Temples in Busan: Samgwang Temple (Samgwangsa)
Samgwangsa (Sam Kwang-sa, Korean writing: 삼광사) in Busan is overshadowed by the two other big temples, Beomeosa (범어사) and Yonggungsa (해동용궁사).
Read moreSamgwangsa (Sam Kwang-sa, Korean writing: 삼광사) in Busan is overshadowed by the two other big temples, Beomeosa (범어사) and Yonggungsa (해동용궁사).
Read moreThe festival to be at Yonsei is of course Akaraka, but when you study at the Korean Language Institute, you will find out that Akaraka is hardly mentioned by the teachers at all.
Read moreThis is a meetup where people doing YouTube videos in Korea come together, but everybody’s welcome. There is a Facebook group where dates for the next SeoulTube are announced.
Read moreTraditional Korean fan dance at the Namsangol Hanok Village, shortly before the Taekwondo performance started. Namsangol is a place where lots of cultural experience programs are offered, I took a short Taekwondo lesson there.
Read moreKoreans love hiking and in Seoul there are many opportunities to hike small mountains. There is even a mountain at Yonsei campus! I found lots of hiking meet-ups both on Facebook and meetup.com, much more than in Tokyo.
Read moreJump and Nanta are two successful performances you can enjoy without knowing any Korean. When my school was offering free tickets for Bibap, of course I said yes.
Read moreNamsangol Hanok Village is not only a place where you can see traditional Korean houses: You can experience traditional games, tea, a marriage ceremony and Taekwondo.
Read moreThis flower field near Yeoido is not the biggest in Korea, but the most accessible if you come from Seoul.
Read moreIn an effort to reach out to the people living around the universities, the Sinchon Festival was organized. Sinchon is the area where Yonsei, Ewha, Hoingik and Sogang University are located.
Read moreKyunghee University is one of Seoul’s three cherry blossom spot (although trees can be found elsewhere, e.g. in Sinchon). It’s also likely to be the prettiest university in Seoul.
Read moreI had visited Seoul Grand Park and I wanted to go to the art museum afterwards – unfortunately the shuttle bus service was interrupted. Good thing that there was a newly opened camera museum to keep me entertained.
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