31 March 2026
Syringe full of salmon sperm
Insadong Ssamziegil
On my various strolls up streets filled with buildings covered in gigantic 3D billboards, I have been constantly seeing ads of fake looking alien faces with Korean hair with what looks like a syringe next to it, and the 'word' Rejuran (which also should be in quotes to express it's fakeness).
I have been trying to get a photo of one of the billboards for a while but they always change back to BTS before I can get my camera out. Anyway, I decided to research what Rejuran is, because I am clueless to all of this because of my natural beauty, and already western looking face that does not need to be cut into to make it look less Korean.
So it turns out that Rejuran is salmon sperm in a syringe, that you inject into your face, and people are flying to Korea specifically to use it, because someone on instagram told them it's great.
Let me check on the oil price again, salmon sperm tourism is using it all.
So anyway, tonight I went to Insadong and had curry.
Finally, the entire gang is back together. Thugs.
This area next to the main castle used to be a field of flowers to prance through, they seem to have plowed (ploughed) them into the ground, and now a twisted bit of pointless construction is rising in their place.
This is Insadong, where all the tourists go to buy trinkets. I expected it to be busier.
I visit this spot on each visit for some reason. There is a tourist market at the bottom as maybe you can see.
This is probably the most famous shop for tourists in Korea, today I learned it is called Ssamziegil, double s at the start like the Ssangyong car company, and yet Samsung is not Ssamsung. Anyway, you cannot tell from the photo but I am standing inside the spiral walkway that goes continually up until presumably you get to the top and jump.
As you get further along Insadong, the shops get less expensive and more filled with plastic.
Random busy night scene.
And finally, my curry. Tofu and vegetable. This is From Abiko curry, which I think is better than Coco curry, which they have here also. I feel as though Abiko is like Coco used to be 10 years ago.
Tomorrow is a hiking day. It will be cloudy.