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Gurye Sansuyu Flower Blossoms (2010)

Located in Gurye County, South Jeolla Province is a small neighborhood called Sansuyu Village (산수유 마을). The neighborhood is situated at the top end of a valley, and at the bottom end of the valley is a different neighborhood named Jungdong (중동). In springtime, from one neighborhood to the next the landscape is covered with [...]

Gwangyang Maehwa Flower Festival (2010)

The Japanese Apricot Tree is called maehwa (매화) in Korean, and is grown in Gwangyang county in the Jeollanam-do province for its fruit which can be prepared and eaten or used to make an alcoholic beverage. Not only do they produce fruits, they also produce beautiful flower blossoms every spring. And like beautiful flowers that [...]

Yeongdeok Crab Festival (2010)

I have mixed feelings about eating crab. I like the taste of it, but I don’t like endlessly cracking open crab legs just to dig out a tiny morsel of meat. Others don’t seem to mind the chore as much as I do, especially the people of Yeongdeok, who have been putting on a festival [...]

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