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An open port Gunsan in 1899, was a major trading port of export to Japan during Japanese Occupation. Due to that fact, the image of ‘exploitation’ is very strong. When I visited this city in 2010, the area of ex-foreign concession looked as the landscape just after low tide. And the image of ‘exploitation’ was reproduced with many Japanese houses left in the town. But in 2013 when I visit Gunsan again, downtown was organized due to the “modern urban development project”. This research is concerning about our viewpoint and memories of the ‘past’ through the ‘modern cultural heritage’ in Gusan and the possibility of new communication. The modern urban development project of Gunsan serve us many interesting points such as not only how to utilizing the cultural heritage, but what to select for remembrance.