Korean BBQ, again
We went to eat Korean Barbecue in Seoul again this year.It was a bigger restaurant than last year and Japanese tourists were coming in one after another.They came to pick us up in…
We went to eat Korean Barbecue in Seoul again this year.It was a bigger restaurant than last year and Japanese tourists were coming in one after another.They came to pick us up in…
We went to a shopping area called Insadong in Seoul. Here there are a lot of craft shops. I was surprised to see so many people were around here, but I learned that the…
We moved from Busan to Seoul by a train very similar to Japanese Bullet Train called KTX.Our guide took us to the Busan station and at Seoul station, there was another guide waiting…
These are the crabs sold in Gijang Market in Busan. Here there are lots of tanks with numerous crabs being kept alive. Only a few days ago, we were in Kanazawa in Japan…
After lunch in Gyeongju tour, we visited tumuluses’ park. One of the tumuluses is called Cheonmachong and we could enter there to see how it was made. But they do not know whose tomb…
In Gyeongju in Korea, we had a meal called Ssam Pap.This means 'wrapping rice' apparently.We had some colourful vegetables to wrap the rice and others, but they were so thick and hard, which…
In Gyeongju, we were taken to a celadon porcelain shop, instead of a folk museum. The sales person there was a very aggressive middle aged woman with permed hair, and I did not…
The second place we went in the Gyeongju was a temple called Bulguksa. The wooden building was rebuilt in the 16th century, but the stone staircase was original one from around year 751….
We did one day tour to Gyeongju-si from Busan in Korea. Gyeongju-si is similar to Nara in Japan, according to our guide. First, we visited Seokguram Grotto, which was built in 751 and…