Quick, take a million pictures with the cherry blossoms!

Even before the cherry trees were in bloom, everyone was talking about them. When they would bloom, if the local festivals would be timed right for the blooming, if it will rain and ruin all the flowers and potential selfie shots etc. Springtime here is marked by an obsession with getting as many selfies with the cherry blossoms as possible. If the cherry trees were a celebrity, they would be on the Beyonce level A list status.

To be fair, the trees are beautiful to look at and are everywhere. So when they do bloom, it is worth it to go to one of the many sites with lots of trees or to one of the many festivals celebrating spring and the arrival of the shy natural celebrity, the cherry blossoms.

The hill at Jinhae that you could walk up and get a nice view.

It was a beautiful sunny day, full of trees and lots of Korean couples, matching head to toe (in many cases) and holding selfie aparatuses for their phones in order to take the best selfie couple shot with the trees. We wandered around sampling food and taking a million pictures and walking until we couldn't walk anymore.

Map of the festival site with all of the major photo highlights. Everything was within walking distance.

So, without further ado, here are some pictures of my day trip to the Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival!

All of us waiting in the excessively long line to get on the bus to Jinhae.

Lunch break! Roasted pig, so good!

Entrance to the love bridge walkway, can you see the crowds?

Walking along the love bridge

One of the bridges that span the stream

Mandatory selfie with Sarah, my apartment mate!

 



Ice cream cones! Yes they look strange...

Chocolate and vanilla ice cream! Cone tasted like cereal, interesting combo.

Cool umbrellas!

Yes, it's necessary to have cotton candy larger then your head

strollin along the stream.

Cherry blossoms! As if you haven't seen enough yet.



We sat and massaged our feet while watching a tradition fan dance

 

Before I wrap up this post, it is necessary to talk about Couple Tees. It is quite the trend in Korea for couples to show their togetherness by wearing the same clothes. Some do it more than others, but it is there nontheless. Not all couples do it, but those that do are very proud of themselves. I decided to take pictures of the best ones, so here are a few (Obviously none of the couples posed for these pictures, so these are moderately creepy, but I'm sure they would've posed had I had the time to ask!).

 

Examining their latest selfie shots with the cotton candy.

Walking along, notice the different pants, but same shirt.

Is she wearing a belt? Sweater, short, pants combo complete.

Ahh the end of a glorious, cherry blossom filled day. I think I have had enough cherry blossoms for the year.