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Two segments given by two Koreans to a Korean Buddhist temple in Japan, with a request for Korean reunification attached.
Two segments have stood at the Toukokuji Temple since 1998. The temple belongs to the Association of Korean Buddhists in Japan and performs Korean rites; by tradition it traces back to Korean immigrants who settled here in the seventh century. The segments were given by two Koreans, with an explicit request attached: that the two halves of their own country be reunited. It is the clearest case in the catalogue of a recipient community using a German object to talk about a border that has not opened — the same argument Seoul's Berlin Square makes officially, made here by two private citizens in a third country.
How did it get here?
Donated by two Koreans in 1998.
Sources & verification
Osaka, J — The Wall Net ↗
Two segments at the temple since 1998, the Korean donors and their reunification request, and the temple's Korean Buddhist affiliation.
Source accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
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