The 2010 Haeundae Sand Festival (해운대모래추제) will be held at Busan's huge Haeundae Beach from June 4th through 7th. It's accessible via the eponymous subway and train stations in Busan.
In spite of the huge crowds---actually, usually because of them---Haeundae was one of my favorite spots in Korea. The attractions at the festival include, in addition to just enjoying the beach and having fried chicken deliverymen walk over to your towel, performances, sporting events, photo contest (Korean and English), fireworks (Saturday the 5th at 9 p.m.), and all the sand art. There is a timetable available online, in Korean and something approximating English that makes you wonder why they even bother at all.
(1, 2, 3)
Plenty more pictures via a Naver news search, Naver image search, and Chris in South Korea's post of last year's visit.
The festival's English language website says one of the aims of the festival is "MAINTAINING TOURIST IN A SLACK SEASON," but clearly summer has started in Busan. How do we know? Because the news sites have started running pictures of white women in bikinis.
From last weekend (1, 2)
I looked at that trend last year in my post "Tap that ass," inspired by the creepy camerawork of the Chosun Ilbo, and by news that two foreign men were arrested last year for taking pictures of Korean women in bikinis without their permission. The Chosun Ilbo added this warning on its webpage:
Photographers need to be careful where they point their cameras when they're at the beach. Those who snap shots of women in bikinis without their permission can wind up booked for violation of the sexual violence law and face public humiliation.
The Haeundae Police Station in Busan on Monday booked without detention two Indonesian men for taking photos of bikini-wearing women without their consent at Haeundae Beach. The two men wandered the beach for five hours from 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and took pictures of some 50 women without permission.
Neglecting to mention that it's apparently only a crime to do so without Korean press credentials.
Chosun Ilbo photographer hard at work in Seoul last summer.
3 comments:
I think it should be 'bare' and not 'bear.' :-p
Thanks for that. When I was doing the post I googled it but couldn't get a real answer. When it comes to things I don't know how to spell, I usually avoid writing them altogether.
Wow, this photographer wasn't trying to hide anything at Haeundae last week:
http://pic.joins.com/article/photo/article.asp?total_id=4213694
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