Aya and I had a short trip to Seoul in South Korea from March 4 to 6,
2024.
According to her advice, we enjoyed Korean food, such as boiled chicken and
カルグクス. Basically, the places we visited were decided by Aya, who got
information from Japanese YouTuber, カオルちゃん.
I only had one request to visit the border between South Korea (Republic of
Korea) and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), which was
accepted by her.
We were really impressed to see the reality of North Korea through binoculars
from the observation point on the hill in South Korea. Some villagers were
walking between the fields. Everything there was monotonous.
Seoul was a well-developed city, but was not as clean as I expected. To us, the capital looked a little bit dusty. I would
say that I am not a big fan of Korean food, unchanged from my impression from my
first trip to South Korea almost 30 years ago. It is true, however, that
visiting foreign countries is the best way to realize the wonderfulness of our
home country, Japan.