Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival

Have you ever gone to the Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival? I have! There are many sights to see. The city of Jinhea is famous since it is the city with the most blossoming cherry trees in the world. When we got to the Cherry Blossom Festival the first thing I saw was…A BIG RED SHINY TRAIN!!!! We waved to the passengers.

      The train was going really slow and lots of people were trying to get pictures of themselves standing in front of the train as it was coming up behind them.

After the train went by my mommy and I posed on the train tracks.

After that we went to the famous bridge where there are a whole lot of cherry trees. It is really beautiful! The pink peddles were falling and the sun was shinning! It was like warm snow in spring!

This was just the street that we parked on. Lots of the sides streets where lined with cheery trees and really pretty.

This is the famous bridge that everyone gets there picture taken at. It was really
pretty but it was packed with people trying to take pictures.

We decided to take pictures from the side of the bridge since everyone else
were trying to get pictures at the end of the bridge. I liked this view better anyways :)

Then we explored the vendors and found many kids craft tents. I painted a ceramic rabbit car pen holder. Then we spotted a Bow and arrows tent. They are made of bamboo wood. We bought one for 6 bucks. It came with the bow and 5 arrows.

Painting my rabbit car pen holder.

The cool bows.

These were toy swords you could buy. Much cooler than the toy
swords you would fine at a festival in America.

We then climbed up a bunch of stairs on went up this cool lookout. You could see the whole city and the sea from the top of the look out. It was really neat up there.

At the top of the lookout. 

Taking pics of Jinhae

There were 365 steps leading up the mountain to the lookout. It is called the "Year Stairway."

It always seems that I become an attraction to the locals when I go to festivals.
I always have people want to get their picture taken with me :)

After that we were all hungry so we went to a chicken ginseng soup restaurant. The chicken was filled with rice, dates, ginseng and some other stuff. We tried the food and I was not surprised. My mom and dad liked it, but they said it would have been better with wild rice. 

Yummy sam gyeop tang. 

The cherry blossom was really good. I wish we had boughten more.

For dessert we bought some of the famous cherry blossom bread! Then it was time to go. I love the cherry Blossom festival!

Great Video Montage of Korea

I came across this video that I really like. It shows a lot of the things that I really like about Korea. I hope you enjoy it.

Jinhae Naval Academy

The first warship we went on.

My family and I went to the Jinhae Cherry Blossom festival twice. This is about our first trip.  I was so excited to be there. On this trip we spent the day at the Naval Academy.  The Naval Academy is only open to the public during this festival. They have two war ships and one turtle ship the tourists can explore! 

On the first war ship, the sailor told me about a how a helicopter can land on ship.  

This is the area where the helicopter would be parked. But today it was used as a concession area.

Another cool thing this ship has is a HUGE gun thingy. The barrel is as long as three of me. 

My mommy, daddy and I in front of the huge cannon.

On the second ship I saw mini boats. The mini boats are the ones that head to the land and the soldiers jump out with their guns. The back end falls open and is a ramp for the soldiers. 

The next cool thing I saw were the Gunner Pod things. This is where the soldier sits inside a glass ball and gets to shoot his big gun. It looks like it can rotate so the gunner can shoot in all directions.  

One of the many cool looking gunner pods.

Reporting for duty.

The last exciting thing I did on this ship was, I went in the control room. I got to sit in the captain’s chair! The ship was really Big! I liked the warship. 

I hope I don't accidentally shoot a missile off.

Sitting in the captains chair!

The last ship we saw was the turtle ship. In the turtle ship’s parking lot the motorcycle police were demonstrating their different formations. They had to drive by us a handful of times and ask the observers to stand back. Many observers didn’t listen so they started their show late. They did different shapes and I liked the triangle.  When we reached the turtle ship I really liked the way it looked. It’s roof is covered in spikes and it has a cool dragon figurine mounted on the front of it.

We had a great time! I would really recommend that you see the Naval Academy, and remember it is only open to the public during the Cherry Blossom Festival.