2 April 2026
Peak forecast
Anyangcheon cherry blossoms
Many people travel half way around the world to see some blossoms in a tree that are probably very similar to those that appear on the street they live on or in a nearby park, I am not one of those people. I prefer dead leaves to blossoms.
However today was my designated rest day, with a wonderfully polluted clear blue sky. My phone news feed told me today was peak forecast for blossoms in Seoul, so I decided to click the clickbait and go to the list of top viewing spots, complete with options to buy tickets. Presumably the ticket buys you a map to the location of the flood control drain where the blossoms are located.
So I went and saw blossoms, all 8km of them in a double sided blossom tunnel. I did not remove my shoes to walk in red clay. I will see more red clay walks later in this trip, which I have also seen before too.
Straight to the blossoms. It is a Thursday morning, but as you can see here they have crowd control measures to avoid people getting crushed in blossom hysteria. No crowd control needed today.
Behold, the tunnel of excitement, and old people exercise equipment.
On the left here is the red clay barefoot walking bit. There are lots of them along here. There are signs asking you not to walk in it with shoes on.
Lots of unemployed people are sitting under the blossoms enjoying the drain view.
To be fair, it is probably the longest blossom tunnel I have ever seen.
Notice there are blossoms on both sides. It goes right around the corner in the far distance of the river in this photo.
Every now and then, there is a section of blossom free trees. What even is the point of trees without blossoms? Bulldoze them immediately.
Nearby is the skydome, I do not know what sort of things go on under the dome. Maybe it's a megachurch.
Last blossom and red clay shot. That is a train station mounted over the river in the distance.
Lunch today was from a bakery. They had sold out of most of the normal sandwiches so I ended up with a cream cheese bagel and a small cake. It was very nice, they had somewhere to sit, and it was cheap too.
Not many photos today, but lots of blossom shots.