All About Nami Island

Nami Tour 1. Rebirth
1. Where Nami Was Born: Cho-ok House
2. Mythic Soju (Korean distilled liquor) Bottles
3. Fallen Leaves Become PR
4. Samsung in the Fountain
5. Hotel Jeonggwanru: Hotel with Themed Rooms
6. Nami Commend Post: The Art of Recycling

Nami Tour 2. Environmental Tour of Nami
1. The Philosophy of Our Pathways
2. Nami and Metasequoia
3. Where Wild Animals Run Wild
4. Ostriches with a Kick
5. No Rabbits Allowed
6. Red Squirrel vs. Asiatic Chipmunk
7. Rice Paddy Revival
8. Birds in Flight

Nami Tour 3. “So, it’s the pechka”-short essays on connections
1. Winter Sonata Comes to Nami
2. Kim Young Gap’s Last Excursion
3. Finding Lost Brothers
4. Yangtze River and Yellow River
5. Treasure Island Nami Island
6. Sun and Moon Share Their Blessings
7. Napoli Pizza Arrives on Nami
8. The Character Connection

Nami Tour 4. Naminara Republic
1. Declaration of Independence
2. Nation Building
3. National Institutions
4. Diplomacy
5. Immigration
6. The “Dream” Job
7. Introducing Our Lifetime Employees
8. Today’s Dream “Rimovalley”

Nami Tour 5. Odds and Ends
1. Namimaid Dreams of Home
2. General Nam I
3. The Gallery Where You Pee
4. The Bridge the Monkey Fell Off
5. For All Fathers-Saojeong Bridge
6. Pebbles in Your Heart
7. Is This Where the President Works?
8. Find the Billiard Table Tops
9. Nami Does PR
10. Nami’s Islamic Prayer Room
11. Flags of all Nations

Nami Tour 6. When is the Best Time to Visit Nami?
1. Fog on the Water-Paths that Change with the Season, One Early Morning
2. Moon and Stars-Nami Night
3. Shade-A Summer Day's Landscape
4. Fallen Leaves-The Sound of Autumn
5. Bonfires-Fueled by Fallen Leaves
6. Icicles-Making Winter
7. Snow-A Perfect Winter Scene
8. Every Day is Children’s Day
9. Song Island-Nami Genesis

Appendix 1. Inside Nami Island
1. Nami’s Employees Pick “Nami’s Best”
2. Nami’s Hands-on Programs
3. Room-by-Room Tour of Hotel Jeonggwanru

Appendix 2. Travel Information
Getting to Nami
Getting on Nami
Where to Eat
What to Enjoy
Where to Stay
Convenience Facilities
Shopping
Telephone Numbers

I decided to recycle Nami by recycling. This was to be the island's rebirth. There were no other possible choices, for this was a time when the only thing that Nami had was trash. So I decided to come up with some slogans. These were the catchphrases used with the start of the big clean-up:

"From weeds to flowers, from noise to rhythm,
from wildflowers to paper, from scenery to elegance."

On Nami for 12 months of the year snowpeople live,
In spring when the flowers bloom, in summer when the cicadas cry
And in autumn when the leaves fall.

On Nami we sell snowpeople,
We make snowpeople and sell them.
We sell dolls that look like snowpeople and clocks that
look like snowpeople,
And even snowpeople cups, necklaces, and earrings.
On Nami the amount earned by selling objects that incorporated the image
Of snowpeople totaled 38,000,000 won ($ 38,000) in 2011.
Snowpeople are the most popular souvenirs on Nami.

Even if there is no snow on Nami, there are snowpeople.
On Nami even if there are no snowpeople, we sell snowpeople.

The public restrooms on Nami are also special. I would even venture that our restrooms are both the most cultural in the world and most replete with examples of the works of talented artists. Even the Chinese characters that we use to describe our restrooms are different. Originally in Korea we call restrooms “hwa-jang-sil 化粧室” which literally means “room to neaten up in.” However I like to use different Chinese characters 畵裝室 (and play on the fact the characters have the same pronunciation “hwa-jang-sil,” but have an entirely different meaning) which means “room decorated with pictures.” The way we refer to our restrooms in English is innovative, too. Instead of toilet, we call them “Toil-art Studio.” So if you really want to translate Toil-art Studio, then the meaning is “art studio with toilet.” A space with culture––that’s the type of restroom we hope to create.