The purpose of this paper is to present an autobiographic description of the author`s field research in rural Java. Author`s fieldwork was carried out for twenty one months in 1992 and 1993. As the process of fieldwork in Southeast Asia by Korean scholars has rarely been presented, this paper may be a reference point to discuss the procedures of the fieldwork, problems encountered by fieldworkers, and the difficulties and pleasure of doing research in foreign culture. The paper covers respectively the pre-fieldwork, fieldwork and post-fieldwork periods. As written in an autobiographic manner, this paper may provide comparative materials to those who are interest in doing area studies in foreign countries.