House of Sharing

The House of Sharing (HoS), located in Gwangju on the outskirts of Seoul, is a home and a place of healing for the surviving Korean victims of sexual slavery of Japanese military before and during WWII, so called Japanese military ‘comfort women.’ The ‘comfort station’ system was set up and run by the Japanese Imperial Army from the 1930s until the end of WWII, where mostly Asian women from ages 12-32 were kidnapped, trafficked, raped, and forced into sexual slavery for the military. Our museum documents the origins, chronology, and human toll of this system, and is the first and most substantive one dedicated to the issue, showcasing key evidence / testimonies, artifacts, photographs, videos, and original paintings by the survivors.