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This paper aims to examine the development of Culture Villages in Eastern Keijyo(Seoul) during the Japanese colonial period. The number of population increases rapidly, the area of Seoul enlarged and the influx of foreign house culture into Korea occurred in earnest with the concept of Culture House in the 1920s. The 'Big Keijyo' project began to make a progress in eastern Keijyo. In addition, people could have a lot of experience on foreign culture and get the latest fashion through exhibitions, department stores and mass media. The concept of Culture House flowed into Korea under the rule of Japanese Imperialism. Culture houses were introduced as "Ideal House" and "Brand-New House" though media like magazines and newspaper. Exhibitions such as the 1922 Culture House Drawing Exhibition and the Culture House Display in the 1929 Joseon Exposition were held in Seoul and introduced people what was a Culture House. Many Culture Houses were erected with Culture Village developments named "Suburbs" around the boundary of Seoul. Culture Villages were planned into the high-class residential area, providing piped water, gas, and roads and went up for sale at a high price and introduced as "Ideal Residential Area" and "Love Nest". The first Culture Village was developed in the part of Eastern Keijyo and it was a start to make a boom for the development of Culture Villages around Keijyo. Culture Villages changed the image of Eastern Keijyo. There were a lot of mud huts and graves before developing Culture Villages in Eastern Keijyo. Culture Villages having brand-names like such-and-such 'garden', 'villa', 'height', 'hill' or 'village', however, were developed and came into the spotlight and introduced as fascinating places for the high-class. But the poor quarters had to be cleared away to make "Ideal Residential Area". The poor people had to be deprived of living space and expel from the city. Sakuragaoka, one of Culture Villages in eastern Keijyo, was made as a Ideal City before the expansion of the city limits in the late 1930s and an example for the subsequent residential area around the city. Eventually, Culture Villages began as an experiment stand for Japanese with the background of the reality of a colony. The concept of Culture House, having the social power and novelty, showed a dark turn of a colony and left the independent image of house on Korean people while it had a disproportionately large impact on changes of Korean urban housing. In the amid of the change, there was Eastern Keijyo.