#location: seoul

[cuddlethebear]

I love you Seoul

[lavoixhumaine]

we just got home only we’re leaving again for ROK tomorrow but i think i’m getting sick nooooo

edit:

my mother-in-law is already here with some cure alls like how tf did she know and i kinda feel a lil’ special rn 🥺

edit:

Trip got canceled. I got sick. 🤒

Uh, maybe that means I’m going to try and write…? I need to catch up on my September calendar. 🥲

[luxm0nst3r]

[bblobbob]

seoul

[seoana]

[boltedgarlic]

04/08/2013

[finelinens1994]

my grandma's photos of seoul (용산구 남영동) from the late 1980s to early 1990s, compared to the same view now

[filmap]

극장전 / Tale of Cinema Hong Sang-soo. 2005

World Inn 7-11 Gwancheol-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea See in map

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22 Geumhosan 2na-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea (approx. GPS coordinates: 37°32’57.9″N, 127°01’25.3″E).

[changjo2003]

"Oh, doesn't this look familiar?"

I stumbled upon this filming location from "Our Dating Sim," thank you BL God for leading me here.

[cuddlethebear]

It’s different once you have tasted your desires, isn’t it?

[sceneloc8official]

Experience Christmas Magic: Top 10 Festive Spots in Seoul

Seoul transforms into a winter wonderland during Christmas, offering various festive activities and stunning decorations that captivate locals and tourists alike. This bustling city provides many picturesque locations for content creators, photographers, and videographers to capture the magic of the holidays. Here’s a detailed guide to the best places to celebrate Christmas in Seoul.

1. Lotte World: Miracle Winter

Location: 240 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul

Dates: November 25 – December 31, 2024

Lotte World is a premier destination for Christmas festivities in Seoul. The theme park hosts the “Miracle Winter” festival, featuring dazzling light displays and themed decorations. The outdoor area showcases a magnificent “Christmas Castle,” while the indoor space features the enchanting “Miracle Tree.” Visitors can enjoy various performances and meet Santa Big Lotty amidst beautifully adorned Christmas trees. The Lotte World Tower is surrounded by golden Christmas trees and pop-up stores that enhance the festive atmosphere. This location is ideal for capturing vibrant holiday scenes with your camera.

2. COEX Mall Starfield Library

Location: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Dates: November 17 – Ongoing (Daily 6 PM – 10 PM)

The Starfield Library inside COEX Mall is another must-visit spot during the holiday season. The library features a large Christmas tree adorned with sparkling lights that create a warm ambiance perfect for photography. The library’s unique architecture and festive decorations make it an excellent backdrop for creative shots. The library’s serene environment allows for capturing both the beauty of literature and the joy of Christmas.

3. Myeongdong Shopping Street

Location: Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul

Dates: Ongoing throughout December

Myeongdong is renowned for its vibrant street life and shopping experiences. This area becomes even more magical during Christmas, with stunning light displays and decorations lining the streets. The bustling atmosphere of holiday shoppers creates dynamic scenes perfect for street photography. Capture moments of joy as people indulge in seasonal treats from various food stalls while enjoying the festive decorations around them.

4. Gwanghwamun Plaza

Location: Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5

Dates: December 13 – January 5

Gwanghwamun Plaza hosts a beautiful Christmas market that features local crafts and seasonal foods. The plaza is adorned with twinkling lights and a large Christmas tree that serves as a focal point for visitors. This location offers ample opportunities to capture candid moments of visitors enjoying the market’s offerings while surrounded by festive decor.

5. Hyundai Department Store: Le Grand Theatre

Location: 63 Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Dates: November 1 – January 31

Hyundai Department Store transforms into a whimsical “Le Grand Theatre” during the holiday season. This year’s theme includes over 10,000 lights and circus-themed installations that create a fairy-tale atmosphere. An impressive rotating Christmas tree captures attention from afar, making it an ideal spot for capturing enchanting images that evoke holiday cheer.

6. Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

Location: Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station Exit 1

Dates: December 19 – December 31

The Dongdaemun Design Plaza is known for its futuristic architecture and hosts an impressive light festival during Christmas time. Visitors can enjoy interactive light displays and art installations that make for unique photography opportunities. The contrast between modern design and traditional holiday elements provides a diverse range of visuals for content creators.

7. Seoul Lantern Festival at Cheonggyecheon Stream

Location: Cheonggyecheon Stream

Dates: December 13 – January 12.

The Seoul Lantern Festival is one of the most popular events during the holiday season. It features stunning lantern displays along Cheonggyecheon Stream. With over 200 lanterns illuminating the waterway, this event creates a magical atmosphere perfect for night photography. Capture the reflections of colorful lanterns on the water while enjoying the serene ambiance.

8. Everland: Wintertopia

Location: Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do (just outside Seoul)

Dates: December 6 – December 31

Everland Theme Park hosts “Wintertopia,” featuring thrilling rides, festive decorations, and light displays. The park offers various photo zones around winter wonderlands and Christmas characters like Snoopy and Santa Claus. This location is perfect for families and offers plenty of opportunities to capture joyful moments amidst exhilarating attractions.

9. Yeongdeungpo Times Square

Location: Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

Dates: Ongoing throughout December

Yeongdeungpo Times Square is one of Seoul’s largest shopping malls and features cozy winter-themed photo zones adorned with beautiful lights and decorations. This family-friendly destination is especially popular among children who enjoy taking pictures with Santa Express installations. Capture heartwarming moments as families engage with festive displays.

10. Ice Skating at Seoul Plaza

Location: City Hall Station Exit 6

Dates: December – February (exact dates vary)

The Seoul Plaza Ice Skating Rink opens during winter and becomes a hub of activity during Christmas time. With festive lights surrounding the rink and skaters gliding across the ice, this location presents numerous opportunities for dynamic action shots and cozy moments shared among friends and family.

Conclusion

Seoul offers an enchanting experience during the Christmas season that appeals to content creators looking to capture unique visuals filled with holiday spirit. From bustling shopping streets adorned with lights to serene parks hosting lantern festivals, each location provides distinctive opportunities to create memorable content.

Whether photographing stunning light displays or capturing candid moments at festive markets, these locations will help you tell your story through your lens this holiday season in Seoul.

As you explore these sites, remember to embrace the joy of capturing images and memories that will last a lifetime during this magical time of year!

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[introdcungkculture]

2 filming locations for the movie Parasite in Seoul

2 filming locations for the movie Parasite in Seoul

[ Parasite ] is a South Korean film released in 2019 and directed by Bong Joon-ho. The film is a powerful message about social class and wealth inequality between two families depicted as Black and Parasite. It contains a lot of attention internationally. Movie Summary : It revolves around the story between a lower-class family and a wealthy upper-class family. Kim Ki-woo’s family, described as…

[errruvande]

Celebration

Pairing: Kang Daeho x reader

Summery: you had to celebrate the New Year in Seoul, for the first time in many years.

Triggers: PTSD, brief mention of blood

Author note: some random ass Korean names cause we need to call their made up friends somehow lmao

Word count: 2 882

It was yours and Daeho's first New Year celebration in Seoul, to the amusement of your friends, who were dying to celebrate it with you at least once in a lifetime. When the debts creeped in, fast and furious, you found it to be impossible to celebrate the holidays as you had been for a few years of your relationships. And both of yours families found it hard to have you in, after all of the rounds of debt collectors slamming their doors to scare them about your well-being. Your parents were equally scared and embarrassed.

Because of the debts, you could not afford to leave your apartments: parents would've not let you in their houses, and the renting prices even in the smallest villages were too high in that period for you to afford it.

When your friends found themselves too eager and excited about you staying in Seoul, telling you all of their plans for celebration, they were rapidly cut off.

"We will be staying at home all night." You said to your friend, studying the shelf in the store and trying to locate the red and yellow marks amongst the price-tags. You felt your friend pouting with your skin, the air between you two tensing.

"How can you stay home the whole New Year night?" She almost meowed at you in disbelief, putting a pack of mung beans in her cart. "What about the parties? We don't even have to pay to party, the streets themselves are partying! C'mon, you need to have some fun, it's New Year!"

"We'll be having fun at home!" The tone of your voice was unnecessarily harsh, you barked at at your friends without having the time to process your words, and had to look at her meekly. "I'm sorry for that..."

The noise of the supermarket went to the background while you were staring at the bean shelf, spinning around the memories of your only celebration in Seoul before you and Daeho started celebrating New Year in a countryside. Your hand twitched, squeezing the soft pack of fermented beans, as your face turned pale red and the unbothered firm line of your lips turned into a frown.

You shook your head and sighted, putting the beans in your small cart. "We won't be leaving the house, I'm sorry."

Your friends didn't know about Daeho's condition. He never told them and he asked you not to tell them too, he was too embarrassed of his panic attacks no matter how many times you tried to convince him that having them is not embarrassing and it absolutely do not makes him a lesser person. But you didn't need to be asked twice, so all of your friends just thought that both of you were respecting traditions and spending the holidays with your families.

Daeho popped out the living room, tinsels shining in his dark hair like glitter. The way he flew to you, jumping from the spot and sliding on the floor untill he bumped slightly into your body, laughing childishly, a few tinsels falling down his pretty face as he leaned in to give you a tender kiss through laughter. He picked up the bags and carried them to the kitchen, saying that whatever you'll make will be enough, cause he was with you and your presence alone will always be enough for him to celebrate anything.

"Sweetheart, I'm home!" You shut the door behind you, dumping the bags on the floor to take the clothes off. "It's not much, but I'd be able to make something for us to celebrate."

When he said he put his heart and soul into decorating your small apartment for the new year, he meant it. You didn't have a lot of new year's toys, tree balls and the lights, but he did what he could, grabbing a few (all that he could barely fit in his hands) spruce and pine branches from the little forest near your neighborhood and tried to make some arnaments, embodied it with red ribbons and threads. Daeho's hands were in glitter and glue, and now your face was shining too in the places he cupped your cheeks in to kiss you, when you walked into the chicken.

"One thing to go with the decorations!" Soft murmuring of his through your lips tenderized you and you mewled into his mouth pathetically, wrapping your hands around his shoulders tight enough to be able to press your entire body to his.

In one swift motion Daeho lifted you up, rewarding himself with your sweet laughter, and carried you to the tree you had in the living room.

"Take this." He tipped you lower over the little table, to the spot where the handmade star wrapped entirely in the shimmering red ribbon was lying on. You freed one hand from the hold onto Daeho's shoulder and took the star, smiling on the lights playing in the shimmers of the ribbon. "This spot is only for you, love."

He lifted you higher, making it easier for you to place the star on the tip of the tree. Once you put it securely, you felt the tear rolling down your cheek. Even in the hopeless situation like you had been in, Daeho still tried to find small things that would bring joy to both of you.

"You did a great job, sweetie." You looked down at him over the shoulder, sucking your lips in like a child seeing something pretty.

He pulled you down, twirling you around mid action, to see your face adorned with a beautiful smile he fell for a few years ago. You found his shoulders with your palms for balance, and when you felt the ground with your toes, you leaned forward, resting your head on Daeho's chest, the warmth of his body radiating through your cheek.

A few hours later, when a small festive dinner was made, the windows closed and sound proofed and the the zeros lined up on your clocks, you were ready to your own special fun time, when you heard the door knob threshing mad.

"On the New Year???" You tore yourself off Daeho's chest as you were lying on the couch, eyes round darting between Dae's tensed face and the door to your apartment. "Can't they let us be on a New freaking Year night?"

Daeho stood up, taking the first heavy thing he could put his hands on, and ran to the door, checking the guests though the peephole. You saw his posture relaxing as he opened the door lazily. It was your friends. Four of them. Jungheul and his wife Haeun, and Eunji with her new boyfriend you haven't had the chance to meet yet.

They piled into your house, their clothes white with the snow, laughing and talking loudly enough to give you both a mild headache.

"You guys are coming with us! It's not negotiable!" Jungheul wrapped his hands around Daeho and pulled him out of the apartment, asking his wife to bring his coat with her. The screams and arguing wasn't doing anything. The four of your friends were too stubborn and drunk to listen, Eunji's boyfriend threw you onto his shoulder and carried you out to the streets against your will, your screams and your fists beating his back a several times didn't help at all.

"Just stop it!" When he put you on the ground you smacked his chest hard enough for your own hand to hurt, but the guy just chuckled back, gutteral sound graving through you.

Daeho looked equally pissed off, but was too busy looking around frantically, his head turning left and right every time he heard a bunch of people laughing or screaming.

"Jesus, Daeho, it's just people having fun, what the fuck is wrong with you two?" Jungheul laughed merrily.

"There's nothing wrong with him!" You almost ganged up on him, but the sudden loud blowing sound caught all of you off guard. Your friends screamed joyfully and it seemed you were the only person seeing Daeho falling on the ground, face to the snow, his ears covered with his hands. His body tensed, as he was shaking uncontrollably, head bumping into the concrete road with the blowing sounds continuing from kids throwing off the firecrackers under other people's feet.

The one was lying just a few inches away from Daeho.

"Daeho!" You fell on the ground near him, cupping his head in your arms and trying to carefully lift it. "Dae, please, it's me!" When you were able to lift him into a seated position, he ducked his head down into his shoulders, hands still holding ears firmly. The last time he was shaking that bad was exactly the last time you've spent your New Year in Seoul.

With the firecrackers blowing around you, you had zero chances to calm him down. Daeho never lifted his gaze from the ground, his shoulders twitching on every blow, his feet sliding on the slippery concrete as he tried to cringe into the smallest of things, tugging his legs closer to his chest.

"What happened?" Your friends surrounded you, studying panicking Daeho as he was trembling. There was blood on his face from smacking it on the ground a few times, his lip was broken and the brow cut. "What it's like, a panic att-"

You didn't notice how fast you jumped on your feet, staring Jungheul right in the face, your eyes a pit with burning fire as you started yelling at him hysterically. "You either gonna help me or you can fuck off! I told you not to bring him here, but no, you know better!"

You collapsed back to Daeho, sliding your hands between his hands and face in a fruitless attempt to tear them off his ears. "Daeho, you need to listen to me, please."

Everybody went silent. You listen carefully for the noise that had died, the kids ran off to the next neighborhood carrying their firecrackers with them, only leaving the dust and smoked smell in the air behind.

"Dae, baby, they're gone, baby, please." You happened to tear one of his palm off his ear, clasping it in your palms and squeezing, and squeezing, and squeezing up untill Daeho noticed the pain in his fingers and looked at you. "They're gone, everything is fine."

His body still was stiff as a rock, every muscle tense and in agony. He wasn't fully back. You cupped his cheek, guiding his stare back at you.

"Dae, please, what do you see? Tell me what do you see?" You cocked your head on the side and dived down to his face.

"Y-you..." He breathed out barely audibly, after staring at your face for a few seconds. You nodded.

"Great, what else?"

"Eunji"

"Nice, what else?"

Daeho's lips were trembling with every breath, his eyes were moving erratically, trying to catch up on something, but his vision was blurred and his head hurting. "Street light, red car..." He hang his head loosely, staring down at his feet. "M-my boots."

You smiled, caressing his cheek tenderly with your fingertips, as he was slowly coming back to senses. "What you can touch?"

"S-snow" Daeho's arm fell down on the ground, scrubbing the thin layer of snow, snow creaking under his fingers. You looked in his eyes, nodding, waiting for the next thing. He knew this "game" all too well and started searching for the next thing. "I-I can feel you..." Daeho covered your fingers still caressing his cheek with his palm and squeezed them. He look down at your arm and hooked the hairband that was wrapped around your wrists firmly with his finger.

Daeho kept telling what he could feel, what he could smell and hear, his breathing was calming and puls slowing. You could see his eyes clearly, they lost the pale curtains of tears and fear, his lips stopped quivering as he looked around on the last "thing", the one he could taste. "Blood." He winced after tracing his lips with his tounge and catching the blood from broken upper lip.

You sighted, not being able to stop your own tears from rolling down, sanken on the ground without any strength. "Daeho..." You squeled, leaning forward to him, wrapping your arms around his waist and loosing yourself in his chest.

Jungheul and Jiho, that was the name of Eunji's boyfriend as you heard her whispering it to him when Daeho was shaking on the ground, helped Dae to stand up, catching him under the armpits, and led him back to the apartments.

At home, you made Daeho chamomile tea to calm him down fully, sat him down and immediately started treating his cuts, when your friends broke the silence with the cracking, apologetic tone.

"So.. ehm, this is why you're never here on New Year?"

You instinctively looked at them and then at Daeho, waiting for his answer.

"They're already know..." A barely a whisper. He quivered, the words getting lost in the air between you.

"Okay." You breathed out inaudibly, caressing his chin as you pressed the cotton disk soaked in antiseptic to his brow. You glanced over your friends with a sight. "We're going to countryside every year, because there's peace and quiet. You know Daeho was a marine, right?" You felt him squeezing your leg as you were starting talking about his military accident, his nails digging into your tight. You cocked your brows, but he only nodded you to continue, gulping down the ball of nerves. "He had an accident on the battlefield, and now he can't stress the sound that resembles the gunfire. It's called post traumatic stress disorder. So yeah, this is why we're never here on New Year."

For a solid minute all of them were dumbfounded. They were shifting from one leg to another, only nervous breathing audible in the room.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Eunji squatted next to you so Daeho didn't need to look up at her. "You should've told us, Dae."

His jaw started trembling again and you saw tears welling up in his eyes as he tried to speak but failed, only drawing a sharp breath in.

"It's alright, love." You shifted closer to him, embracing him and pressing his body to yours, his nose resting in the crook of your neck. "It's okay." Stroking his hair from the crown of his head all the way down to his shoulders you felt him meeking into your embrace, relaxing his posture.

"He had rather bad experience with telling people about his condition..."

"I didn't want you to think that I'm not normal, that I'm a sych..." He blurred out with his face almost completely wet. Daeho lifted his shoulder to wipe the wettnes from his face and looked at Eunji empty-eyeded.

"We don't think so, Daeho." Jungheul came closer, placing his palm on Daeho's shoulder and squeezing it hard, reassuring. "Can we help with it? Somehow?"

"Maybe stop dragging him out on New Year's night?" You teased them, but you didn't expect Daeho to chuckle.

The way his gentle laughter echoed in the half empty kitchen put everyone at ease.

"It's alright guys, thank you." He wiped out the rest of the face, looking at everybody. "Now, I'm glad you know, but..." He overlooked everyone and shared a gaze with you, the corners of his mouth curled up just slightly. "Really, don't drag me out on the New Year night from now on."

When Daeho put everyone at ease and the loud laugh thundered throughout the kitchen, your friends shared a look and swiftly ran towards the door.

"Don't you dare to start fucking, cause we'll be back in like, 15 minutes!" One of them shouted, closing the door behind the group.

"Stop laughing, I didn't finish with that." You murmured, guiding Daeho's head at your direction and pressing another cotton disk to his lip, soaking up the fresh blood that started flowing out of the wound again, after Dae stretched his lips in a genuine smile.

Fifteen minutes later, like a clockwork, your friends burst into your apartment, Daeho and you still sitting in the kitchen in a precious silence.

"We don't have much either, but you know," Jungheul put the bags on the table, immediately opening one of them and taking the homemade food out. "A thread from everyone bluh bluh bluh, huh."

With them taking food out of their bags the small kitchen table of yours became stuffed, with no place to drop a coin to.

"You know, when we said we wanna celebrate this New Year with you, we meant it." Eunji said with such softness in her voice, Daeho breathed out inaudibly, his jaw left quivering and tears welling up in his warm brown eyes.

As soon as you finished helping with the table, you sat yourself down on one of Daeho's legs, letting your friends take the rest of the chairs, and put a small, tender kiss on his temple.

That was yours and Daeho's first New Year celebration in Seoul, amongst your friends. Behind the soundproof windows and doors closed shut, but yet with loud buzzing, roar of your friends singing, laughing and telling old embarrassing stories.

Maybe it's not your last New Year in Seoul.

[boltedgarlic]

04/05/2013

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오! 수정 / Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors Hong Sang-soo. 2000

Palace 1-56 Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea See in map

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