24 Mar 2009, Posted by Matt in Buddhist Temples, Festivals & Holidays, Food & Drink, Gyeongsang, Historic Korea, Nature, 36 Comments
Jinhae’s Cherry Blossoms
On the road from Masan to Jinhae. After emerging from a tunnel, the hills are covered in pink blossoms.
The city of Jinhae (진해시), is a special city located on a mountainous stretch of Korea’s namhae, or southern coastline. The town is best known as home to the world’s largest number of flowering cherry trees, or beotkkot namu (벚꽃 나무). For only a few short weeks each spring, an estimated 340,000 trees burst into a virtual sea of pale-pink blossoms. Fortunately, for the past 46 years, the hospitable people of Jinhae have shared their local treasure with the world as hosts of the Jinhae Gunhangjae (군항제), or Naval Port Festival.
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