▲ Buyeo Na sung(Na castle)

For celebrating the 1st anniversary for designated to the World Heritage of Baekje Historical Remains Area, Buyeo-gun opened Korea?Japan Ancient Walled City Forum in Sabi Hall of Lotte Buyeo Resort with experts and governors of both counties from Korea and Japan. The main topic of the forum was preservation and utilization of ancient walled cities in Korea?Japan.

The forum was hosted by Buyeo-gun and supervised by Altitude of Baekje Cultural Foundation. Around 300 people attended the forum including five-governors of local governments in Korea and Japan, and the governors came forward to share about the case of preservation and utilization of ancient walled cities in Korea?Japan.

Actually, there is an outside castle ‘Mizuki’, and mountain fortresses ‘Ozono’ and ‘Kiizo’ in Kyushu, Japan that had been built by architects with the constructional techniques of Baekje, and according to ‘Nihon Shoki’, exiled nobles from Baekje had a relationship with these castles.

In the morning of the day, attendants of the forum visited Baekje Roof Tile Museum in Jungam-ri, Jangam, they made wishes on the roof tiles and experienced producing Baekje earthenware, and visited Nasung and Junglimsaji to remind of universal value of world heritages. And they discussed about ‘Preservation Policy for Ancient Walled City in Korea’ and ‘Utilization of Ancient Walled Cities in Korea?Japan’.

The Head of Buyeo-gun Lee Yong Woo said, “It passed 1,350 years from Baekje’s ruined, but we still can find greatness of Baekje through their castles and fortresses in Buyeo and Kyushu in Japan. By this opportunity, we are expecting to build the relationship, share the information and have more academic exchange with Kyushu.”