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Spring in Jeju: 2 Korean Cherry Blossom Sites in Jeju City

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Spring in Jeju brings an influx of beautiful Korean cherry blossom trees throughout Jeju Island. And, as our top 40 Spring in Korea photographs will prove, spring is the best time to visit South Korea! Even the island’s capital, Jeju City, spots the pink buds throughout its city streets.

If you’re looking for what to do on Jeju to make the most of the season, don’t miss our guide to the best Spring Things to Do in Jeju Island!

Before You Go

The best thing about spring in Korea is the Korean cherry blossom trees!



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Jeju Spring

Though Jeju Island is known for its beautiful summer scenery, such as this Hidden Beach, the accessible Iho Beach, or Sagye Beach with its view of Sanbangsan, its spring scenery is also quite stunning. Indeed, the arrival of spring on Jeju Island is a lovely departure from the cold Jeju Island winters we have just lived through, and seriously rivaling the spectacular Korean autumn we had experienced, such as Daedunsan or these other romantic spots to enjoy autumn in Korea.

Jeju Island sees flowers blooming everywhere during this enchanting season of spring in Jeju, and Korean cherry blossom flowers make some of the greatest impact. Koreans everywhere laud Jeju spring for its cherry blossoms, as its milder climate allows the island to bear some of the earliest blooms in the country.

Special to Jeju are its stunning and large wild cherry blossoms, known as “wangbeotggot” (왕 벚꽃) or “large cherry blossom.”

Korean Cherry Blossom Sites in Jeju City

A well-known highlight of spring in Jeju City is its annual cherry blossom festival, but blossoms flourish several places across the island (if festival are your thing, you’ll love this Cherry Blossom Festival Japan).

Whether you’d prefer to wander beneath the blushing Korean cherry blossom buds in peace and quiet, or you’d rather enjoy the flowers as a backdrop for the spectacle of Korean and Chinese tourists, here are two often overlooked places you can check out cherry blossoms in Jeju City if you’re lucky to spend spring in Jeju Island.

Now let’s get on with our recommended Korean cherry blossom sites in Jeju City!

Close-up of a Korean cherry blossom

Jeju High School (제주고등학교)

Located just down the road from Halla Arboretum and up the hill from Halla University, Jeju High School tucks itself away in a quieter part of Jeju City. During the Korean cherry blossom season, the school’s trees stand in full bloom, peeking out the entrance to the school.

We happened upon the high school’s blossoms one beautiful early April day in Jeju spring, while en route to the arboretum. They merited a closer look, and then we noticed the blossom-filled campus.

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After entering the school’s gates, you quickly find yourself on a path enveloped by blossoms, and you’ll likely have it all to yourself.

Korean cherry blossom trees at Jeju High School in the capital city of Jeju Island

You can follow this road down to the baseball field, where on the weekends there you can catch boys playing baseball, men smoking while exercising, and the sound of students practicing martial arts in nearby buildings.

Baseball players beneath the Korean cherry blossom trees in Jeju City

You can walk through the baseball field to the other side, or follow the edge of the fence. Past the baseball field sits a little hill covered in picture-perfect fluffy blossoms. It would be a fantastic little local place on Jeju Island for a picnic (kimbap and banana milk, anyone?), enjoying the spring sunshine while watching boys playing baseball.

Korean cherry blossom delight in Jeju High School of Jeju Island

We enjoyed wandering around the campus, watching the adorable Korean toddlers chasing around bubbles from their mother’s bubble gun. Be quick with your camera, and it can be the perfect photo op beneath the stunning Korean cherry blossom trees so lovely to see in the Jeju spring.

Korean cherry blossom trees and cute children at Jeju High School

While we didn’t stumble across too many people at the high school, we did find a few fellow camera-friendly wanderers, like this guy taking a picture of this girl taking a picture of a tree (and the other girl taking a selfie).

Korean cherry blossom selfies during spring in Korea

As Jeju High School is a working high school, you’ll have to go after school hours or on a weekend. We went on a weekend, and it was blissfully empty except for a few Koreans enjoying a humble day playing baseball and exercising near the Korean cherry blossom tunnels.

Korean cherry blossom walkway at Jeju High School

The school held only a handful of people strolling around the school to view the quaint blossoms, and it never felt crowded—unlike our next stop, Halla Arboretum. 



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Halla Arboretum (한라수목원)

A well-known place on Jeju Island to view Korean cherry blossoms during spring in Jeju City, Halla Arboretum can attract hoards of tour buses during this festive spring time. Dozens of cherry trees line the road to the arboretum, reaching their branches out to each other and covering the road with a beautiful fluffy canopy.

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Love is certainly in the air during this spring time, and you’ll see tons of Korean couples walking hand-in-hand and enjoying the lifting of winter.

Korean couple enjoying spring in Korea near the Halla Arboretum

Join the many couples taking selfies in the street to get the perfect photo with the trees! You’ll have to time your photos in between the many cars and tour buses that you’ll probably encounter. Like many popular places in Korea, tour buses bring busloads of tourists. After dropping off their cargo, the buses park and wait in the road, which can spoil your pictures. To get around this, try your patience and wait for them to leave, or go earlier in the day before the buses arrive.

 

Margherita pizza in Jeju City, Jeju IslandA cozy brick oven pizza joint known as Bosco (보스코) stands along the blossom-filled path to the arboretum. Starving, we nestled into the restaurant and split a margherita pizza, thin-crust (which is generally what we’ve come across in Korea) for ‎₩16,000 (about $14 USD). Rather than fresh basil leaves, the pizza comes topped with a basil sauce (common here in Korea) and it’s pretty tasty!

 

Lauren enjoying spring in Korea in Jeju City!

 

Packed to the gills with tourists, Halla Arboretum also packs it in with trees and plants that gorgeously come into bloom in spring. You’ll find more cherry trees here than at Jeju High School, but you’ll have to battle it out with the other visitors to get the best pictures. You can find a cool little temple off the road of the Arboretum as well with a few Korean cherry blossom trees, if you happen to see it on the right while you walk.

Korean cherry blossom at the Halla Arboretum in Jeju City

If you find yourself in the neighborhood of Halla University in Shin Jeju of Jeju City, the Arboretum is worth a visit—and here’s a plus: it’s free! Also, Halla Arboretum will probably be less crowded during the week, as most people will be at work or at school.

Halla Arboretum is flooded with Korean cherry blossom blooms in the spring!

 

Spring in Jeju transforms the island from a cold, gray wintery island to a vibrant, floral dreamscape. How better to shake off those Jeju winter blues than relishing in the awakening blooms of the cherry blossoms? Of course, there are also many other places to see stunning blossoms during the Jeju spring, such as Jeju National University or Noksan-ro, but the sites we’ve written about are just a few places to catch them in our ‘hood. No matter what, if you’re lucky enough to be in Jeju during Korean cherry blossom time, you’re in for a treat! There’s no better way to enjoy the beautiful spring season than spending the day walking under stunning blossoms, perhaps following a hike up Hallasan or a wander through the O’sulloc green tea fields!

Getting There

To get to Jeju High School (제주고등학교): take the 100 or 90 bus to the Jeju High School stop. Walk up the hill towards the green driving range net, and the school will be a few minutes uphill from there. Enter through the gates, and wander at your leisure.

To get to Halla Arboretum (한라수목원): take the 90 bus and get off at the last stop, Halla Arboretum. Then, walk down the road to the arboretum. If you’re coming from the Jeju High School entrance, keep walking up the hill for about 5 minutes, and turn left at Sumogwon-gil (수목원길). Just keep going straight and the arboretum is at the end!

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26 Comments

  • Reply
    Yogini
    at 10:37 pm

    Wow! the pictures, love them 🙂 and a great post too.
    -Yogini

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    wanderlusterin
    at 11:32 pm

    These are beautiful pictures! Hope to see the cherry blossoms bloom in person some day.

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    sibay
    at 2:55 pm

    nice one!

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    indiasologuy
    at 3:17 pm

    Beautiful photos and such a well written post. Enjoyed the read.

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    BreakTheEnigma
    at 10:31 pm

    These pictures are stunning! Love the blossom trees 😀

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    Sheree
    at 5:23 pm

    Such beautiful cherry blossom!

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    Holiday Season
    at 7:49 pm

    Super beautiful.

    Cannot imagine the place was a prison hundred years ago.

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      televisionofnomads
      at 12:14 pm

      Yes, we’ve read about that as well! You would never know with just a cursory glance!

  • Reply
    christie jones
    at 11:15 am

    Gorgeous photos! It’s so wonderful when everything comes back to life (after a winter), especially with a cherry blossom:)

  • Reply
    Bea Trice
    at 12:49 pm

    I love your post!!! 🙂

    Your pictures are beautiful, they bring it out the beauty of cherry blossoms <3

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      televisionofnomads
      at 1:17 pm

      Thank you so much for the lovely words, Beatrice!

  • Reply
    Greta
    at 8:56 pm

    I am so glad I stumbled upon your blog today! Such great photos: they make me want to jump into each scene (maybe not the one of selfie-people ?!) Also, South Korea?Cooool! You just gained a new follower 😉
    Cheers, and have a great Sunday!
    Greta

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      Lauren West
      at 9:01 pm

      Thanks, Greta! Hope your Sunday is wonderful as well!

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    Television of Nomads
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    James
    at 5:45 pm

    Since you are likely in the background of the the selfie girl’s photo, she would be taking a picture of you, taking a picture of the boy, taking a picture of the other girl, taking a picture of the tree. A 5 stranded photo chain.

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