Gyeong Hwa Station
I was instantly enticed by the falling cherry blossom petals in Spring Waltz.
Do you remember one of them, the scene that Suho was following his father crossing the rails? And the silently moving train, cherry blossom, and the falling petals....
The other was the scene that Suho and Eunyoung were walking on the station's platform when they were heading to Seoul leaving CheongSan island... The two were passing by the place where cherry blossom flowers were covering all their above... it was a cherry blossom tunnel. I cannot forget that beautiful scene.
I really wanted to know the place. It was 'GyeongHwa Station' in Jinhae.
I visited this station twice since I really wanted to see cherry blossom petals falling like snow flakes as in the scene in the TV show.
I traveled there on April 7, 2007 and on March 30, 2009. The reason why I visited the station twice was that I could not see the petals falling like snow flakes as I saw in the show. I thought that April 7 is too late and went there earlier on March 30 next time. However, on both occasions, I could not see the picture that I wanted.
On my first trip, already lots of petals were fallen. On the second trip, the blossoms were not in full bloom since I arrived there too early. Even though my second travel falls on the date of the naval port festival (a very famous festival in Jinhae for its beautiful cherry blossom), the blossoms in the station were not in full bloom. It would be very difficult to predict the exact date but I guess it might be around April 5. If you really want to know the exact date, you may call the Jinhae naval port festival office, since this festival is held every year and there are lots of volunteers to help the tourists.
On my first travel, I just visited the station and left for another city. On the other hand, on my second trip, I visited other places in Jinhae and the naval port (open to the public during the festival) to enjoy the cherry blossom. Places such as Yeojwa stream (CNN Go picked this as one of the most beautiful places in Korea. Gyeongwha station was also selected as one of them. http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/visit/50-beautiful-places-visit-korea-873093 ) had lots of cherry blossoms in full bloom unlike the station.
Both times, I drove there. My first travel fell on Saturday of naval port festival, which took me around 1~2 hours to enter the city because of the traffic jam.
During the festival, Jinhae Naval Academy is open to the public allowing you to see not only the cherry blossom trees but also the naval vessels.
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