There are numerous beautiful places you can go to see cherry blossoms in all over South korea, including most beautiful capital city Seoul.

If you are considering what is the different between sakura in japan and cherry blossoms in korea, then it’s actually the same. What we need to know is actually another type of similar blooming trees on spring, namely peach and plum blossoms.

It looks similar and blooms earlier than cherry blossoms, and you will definitely didn’t realize it until someone corrected you when you think that flower is cherry blossoms. Just to inform you that it looks similar, but if you look at up close, then you will see it’s different.

Most of the cherry trees in Korea are believed to be a slightly different species of tree than those in Japan. The Korean cherry tree, known as the ‘king cherry’ originated from Jeju Island, which is also the first place that the cherry blossom occurred in due to its slightly warmer climate.

Just to let you know that this King Cherry blossom tree is slightly different from most other types of cherry blossom tree because the blooms are huge, and they only bloom in full force for a couple of days at a time. Before you come to korea, make sure you have T-money, or Discover Seoul pass or korea rail pass to makes your travel easier, just in case you need it.

Enjoy your travel.

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