in the late 1920s. The robot was designed and manufactured by biologist Makoto Nishimura (1883–1956, father ...
robot was shown.
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