Hara Donuts in Hongdae
A donut shop that’s famous in Japan has opened in Korea. There seem to be several branches, and a big one has appeared in Hongdae, where I often hang out, right in front of the playground. The storefront Hm…
A donut shop that’s famous in Japan has opened in Korea. There seem to be several branches, and a big one has appeared in Hongdae, where I often hang out, right in front of the playground. The storefront Hm…
After getting back from Jeju Island I decided it was time to get together with friends again, and after going back and forth on where to go we settled on Unbong Sanjang, famous for lamb, in Noryangjin. It has …
I returned the rental car early, went to the airport and finished check-in, then took a taxi back out to get a meal. I’d done it that way in case I ran short of time, but it turned out I had plenty to sp…
If we had set out early in the morning and kept moving, we might have finished the Jungmun part of the itinerary before noon, but one thing after another came up along the way and it got quite late. We scrappe…
For timing reasons I had to have lunch somewhere around Jungmun, and the most famous place nearby turned out to be the Jungmun Haenyeo’s House. Gyeongmi Hyugeso is actually a similar concept to a haenyeo…
I knew there was a tourist complex in Jungmun on Jeju Island, but since I am not fond of crowds I kept going back and forth on whether to bother. Then I found out a domestic duty-free shop had opened there, so…
Coming out of the Wind Museum and walking a little further in, the Water Museum appears. The ‘Su’ (Water) Museum From the outside I couldn’t get a sense of what the inside would be like. W…
Before heading to Jeju Island, a bit of searching turned up the fact that there are four works of Itami Jun architecture near the Podo Hotel. Nowhere was there any detailed explanation, just people saying they…
A good hotel is something you should check into early and enjoy, but our schedule was so packed that last night we only got in after dark. After breakfast I lazed around in the room for a while, then took a qu…
Normally when I’m off traveling I can’t be bothered to get up in the morning, so I tend to skip the hotel breakfast, but this time breakfast came with the room and there wasn’t anywhere decen…
For our second night we went to the Podo Hotel, run by the PINX golf course. As far as I know, the Podo Hotel is one of the very few truly top-class hotels in Korea. Come to think of it, unlike Japan, Korea do…
Some people will tell you dombe-gogi is the one dish you absolutely have to try when you come to Jeju Island. Dombe-gogi is, put simply, suyuk (boiled pork), and if suyuk is good even on the mainland, it has t…