Cherry blossoms in Seoul: See them before their gone at Yeouido and Samcheongdong

The cherry blossoms at Yeouido are lit up at night and glow a beautiful pink florescent color.

     

Blossoms at the Samcheongdong public library.

   The cherry blossoms are in full bloom every year in mid-April but they will not last forever. I attended the festival in Yeouido Park last night to see the flowers, as well as a public park located in the ever popular Samcheongdong. Both of these places should have blossoms for the next few days, but hurry because the wind is blowing and the rain is coming!
    The cherry blossom festival in Yeouido happens every year. There was a huge crowd and tons of carnival-like food such as cotton candy, churros, and of course Korean dried squid. The best place to see the blossoms is to go near the National Assembly Building. Here the blossoms are lit up at night, and there is a very short fireworks display on the final nights of the festival. I mean really short, the entire show lasted about 3 minutes. Bring your camera or Polaroid as the Koreans do, and take tons of pictures! Simply take line 5 (purple) and exit Yeouinaru and turn left when you come out exit 3. You will be right by the Han River and the 63 building.

The cherry blossom trees surround the entire library grounds.

    Although most people go to Yeouido to see the blossoms, I actually found the trees in Samcheongdong to be just as beautiful. The public library is directly to the right of the main road, and you will see a sign that reads Jeongdok Public Library like the one pictured below. They have an English website if you want to learn more about it before going. You may get a library card and they do have a small English section of books you can check out for 2 weeks.  Otherwise, just stroll along the beautiful grounds and hang out in the park.


    To get to Samcheongdong travel to Anguk Station and take Exit 2. Walk straight until you see a cobble stone lined pathway on your right. You can't miss it, this is the Samcheongdong walkway, and follow it straight until the split where you will see the library on your right.
















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