The shooting location that I’m gonna talk about is Kim Sam Soon’s House. Many Kim Sam Soon’s fans should have remember that Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) mortgage her father house to Hyun Jin Heon (Hyun Bin) in order to pay off the debts. This is also how their relationships started to grow.

Many will have remember that this wooden pavilion (Picture 1). Yup, that was where Jin Heon (Hyun Bin) had always sat to wait for Kim Sam Soon to alight from the bus. However the wooden pavilion is slightly different from what is shown in the drama. Think it might have been renovated.

Next we have arrived at the O’Wall Wine & Pasta by HJ. If you remember, this store used to be a convenience store where Kim Sam Soon asked for a cigarette to smoke. ^^

Moving on I turned back and took another photo. This is the road where Kim Sam Soon used to walk home after she alighted from the bus.

Next coming to the long slope way to Kim Sam Soon’s House. This slope is quite steep and I think I can really lose weight if I would to climb up and down everyday ^^

Tala! And here we are outside Kim Sam Soon’s House. The gate had been painted in white (if I don’t remember wrongly, it used to be in blue or silver)

I actually took a peep inside the house and see if anyone is living in the house. Unfortunately, no one was staying in the house and there is a small notice pasted at the side door – ‘House For Rent’. I also noticed that the swing was no longer there.

Overall I feel happy that I would able to visit the location, while looking at this photos really brought back alot of memories to me. Including the drama and my visit to the house.^^

Innisfree advertise through from Jeju’s natural vitality, makes skin shine and clean. Innisfree is a brand under Amore Pacific Company.

For readers who  are interested in buying Innisfree products, please visit Koreanthings.com

In order to preserve the bloodline and maintain the species, each has a special chip placed in its body as soon as it is born in order to keep track of them, and you need to have a government permit to remove one from the island.

A one-month old Jindo Gae on Jindo Island.

Most Jindogae fall into five categories, according to appearance;
1) Yellow dog (hwanggu,황구)
2) White dog (baekgu, 백구)
3) Gray dog (jaegu, 재구)
4) Tiger dog (hogu, 호구)
5) Four-eyed dog (nenunbagi, 네눈박이)

In very rare cased you can find Jindogae that are more reddish than yellow, or that have alternating colors like baduk board.

Yellow dog (hwanggu,황구)

White dog (baekgu, 백구)

Gray dog (jaegu, 재구)

Tiger dog (hogu, 호구)

Four-eyed dog (nenunbagi, 네눈박이)

Jindogae are famous for being highly active and thoroughly faithful to their owners. There are many touching stories about them, like when one was found next to its owner five days after the owner had died, or about one that crossed several provinces to find its way home. It is a Korean dog, one well loved for its courage and strength despite its small size, and for its intelligence.

Source: Arirang
Photos: Google

Through time and space, the pursuit of beauty is the dream of all women. It is passed down from generation to generation through the collection of a variety of world and traditional beauty recipes tested, to retrieve the skin passage of time.

Integrated handed down from generation to generation around the world, conducive to the diversity of skin secrets, The Saem open up to 49 series and 750 kinds of products. Each product is given an interesting story behind it.

The Saem spokesman – Lee Seung Gi

He is active in drama, arts community and ranked as one of the top stars last year. With a 40% ratings in his Korean drama “Brilliant Legacy” gained him a high popularity.

The Saem company said: “Lee Seung Gi is not only humble, but he is also honest and has a healthy image.  He also gives out a charm that can stimulate the female feeling, therefore he can be expected to play a strong force as the spokesman of The Saem.”

For readers who  are interested in buying The Saem products, please visit Koreanthings.com

It is a traditional Korea house located in the Bukchon Hanok Village. However only the gate of Sanggojae and the surrounding roads were filmed in Bukchon Hanok Village. The interior of Sanggojae was filmed in another location.

Bukchon Hanok Village is a village with alot of traditional Korea house located there. Pay a visit there when you are in Seoul and you will know the trip is really worth it!

For those who like to purchase Lee Min Ho’ character cute lion doll ‘Minomi’, please visit koreanthings.com

Myeong Dong Shop 1

Just like the name, consumers will introduce to a dream-like style decoration in the store, giving them a feeling full of magic. Using this magic idea, there are more than 600 cosmetics and skincare products exist in the shop itself which we could not see in other skincare shops.

Opening Ceremony of Myeong Dong Shop 1

Using the theme of ‘magic moment’ to see the changes in your skin in just a moment, this mysterious and idealized Holika Holika products stimulated the curiosity of the consumers.

Inside Myeong Dong Shop  1

With the high popularity of CN Blue, and the image that CN Blue gives, Holika Holika targeted their market of women at the age of 20 years old. This is very much in line with the CN Blue’s gentle and remarkable image who could lead 20 years old women with great response to the products.

Branches:

• Myeongdong

Myeongdong Shop 1
Address: 서울시 중구 명동2가 52-11
Tel: 02-310-9511
Opening Hours: 09.00 ~ 23.00

Myeongdong Shop 2
Address: 서울시 중구 명동1가 54-10
Tel: 02-756-9944
Opening Hours: 09.00 ~ 23.00

Myeongdong Shop 3
Address: 서울시 중구 충무로1가 22-10 1 층
Tel: 02-771-8933
Opening Hours: 09.00 ~ 23.00

Website: www.holikaholika.co.kr

For readers who like to get CN Blue’s Holika Holika items OR Holika Holika products, please visit koreanthings

It’s the name of a traditional fictional character, but it is also used like ‘John Doe’, for example on sample forms you see in banks, airports, and public offices.

Hong Gildong’s birthplace

Hong Gildong is the name of the main character in the first Korean novel written in hangeul instead of literary Chinese, titled Hong Gildong Jeon. In the story he is portrayed as a Robin Hood type of figure who steals to help the poor. Every Korean knows the story, and that’s how his name came to be the most common example of a name.

Recently, some scholars have begun to claim that the novel was based on a real character by that name. The township of Hwangnyong-myeon, in Jangseong-gu, South Jeolla province, claims it has restored the house Hong Gildong was born in and has turned the structure into a tourist attraction.

You, too, should take the time to visit his ‘birthplace’ if you have an interest in someone who used mystical means to appear out of nowhere and vanish again as he punished those involved in corruption.

Source From: Arirang

Bonjuk porridge has a lot of franchise in South Korea. Besides selling porridge, they also own a Bonjuk Bibimbap shop. Most of their franchise are located in downtown area where it can be easily found.

Many times we seen actors or actresses carried a Bonjuk bag in the drama visiting their sick Mum or Dad. In the past, South Koreans used to eat porridge when they are sick, but now many of them like to eat fresh healthy porridge to clear away the toxic in their body.

Boys Before Flowers Cheese Porridge – W7000

Because of the ‘Boys Before Flowers’ drama, Bonjuk introduces a new porridge named ‘Boys Before Flowers Cheese Porridge’. This porridge can be found in the the Bonjuk menu.

Boys Before Flowers Cheese Porridge

So to all Boys Before Flowers fans, be sure to order this porridge when you visit Bonjuk in Korea in your next trip!

One factor that helps preserve the food and ingredients contained withing is that the pots, despite the fluctuating temperatures of the seasons, tend to retain a constant temperature on the inside.

This allows for the flavor of the seasonings, sauces and pickled foods to be retained for several years. While Korean housewives may add the devotion needed to make a dish complete, it would not be a stretch to say  that these pots give birth to the very aromas and flavors found on Korean tables.

1. Traditional soy sauce pots in Korea are usually very wide in the middle. The wider the pot is, the better it will retain the proper temperature inside the pot.
2. Korean chili paste (Gochujang 고추장), is made annually and preserved in medium sized pots. The medium sized pots are placed in the front row or in the corner for convenient access.
3. The taste of Korean soybean paste (Doenjang 된장) is enhanced by sunlight. In addition, sunlight also prevents doenjang from molding. Therefore, Koreans typically open the lid of the pots on sunny days.

Pot Arrangements and Functions

Korean earthenware pots are typically lined up (with larger pots placed behind smaller ones for convenience) in two or three rows in well ventilated areas with plenty of sunlight. This allows air and moisture to slowly seep through the pots’ walls, which enhances the flavor of the food that is contained within.

Over time, these pots have been known to help filter away toxins that are hazardous to humans. Having foods ferment inside pots for a long time ensures that the pot will retain the fresh quality of the food.

Source From: Korea Tourism Organization

Bae Yong Joon who was appointed as the ambassador to promote Korean tourism last year October, appeared in a special commercial to promote Korea and the “2010-2012 Visit Korea Year” campaign.

“We expect this television commercial to create a huge sensation overseas,” explained Mr Roh Young Woo, Managing Director of Visit Korea Year Committee. “We hope that viewers overseas will become more interested and more fond of Korea through watching the commercial.”

The commercial started airing Friday in Japan on DATV and will be broadcast soon in other regions.

Bae Yong Joon, 37, has been actively promoting Korean culture in Asia since shooting to stardom in the region after starring in 2002 hit TV series “Winter Sonata” alongside actress Choi Ji Woo.

Last year, he released a photo essay titled “Discovering the Beauty of Korea”, which contains self-taken photographs of various cultural artisans that the actor met during his year-long travel around the country. He authored the book in order to introduce Korean culture such as food, tradition and travel locations.

Bae Yong Joon’s Visit Korea Year Commercial

Source From: Asiae
Video From: Youtube – deka90009 (thanks for sharing!)