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This paper has made clear characteristics of suburbs in Keijo, Kyeong-seong, focusing on space and description of Myeongsoo-Dae Residential Area. Myeongsoo-Dae is a typical of residential suburbs in Kyeong-seong during 1930s. The development and management of it was reflected in despair and problems as well as desire and hope of a modern city Kyeong-seong. This paper focused on space and description about issues as follows; 1. Forming the place for sightseeing such as places of interest in Japan during the early 1930s by S. Kinoshita 2. Inviting educational institutions for Korean student in the middle of 1930s by S. Kinoshita 3. Inhabitant of Myeonsoo-Dae and Myeonsoo-Dae Jeong Neighborhood Association that be a mixed settlement for Japanese and Korean. Purpose of this study is also to make clear modernity of Kyeong-seong suburbs. The development of Myeongsoo-Dae located on the left bank of HanGang had been continued during 1930s by Sakae Kinoshita who was born in Saga in Japan and belonged to constructor Shiki-Gumi during 1920s. When he was in Tokyo as a manager of Tokyo Brunch of Shiki-Gumi, Growth of Tokyo suburbs after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 convinced him of the necessity of residential developments in Kyeong-seong suburbs in the near future. He had started the development around 1929 and lived there in 1930. He advertised that Myeongsoo-Dae was a good place for health and living like a suburbs in Japan to the Japanese people who lived in Kyeong-seong down town. Living in suburb was in demand at down town. In the middle of 1930s, he had started inviting educational institutions for Korean student. The expanding of population of Kyeong-seong led people and schools to suburbs. He had an intention of formation of a college town at Myeongsoo-Dae by means of selling and contribution of some lots for schools at the center area. The organization of Myeonsoo-Dae Jeong Neighborhood Association later 1930s tell us mixed settlement for Japanese and Korean and being not only the rich but also the low income. It is not hopeful life and good appearance as residential suburb. Suburb of Kyeong-seong, Myeongsoo-Dae has different images from one we usually thought. Additionally tehre are some wrong descriptions on history of suburb. Space and description of them need more consideration