Jiwoo Kim
Planning Your First Trip to Korea? Start Here One guide to plan a whole Korea trip — entry rules, the high-speed trains, which cities to pick, where to stay, what to eat and how much it costs, from people who travel here constantly. Last Updated: June 2026 South Korea at a glance Visa & entry … Read more
Stand-Up Paddleboarding at Gwangalli: A Beginner’s Guide Gwangalli is Busan’s calm-water playground and Korea’s most popular spot to stand-up paddleboard — a sheltered bay with the Gwangan Bridge filling the horizon, so every paddle comes with a postcard backdrop. A basic lesson plus free paddle costs from around ₩11,000–40,000, runs in basic English, and most … Read more
Getting Around Busan: Metro, Buses, Taxis & the Airport Busan looks sprawling on a map, but it’s one of the easiest big cities in Asia to get around once you know the system. This is the whole thing in one place: the one transport card to buy, how the metro really works, when to grab … Read more
Busan Yacht Tour: Sunset & Night Cruise Under Gwangan Bridge Gliding out of Haeundae on a catamaran as the Gwangan Bridge lights up, a cold drink in hand and fireworks crackling off the stern — a Busan yacht tour is the city’s most romantic hour, and it costs less than dinner. Here’s everything: day vs … Read more
Learning to Surf at Songjeong Beach, Busan Busan has a real surf town inside the city limits, and Songjeong Beach is where almost everyone in Korea catches their first wave. Gentle, shallow and sandy, with a strip of surf schools where a two-hour beginner lesson costs about ₩65,000 — board, wetsuit and unlimited free surfing … Read more
Skyline Luge Busan: How to Ride Korea’s First Luge Steer a gravity-powered cart down 2.4 km of winding track high above the East Busan coast, then soar back over it on the Hyfly zipline. The Skyline Luge in Gijang is the city’s most addictive hit of silly, grinning fun — and it works for everyone … Read more
A Night at Sajik Stadium: Watching the Lotte Giants in Busan A Lotte Giants home game is the single best night out in Busan — three hours of synchronized chants, orange plastic-bag hats, fried chicken and 23,000 people singing ‘Busan Seagull’ in unison. You don’t need to know a thing about baseball. This is the … Read more
Busan Activities: 25+ Ways to Surf, Sail, Luge & Hike Busan isn’t a city you just look at — it’s Korea’s outdoor playground, where you can surf at sunrise, hike a mountain fortress by noon, sail under a lit-up bridge at sunset and scream along with 20,000 baseball fans by night. This is the complete, … Read more
What to Eat in Busan: 25+ Dishes & Where Locals Go Busan is Korea’s greatest food city after Seoul — and for market eating, seafood and one-bowl soul food, many Koreans would say it’s better. This is the complete, fact-checked guide to eating your way through it: the iconic dishes and the stories behind them, … Read more
Busan in 4 Days: A Detailed Day-by-Day Itinerary A local’s complete 3-night, 4-day Busan itinerary — grouped by area so you never zig-zag, planned hour by hour, with a full guide linked for every single stop. Beaches and a clifftop temple, the old-town markets, the city’s nightlife, and a day trip to finish. Last updated: … Read more
