Japan-Korea 2019: The journey is over!
It’s taken over 2.5 years, but I’ve finally finished chronicling my 2019 journey across Japan and Korea. Originally I had thought it would only take…
It’s taken over 2.5 years, but I’ve finally finished chronicling my 2019 journey across Japan and Korea. Originally I had thought it would only take…
I was looking at my calendar and I realized that today, March 26, is my ten-year blogging anniversary. Ten years ago today I created a…
It was close to sunset when my flight from Korea touched down at Naha Airport in Okinawa. As the plane was taxing towards the gate…
Right by Woljeong Bridge is Gyeongju’s own little hankok village. The Gyochon Traditional Village is home to a few dozen traditional Korean hanok houses and…
Continue reading → Gyeongju 2019: Gyochon Traditional Village (경주 교촌마을)
In towns like Jeonju I had seen stone pathways that can be utilized to get across rivers but all the ones I had seen so…
On the other side of the Wolseong Palace Site I came down to the river that flows through Gyeongju. Straddling the river is Woljeong Bridge,…
While walking around Gyeongju you’ll no doubt notice that there are a lot of small hills throughout the town. These are actually burial mounds from…
Not far from Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond is the former site of a castle and palace that is slowly being excavated. The palace was…
Continue reading → Gyeongju 2019: Wolseong Palace Site (경주 월성)
When I had finished my visit to Bulguksa Temple I caught a bus back to the central part of Gyeongju where I’d be spending the…
Continue reading → Gyeongju 2019: Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond (경주 동궁과 월지)
It was probably a really cliche and touristy thing to do, but I got some green tea ice cream before leaving the green tea plantation…