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Jeju Top 10: the Best Museums and Sites on Korea’s island of Jeju

Going to Korea’s Jeju Island? You’ll be astounded by the wealth of museums, parks, and historical sites on the island, all within a half-day’s driving distance of each other. In terms of museums alone, Jeju’s offerings constitute the largest concentration of outstanding museums that we here at WoWasis have seen in Asia, and many of […]

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A magnificent stroll through Jeju Art Park on Korea’s Jeju Island

Korea’s Jeju Island has a wealth of outdoor experiences, so many, in fact that it’s easy to miss several good ones. Here at WoWasis, we feel that the Jeju Art Park is something you shouldn’t miss. The Art Park has more than 160 art works by Korean sculptors, laid out over a large 430,000 square […]

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Walk Korea’s spectacular Yongmeori Coast on Jeju Island

There’s lots of magnificent coastline in Korea, but for us here at WoWasis, the Yongmeori Coast in southwestern Jeju Island is hard to beat. Its rock formations are vivid and particularly colorful with the afternoon sun. To get here, you cross the highway from Sanbangsan mountain and walk a few meters to the ticket booth. […]

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WoWasis book review: Sung Bum-Young’s ‘The Spirited Garden’ (Korean Bonsai Culture)

Sung Bum-Young founded ‘The Spirited Garden’ on Korea’s Jeju island, in 1968. The garden is a world-renowned bonsai venue, and is in Jeju’s Top Ten attractions. You simply can’t miss seeing it when you’re there.  What every visitor yearns to discover is how this garden was built. This book, The Spirited Garden: The Story of […]

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WoWasis book review: Brenda Sunoo’s ‘Moon Tides: Jeju Island Grannies of the Sea’

One of the most compelling cultural elements of Korea are the haenyeo, women who free-dive in the sea to catch food and capture seaweed. There are two books currently available on the haenyeo. One of them, Mother of the Sea: the Jeju Haenyeo, is also the subject of a WoWasis book review. Brenda Paik Sunoo’s […]

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Jeju island’s spectacular ‘Spririted Garden’ of bonsai (bunjae) trees

Sung Bum-young’s bonsai garden is a “can’t miss” experience on Korea’s Jeju island

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How to avoid car rental snafus on Korea’s Jeju Island

Here at WoWasis, the worst car rental snafu we ever had was in Manila. We booked a car from a well-known rental car company, and when we got to Manila, there was no desk and no representative. It turns out that there hadn’t been one for months. On Korea’s Jeju Island, we nearly had a […]

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Korea’s Jeju Love Land: the Sexiest museum in Asia?

South Korea’s wild museum of sex is full of art, humor, and is politically incorrect to the extreme

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Visiting for a few hours on beautiful U-Do Island, Korea

U-Do island is only 15 minutes by ferry from South Korea’s Jeju island, and worth a visit

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Korea’s traditional Haenyeo female freedivers pass into history: see them while you can

Traditional Korean haenyeo female divers are quickly becoming a thing of the past; see them now, while you can.

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