Cherry Blossoms in Korea
Today’s video is full of prettiness due to it featuring myself and cherry blossoms in Korea. I’m kidding about myself, of course, but the the video does feature an appearance by two stunning Korean girls if the cherry blossoms aren’t enough for you.
The flowering of the cherry blossoms is quite a spectacular thing to see. I filmed this video along the river of my home city Gimcheon where cherry blossoms grow all the way down a long stretch of it.
I really like the contrast between how they look during the day and lit up at night.
Watch it now to see what I mean:
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Nice.
So that’s a taste of what cherry blossoms in Korea are like.
Origin of Cherry Blossoms in Korea
Most people associate cherry blossoms with Japan rather than Korea, and with good reason. While some species of cherry blossoms are also indigenous to Korea, most of the cherry blossoms we see here are due to Japan bringing them in during the occupation.
In fact a lot of Koreans are in favour of chopping them all down because of this. “Japan resentment” is real, yo.
For the most part, though, Koreans are fans of the pretty flowers and embrace the spirit of the cherry blossom season. Families travel to see them, couples have picnics under the petals and there’s an air of magical romance around which most people buy into.
When do the Cherry Blossoms in Korea bloom?
Like I mentioned in the video the cherry blossoms in Korea only last for a short period; usually around 2-3 weeks. They usually start flowering around the 10th of April (my birthday actually).
This year, however, they bloomed more than 2 weeks earlier than that, towards the end of March. Global warming, anyone?
Where can you go to see the cherry blossoms in korea?
There are a number cherry blossom festivals which you can attend throughout Korea. The most famous of which is the Jinhae Cherry Blossom festival which is essentially a whole town on the South-East coast filled with cherry blossom trees.
I also enjoyed seeing them scattered throughout the countryside and by rivers and ponds. It’s definitely worth going to a place where you’re guaranteed to see a bunch of them but personally I loved just going about my day and being pleasantly surprised whenever I stumbled across one.
Have any questions or comments about cherry blossoms in Korea? Leave a comment below 😉
Hi Alex hope you are well.How awesome cherry blossoms are my favourite and I would love to go to Japan solely for them.I had no idea they were in Korea.
Ruth Hughes. (Roxys mum)
Hi Mrs Hughes!
You should definitely take a trip to Asia to see them! It will be a huge contrast from your Europe holiday 🙂
Magical! Especially lit up. …and a vivid reminder of the ephemeral – and therefore very precious- nature of all things. And the song…who -pray tell -has that angel voice?
Yes I’ll have to try express that more eloquently than “the petals are falling on the ground” 🙂
The song came from a deep house mix, I’m not sure who the singer is!
Cool video, I liked the transition you did from day to night. Spring is definitely one of my favorite times in Korea, it really is a beautiful place!
Thanks for sharing!
Nice video and sum up of the Cherry Blossoms. I really liked the transition from day to night that you did there on the video. Cheers!
A nice walk around! I like how they look at night too. The cherry blossoms bloom at a different time every year depending on the weather, they have these crazy intense cherry blossom weather forecasts you can look up for each region of the country.
We like to catch the blossoms early in Busan, then go up north to Seoul to catch them in full bloom there! It doubles the time of cherry blossom season hehe.
The cherry blossoms really are so pretty, tis a shame they are gone just like that. I agree with you, I actually think it’s so much nicer to stumble upon them instead of only waiting for festivals when everyone and their mom is out taking selfies. I also had no idea that the Japanese brought them in. Look at that, I learned something new for the day.