I showed up before dawn on New Year’s morning, half-awake and cold, to a clifftop in Gijang where a white church with a red roof stood against a still-dark sky. The sun hadn’t risen yet. A handful of photographers had already claimed their spots along the rocks. When the light finally broke over the East … Read more
Haedong Yonggungsa is a Buddhist temple in Gijang-gun, Busan, built directly along the coastline — making it one of the few temples in Korea where the sea and the temple grounds can be seen together in one frame. Admission is free, the visit takes roughly 40 minutes to an hour, and the site holds more … Read more
Tucked behind a curtain of towering rock cliffs on Geumjeongsan Mountain, Seokbulsa Temple is one of Busan’s most quietly extraordinary places to visit. Featured in Lonely Planet and listed as the final stop on the unofficial Jungkook trail through his childhood neighborhood of Mandeok-dong — as highlighted on the official Visit Busan website — this … Read more