Just another world from Ploy's view
The Yeouido Cherry Blossom Festival stands as one of Korea’s grandest and most renowned spring celebrations. Annually hosted in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo district, this mesmerizing display of flowers captivates both locals and tourists alike. In the spring of 2021, when the country still grappled with pandemic restrictions, the cherry blossom sightseeing event in Yeouido was unfortunately …
These two sets of photos were captured at Boramae Park during a single spring season, with the second collection taken just a week after the first. Apart from serving as a recreational space for the Sindaebang neighborhood, the park is renowned for its cherry blossom viewing, particularly for the delightful Kansan variety known in Korean …
I used to reside on the enchanting ‘Nangok-ro’ in the Nangok district, and my old apartment building was conveniently close to Sindaebang Station. While the road itself appeared ordinary, designed to cater to the residential neighborhood, it held a captivating secret that could mesmerize anyone passing by during a particular time of the year. Every …
During my time living in the Nangok area, I frequently relied on the train commuting to and from Sindaebang Station as my regular means of transportation. The station stands elevated over Dorimcheon, a charming waterway that originates somewhere near Gwanak Mountain. Beneath the elevated railway lies a delightful network of walkways, flanking the shallow stream …
Seoul Forest, or “Seoul-sup” (서울숲) in Korean, sprawls across the north bank of the Han River in Seoul’s Seongdong neighborhood. As the third largest park in the capital of Korea, it stands only surpassed by World Cup Park in Mapo-gu and Olympic Park in Songpa-gu. Encompassing a vast expanse of over 3,000 acres, the park …
Tom N Toms Coffee (탐앤탐스) is one of the top-three largest coffeehouse chains in Korea. And if you have ever been to the country, you would have seen their shops popping up in any neighborhood both in and outside the city. In this post, I am going to single out one Tom N Toms Coffee …
Opened in March 2019 next to the Mamma Mia Cafe, the most popular pink cafe in Apgujeong neighborhood, but PERC SEOUL just came to my attention this spring when the fully-developed trees grown in its side yard were in full swing with flowers. PERC SEOUL is a two-story cafe with an outdoor terrace on the …
Greylab is a cozy coffee place located in Hapjeong-dong, a next-door neighbor to Seoul’s popular hipster hangout, Hongdae. I don’t know when it happened but Greylab has become my favorite cafe that I have to visit every spring as long as I live in Seoul. When it is not spring, the cafe may appear to …
After a beautiful sequence of spring flowers had come and gone, nothing marks the end of the season quite like hotter balmy weather and the blooming roses. In Korea, May is also known as the season of roses. Starting in the middle of May, you will inadvertently see the rambling roses that cover parts of …
After those countless freezing and grim days of winter, the much warmer temperature of March has again brought smiles back on to our faces. There are no intense or prolonged cold spells in the forecast in any part of Korea, so we officially declare that the cold, dark season is over. And for putting up …