Autumn in Korea (Han-Ok village in Jeonju)

Autumn in Korea...The year's last, loveliest smile.

Let's Dance in Cheonan! (Festival in Korea)

North Gate of park

 Korean amateur dance team

One~ Two~ Three~ Fighting!!!

 The Cheonan World Dance Festival was celebrated each year with enthusiasm and 

Poland fork dance 

This festival was scheduled to be held this year from October 1^st to October 6^th in Cheonan Samgeori Park, One of thing that I like about this festival was they had a free shuttle buses to festival park form bus terminal and train station every 10-15 minute during festival period which it was really easier to find the place like people who doesn’t familiar with cheonan like me.

Dance battle

Korean traditional snack ( made of gluti-nous rice)

Korean traditional marching band 

Traditional Korean fan dancers

Many foreigner or foreign tourists in Korea would love to visit and enjoy many exciting cultural events or festivals in many local cities where they cannot reach easily out of major cities, so we hope the Cheonan World Dance Festival in next year is more upgraded and provide many new programs for the expat community in Korea.

Cheonan is a city located in the northeast corner of Chung-Nam province and about 1hour form Seoul by car.

Cheonan has been called “the core city of the nation” as it is the gateway to the area around the national capital region as well as the main transportation hub for the national road, railways, and expressways which these routes are open in all directions, including north to Seoul, west to Asan, south to Gwangju and Daejeon, and east to Daegu and Busan.

different cultural fervor. There were dancers from 24 different countries including Turkey, Russia, France, Mexico, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia and other.

The main program of the festival was dance contests of Korean amateur dance teams from all over the place, international Folk Dance Shows, Street parade with international teams, and comic dance battle.

There was sub-stage for other dance performance and competition, the ‘Funny dance battle’. It was a kind of on-stage funny dance battle, as the title describes, that pre-registered or anyone among guest can join as an entry improvisatorially to compete the most funniest and comedy-looking dancers.

The park was big enough that had different area of performances and had various outdoor booths and tends that representing many kinds of local foods like grape and other stuffs to sell. 

I think the best part of festival was the street parade at evening. The  main down town street was blocked to make a huge open stage and spectator area where the parade ends their long march of 2.5 km. but I didn’t’ stay till the end of parade because I had to get on last bus to come home. 

Anyway the festival of year 2013 was wonderful and exciting in general and it has been doing a great role to bridge and connect many different cultures with dance.  But it still has many things to be fixed or reorganized if this annual event is to be evaluated and recognized as a top international dance festival as it claim its title ‘World Dance Festival’ not a local one.  For example there was not enough information provided in multiple languages for foreigners who wants to travel to the city.

Summer in Korea (Mud Festival Boryeong Korea)

Of the numerous festivals in Korea, it is the Boryeong Mud Festival that probably attracts the largest number of Foreigner.  During the festival period, tourists flock to the area to experience the beneficial properties of the Boryeong mud, and also to have lots of fun. Fully immersed in the both the mud and the festival’s great atmosphere, visitors enjoy mud wrestling, mud sliding and even swimming in the mud mega tub. Visitors feeling particularly energetic can try the marine mud-training course, whilst those looking for something more chilled can relax in the mud massage zone. In the evening, music and fireworks continue the party on the beach.

Some Park!! (Deok-Jin park)

Deokjin Park is a representative city park of Jeonju. Officially designated a city park in April 1978, the park is centered around a natural pond, which dates back to the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). The park is such a landmark of the area that the lotus flowers blooming in the park’s large pond are considered one of the most impressive attractions of Jeonju. The park spans an area of 13,000㎡ with the pond covering about two thirds of the southern sector. An arch-shaped suspension bridge stretches across the middle of the pond, offering up-close views of the lotus blossoms. 

Park designers created a traditional pavilion and a water iris garden in honor of the park’s historical background and added an artificial waterfall and wooden bridge for visual effect. The park also houses nine stone monuments including the Children’s Charter, engravings of Shin Seok-jeong and Kim Hae-gang’s poetry, and the statue of General Jeon Bong-jun. 



The park is the site of the annual Dano Changpomul (Water Iris) Festival, a much-anticipated event held on the day of Dano (a Korean traditional holiday that falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month). During the celebration, women wash their hair in iris-infused water from the pond to wish for good health in the coming year.

Mom and really cute baby!!

Summer in Korea (SeonYu-do)

Seonyudo is one of the island on the west coast that lies in the heart of the Gogunsan-Yeoldo archipelago and consists of some 20 islands in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do. Visitors to the island can also see Munyeodo, Jangjado and Daejangdo nearby in one trip as there are bridges linking the four islands. 

Seonyudo is one of my favourite place to visit in Korea that which name of island means, “an island so beautiful that god admires it”

The starting point of the tour is a small town named ‘Jin-ri’ located adjacent to Seonyudo Beach. On the island you’ll find convenience facilities including lodgings and restaurants. The town often becomes crowded during peak times in the summer so if you want to avoid the crowds you may want to rent a bicycle and cross the bridge to Munyeodo or Jangjado or ride over to Jinwol-ri on the other side of Mangjubong (hill). Munyeo is a peaceful town and port with a sprawling reed and pebble field that can be enjoyed in Jinwol-ri. You can also go fishing on Jangjagyo (bridge) or take in the breathtaking view of the archipelago from the top of Mangjubong, the emblem of Seonyudo. You can witness the awe-inspiring sunset in Seonyudo from anywhere on the beach, but it is even more spectacular when viewed from the top of Mangjubong

Playing Frisbee on the beach

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Light house

Spring in Korea (Cherry blossoms)

Nothing signals the beginning of spring like the blossoming of flowers.

There are many special spots offering beautiful views of the Cherry blossoms around the Korea and so much that there is an annunal festival held in different cities with Jinhae being one of the most popular places to go. But Jinhae is too far from where I am so I went to Jeong-up to take a picture of flower.

Everyone should take the opportunity to revel in the beauty of cherry blossoms while they last until early April. 

Grab your cameras and follow the trail of the blossoming flowers throughout the country.