Robert Koehler Travel Photography
Photos of (mostly) Korea by Seoul-based (hack) writer/photographer Robert Koehler
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It’s like the Grand Canyon of Lotus Lanterns at Busan’s Samgwangsa Temple.
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A sea of lotus lanterns at Busan’s Samgwangsa Temple.
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Busan’s Samgwangsa Temple might put on Korea’s most spectacular lotus lantern display.
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Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon Stream decked out for the annual Lotus Lantern Festival. This may be the time Seoul is at its most beautiful.
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View from inside the teahouse of Bukchon’s Asian Art Museum. And what a view it is!
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Having a maesil yoghurt after lunch at the teahouse of Bukchon’s Asian Art Museum. The teahouse boasts some of the finest views in the Bukchon neighborhood, and they’re not lying—-the views of the hanok roofs, Mt. Inwangsan and downtown Seoul are more than worth a cup of tea.
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Musicians enter the courtyard of the Jeongjeon Hall, Jongmyo Shrine. The memorial rite for the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jongmyo Daeje is performed by the Jeonju Yi clan, Korea’s former royal family, on the first Saturday of May.
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Korean dancer performing the Ilmu, the line dance performed during the Jongmyo Daeje. The memorial rite for the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jongmyo Daeje is performed by the Jeonju Yi clan, Korea’s former royal family, on the first Saturday of May.
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Ceremonial dancing is about to begin, Yeongnyeongjeon Hall, Jongmyo Shrine. The memorial rite for the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jongmyo Daeje is performed by the Jeonju Yi clan, Korea’s former royal family, on the first Saturday of May.
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Procession of the Jeonju Yi clan, Jongmyo Daeje. The memorial rite for the kings of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jongmyo Daeje is performed by the Jeonju Yi clan, Korea’s former royal family, on the first Saturday of May.
