Abstract Conventional destinations for Asian students have been primarily English-speaking countries, including the US, England, Australia, and Canada, and accordingly, existing literature on mobility among such students has mainly focused on flows from Asia to Western countries. In the last decade, however, South Korea (henceforth, Korea) has emerged as an increasingly popular study abroad destination among Asian students. This newer mobility pattern can be explained in part by their consumption of Korean popular culture in the form of movies, television dramas, and music, that is, the phenomenon of hallyu (the Korean Wave). This report presents a case study of Japanese youth who were inspired by elements of hallyu to study abroad in Korea. It highlights the ways in which Japanese students construed their experience in a transnational era, and illustrates their transformation from consumers of Korean popular culture into cosmopolitan individuals with a global outlook.

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日本学生向韩国的跨国流动：当流行文化遇上国际教育

摘要 亚洲学生的传统目的地主要是英语国家，包括美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大，因此，现有关于此类学生流动的文献主要集中在从亚洲到西方国家的流动。然而，在过去十年中，韩国（以下简称韩国）已成为越来越受亚洲学生欢迎的留学目的地。这种新的流动模式可以部分解释为他们以电影、电视剧和音乐的形式消费韩国流行文化，即韩流（韩流）现象。本报告介绍了受韩流元素启发前往韩国留学的日本青年的案例研究。它突出了日本学生在跨国时代如何理解他们的经历，