Gijang things to do

This Church on a Busan Cliff Isn’t Real — But the Sunrise Behind It Is

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Jukseong Church on a cliff in Gijang, Busan, photographed during New Year's

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

I Walked Through a 400-Year-Old Bamboo Forest in Busan — Here’s What Surprised Me

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Looking up through towering bamboo stalks at a sliver of sky in Ahopsan Forest, Busan

When most people think of Busan, they picture waves crashing against Haeundae Beach or the colorful rooftops of Gamcheon Culture Village. I did too, until I found myself standing in a bamboo grove so dense that the sky nearly disappeared. Ahopsan Forest is the kind of place that doesn’t show up on the typical Busan … Read more