A super short, sweet photo montage of cherry blossoms in Korea. Because, you know, it’s a thing, apparently.
Cherry blossoms have been around for a long time, but I don’t think they have gotten this much hype ever. They’re everywhere, tv shows, advertisements, instagram, twitter, news outlets (because spring + cherry blossoms are so newsworthy?), travel websites and Facebook. Just everywhere. These photos aren’t from Seoul, although you can get a glimpse of them almost everywhere in Korea. The photos are also from a few years back when I was a baby reporter at The Korea Times (2008!) and was covering the cherry blossom festival for the paper. So the person you see in pink (yes, I tried to color coordinate.) is me.
For more info, visit the Korea tourism website or the festival website. I’m afraid it’s over now, but there’s always next year, right?
All photos by Shim Hyun-chul.