Category: Tokyo Boy

Protesters in Myeongdong asking for peace.

Even though there’s always a lot of talk about how Koreans still harbor hatred towards the Japanese, they are definitely quick to embrace Japanese fashions. This shop in Myeongdong had this diplay at the door which featured covers from famous Japanese fashion magazines (Yuko always buys NON-NO). The clothes inside was of the type you…

And this is the delicious bibimbap we had at said diner, served in a stone hot pot. On the right you can see the metal chopsticks that Koreans often use when they eat.

Yuko getting ready to chow down in a Korean diner.

Walking down a street in Myeongdong, Seoul’s main shopping area.

Some small posters for the film NARC.

These little trailers were being used pretty much everywhere. One of the things that reminded me of China.

A few Korean films that were playing in theatres. BTW, this is the 500th post on the Nej blog. I don’t know if I did it in good time (been blogging on this site since October of last year, so that means it took 7-8 months to do it), but for me it feels like…

One of the things I always look at when I visit a country are the phone booths. They don’t top the retro-futuristic oval-shaped ones in Beijing, but still, not bad.

This emergency kit was on the outside balcony. It, as well as our room, looked fairly old. The hotel was fine, but for a 4-star hotel I was a bit disapointed. We had much better accomodations on our trip to Hong Kong, and I was expecting better in Seoul. It just felt like the place…