Beautiful Busan

I left my heart in South Korea....

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December 2nd 2014
Before coming to Japan, travelling to Korea was never something I'd really thought about. However, I made a friend here in Japan who was from Busan and one who had spent a month in Seoul, the capital city and from their stories I suddenly became curious and wanted to see for myself what it was like. Fukuoka sits just a short 3 hour boat journey away from the beautiful city of Busan so it was perfe ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Busan

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more