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[timhorton]

Are the cherry blossoms out yet?

Where is a good place to go and see the cherry blossoms?

[venus]

Last year they were out around first two weeks of April if I remember correctly... or was it May...? I think it's usually April, but but years summer lasted until the end of April, so I guess it was May last year then...

A good place to see them is Yeoido Park. You can access it from yeoido subway station in Seoul.

There were loads of them in Ilsan too when I lived there, if that's anywhere near you.... They last in full bloom for about a week, so the first week is the best time if you want to catch them for photo's. Then the second week they tend to become much thinner and start dying off...

I'm sure there are many other places to view them in Korea in addition to the ones I mentioned above.

[aldershot]

some of them came out prematurely down where i live, over a month ago. got some wicked pics.

[just because]

they are forecast for march 31st/april 1st weekend down south here so add a few days to that for Seoul.....

[rhinocharge64]

Come to Jeju for the Cherry Blossom Festival which is anytime soon.

[billybrobby]

I love how Koreans feel the need to augment the natural beauty of cherry blossoms with soft rock from the 80s

[kat2]

Should be at least another week in Busan. The plum blossoms are looking nice though! Alder, maybe thats what you saw

[stealth_fighter]

[mehamrick]

I know the Jinhae cherry festivle starts tomorrow and runs for two weeks. but they are forcasting rain for this weekend.

Looks like the 31st for me...

[bluelake]

After Jinhae, Kyongju has the next best cherry blossoms.

[ajgeddes]

If you are in the area, the walk around the lake at Lotte World is nice when the blossoms are out.

[TiGrBaLm]

Ueno Park









Oops, wrong country

[Milwaukiedave]

Last year there was a festival at Yeoido, but I dont remember whether it was in March or April. They had the street blocked off along the waterfront and you could walk down behind the Korean Assembly building. There were lights pointed up at the trees in the evening which made for some good pictures.

[leebumlik69]

[princess]