ソウル4日間🇰🇷 | 韓国の首都への究極の旅行ガイド😍🫰🏻

ソウル4日間🇰🇷 | 韓国の首都への究極の旅行ガイド😍🫰🏻

annyeonghaseyo and welcome to Seoul, South Korea. In this video, we’re sharing our 
4-day guide to this incredible city, covering all the essentials you need to know 
before visiting. From must see attractions to the best places to stay, how to get around, 
and all the delicious foods you have to try. [Music] Seoul is a vibrant city known for its rich 
history, mouthwatering street food, and K-pop culture, where timeless palaces and towering 
skyscrapers come together to create a destination that’s exciting and unforgettable. [Music] When 
it comes to where to stay in Seoul, the city has so many amazing options, and it really depends 
on the kind of experience you’re after. If it’s your first time visiting, then Maongdong is a 
great starting point. It’s super central, packed with shops, street food, and easy access to the 
subway. For something trendier and more youthful, Hongdae is where the creative energy flows. Think 
live music, cool cafes, and a buzzing nightife. If it’s something more traditional you’re looking 
for, then Insadong or Bukchon Hanok Village might be your vibe with beautiful Hanok days and 
peaceful historic streets. If you’re in the mood for a bit more luxury and high-end shopping, then 
we can recommend heading more south to Gangnam. It does come with the downside of being a bit out 
of the way, though. Then lastly, for something a bit more global and diverse, it Itaewan 
offers unique restaurants, boutiques, and a mix of cultures. We stayed in two places while in 
Soul. Three nights in the Jong-no district, which is known as the historical and cultural heart 
of Seoul. It was close to some of South Korea’s most iconic landmarks, including the Gyongbong 
Palace and the picturesque Bokchan Hanok Village. Then for our last three days, we stayed at Slow 
Vibe in Myeongdong, which felt a lot closer to all the happening areas and was literally right 
across from Myeongdong Shopping Street. [Music] We have finally made it to a country that I 
personally have had a huge obsession with. In the thick of lockdown in South Africa and in 
the height of my boredom, I found Korean dramas on Netflix. There was a program called Crash 
Landing on You that kept popping on my home screen on Netflix. I clicked on it, I watched it, 
and I’ve never been the same since. I would say that after watching 50 k-dramas, I have a good 
understanding of what makes Korea, Korea. I also have really high expectations for our time here. 
So, let’s explore Seoul together and tick it off the bucket list, guys. It really is a bucket 
list moment for me. Speaking of bucket lists, Clairey had a whole bunch of things she wanted to 
tick off. So, we hopped on the metro and headed to Hongdae, one of the trendiest, most vibrant 
neighborhoods in Seoul. First on the list was to try this quirky viral coffee mix that you 
can pick up at almost any convenience store. It combines the beloved Korean classic banana 
milk with coffee. An interesting one, I know, but it was surprisingly good and a must try.
Ooh, it’s yum. Now we can start the day, shall we? Who’s that? He’s from Crash Landing on You. 
The first K-drama I ever watched. Next up, and probably the main reason we even 
came to South Korea in the first place, skincare shopping. And from what I hear, 
there’s no better place to do it than Olive Young. It’s on my bucket list. So, let’s 
go get some things and I’ll show you some of the viral really good skin care products that you 
can find pretty much all over the world. But in South Africa, we have really bad shopping. So, I’m 
definitely going to do my shopping here. We have the best face mask in the world. They are only 
like a dollar here. It’s fantastic. Then they’ve also got these little pads, these round pads 
that are really, really good for you. Apparently, this Medal one was really good. Uh, put 
it. Next up is this Anua cleansing oil. It’s fantastic. It really cleans out your pores. 
By the way, skin care is not only for girls. It very much is for all genders. There’s so many 
men in here and they have gorgeous skin. And Rhett also has gorgeous skin cuz he has me.
We love a man that grooms. This is the most bizarre skin care product. And this has got micro 
needles in it. So, it’s like a gentle exfoliant, but I think it’s bizarre. And legitimately, 
you can feel it like stinging you, choking you everywhere. It basically like 
rejuvenates the skin layer, gets rid of the deadness. I asked for the toners and she just 
went, “So, try and choose a toner with me. I think it’s impossible 
because there’s no English.” Yeah. You don’t even know what 
anything is. Did some damage. How much was it? 28,000.
Not too bad. Yeah.
Look at that, guys. It’s now night time. We were in that shop for so long.
I’m just kidding. We started the day at around 3:00 p.m. So, it’s always best to start the days 
later going into the evenings cuz these kinds of places always are better at night. Just when 
we thought the shopping was over, it wasn’t. Oh my word, look how cute these outfits are. 
We’ve made it to the Hongdae shopping street. Let’s have some fun. Cute. Oh, cute. There are 
these wholesale accessory shops that I’ve seen online where there are like a bajillion different 
accessories that you could buy. And I actually want to get a little hair clip.
Wow. How cute is this? This hair clips to shame.
What? Oh, it’s a little whale. Crazy crazy crazy 
shopping heaven. Scrunchies and Alice bands. I’ve never seen so many scrunchies in my life.
Just in case you wanted every shade of the color spectrum.
Absolutely. Earrings, necklaces, necklaces, rings, jackets, handbags. Wow.
Oh my gosh. How cute is it? Okay. Wow. It looks so epic down here. Everything looks cool 
at night. Oh, there’s Korean barbecue here. We must have a Korean barbecue.
Agreed. I must admit, I had zero expectation for this 
Hung Day street area, but it is fantastic. It is just the most epic little shopping 
and cute unique little things like like little doodles you can get as a couple and 
little skincare things and clothing and accessories and it’s just so epic here. And look 
how many streets there are. There’s just so much to do here. There’s even an arcade. Wow.
Wow. [Music] Heaven for you, eh? [Music] Oh my word. Okay, one more try. 
[Applause] Chap. I can get it. Oh, faith. There goes all the money, guys. Oh, gone. Yo, she’s confident, eh?
Oh, that was too rough. Hey, that was very rough. This 
machine’s not being nice. Okay, it’s not meant to be. Get me out of here. 
One thing we have seen a heck of a lot since we got to Korea are photo booths. Photo booths. Photo 
booths. Like literally everywhere. So, I think R and I should do a little photo booth together.
Why not? They’re cute. I don’t know how this works. It’s 
a self-help studio. I’m excited. We’re busy choosing props. What do you 
think? This one got the matching blue or this one?
And you match? I prefer the
I prefer the cute ones, too. No idea. We got our own little booth here.
Everything’s in Korean. We’re so screwed. Get the old translate out. [Music] First 
of all, do you want bigger eyes and all? Well, actually, maybe. My eyes are very small.
Do I want to be thinner? Oh my word. Look how it changes you.
The beauty standard in Korea is a little questionable. Okay, let’s do 
different poses. Ready? Smile first. Crazy face. Three, two. Okay, we have to choose our 
favorites. Okay, definitely this one. Okay, this one.
This one. This one. This one has to be
Okay. Hey,
let’s do this one. Are we happy with those? No border.
Need to edit everything. Borders and all. I don’t want a border. Look at these. That’s 
so cute. It shows you the moments before. Oh, I love this.
Wow. Typical Korean experience, I think. So cool. Lots of fun memories. And now 
I think we started a trend or something because all the boots are so cool. All right, 
let’s see if we can find some food. [Music] Yum. We’ve made it to our Korean barbecue. 
This is HongDae Korean barbecue or you can eat pig company. It’s a long-winded name, 
but basically it’s a buffet. You can eat as much meat as you want. This is a bit of a 
different Korean barbecue experience because you actually take your little plate and you go 
and choose the cuts of meat that you want and then you cook it by yourself like a big big big 
potion. And there is so there’s so many people here. It’s so popular. It’s 4.8. So, I think 
we’re in for a feast. Oh, fruit sushi. A grape. Grapefruit.
Yeah. So, we’ve ordered set A. Claire’s got a little board. Now, we just come and take whatever 
we want. Basically, as much as we want as well. 30 meters. Nice. No. And the lettuce.
This is fantastic. And then of course I got myself a terra beer. And we’ve ordered a flavored 
soju. This is fine. Got my tongs here. Got my meat here. I’m in my element. All right. This thing’s 
already hot and rolling. So we’re good to go. Okay. I got us some chilies, some 
more kimchi, and some lettuce. The meat is going. Looks like we got 
some kind of a stew soupy thing here as well. And our kimchi and garlic.
If you don’t know what soju is, it is rice wine. And this is the flavored rice 
wine. Is this not so much fun? In Korea, there’s a very specific way of you doing barbecue. You 
need these two things. You have a full cut of meat and then once you’ve brown it, you have to cut it 
into little bite-sized pieces so that you can eat it comfortably off this little grid. Fantastic. 
This is my first time doing this because usually we have staff members that help us. I don’t 
know if we have the best scissors, new scissors, just so you don’t know either, when you come to 
Korea, the chopsticks and everything are in your table. The first Korean barbecue we ever had was 
in Indonesia in Jakarta with our amazing friend Didi. He taught us how to do it and he taught 
us how to make a little lettuce sandwich. So you basically take your piece of lettuce and you put 
on all the things. So you can put on some rice, some garlic,
some kimchi, and some meat. Big piece grew. Then you fold it up in a little 
little bed and then you dunk it in the sauce. Oh, the jiggle
cuz we YouTubers are watching. What’s happening? Yeah,
they just gave us free fried chicken. Oh my word. I think I heard
and he says this is the best menu. I think I heard him say
this. Oo, thank you.
So kind. It is the best menu.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, travel.
Travel?. Yeah. gamsahabnida. Thank you. Oh my gosh. Cute. Definitely come and visit this 
place, guys. Highly recommend. Not because they gave us free stuff, 
but because they genuinely fantastic. They were just so attentive, making sure 
the foreigners were all taken care of. Great hospitality. The owner is awesome.
We now need some dessert. Do we?
We do. Do we have space from Sam? Whoa. I’ve already eaten the first bit, but this is 
tangulu. We’ve had it in Japan and it’s here in South Korea as well. It’s just basically 
sugarcoated fruit and it changed my life in Japan and I have a feeling it’s 
going to be just as delicious here. Oh my gosh, it is amazing. 
The strawberries are side of the world. Oh my word. What’s happening here? [Music] free K-pop concerts. They’re probably like a new 
idol group that is just starting out. They’ve got some fan girls here. They’re good-looking. 
They’re young. They can dance and sing. So, this could be the start of a huge 
boy group. And we don’t even know. Yeah, definitely some very interesting characters 
along this street doing live performances for everybody.
Yeah. Quite interesting, man. Very cool.
Did you see that guy? Oh yeah. No, but the the group were awesome. They 
were very cool. Up and comers. Good luck to them. We finally found hot dog. So, let’s go get one. It is basically just like a pancake. A very 
fluffy pancake filled with brown sugar and sometimes nuts. And it’s super duper hot. Yum. 
Let’s go. Woo! Oh my god. Yum. [ __ ] yum. The sugar has turned into syrup in the inside. Very 
hot syrup. And this is a very unique texture. I feel like it’s made with rice flour, though.
I’m a huge pancake lover. I used to make them every day in my youth. Let me tell you, this is 
better than any pancake I’ve ever had in my life. It is absolutely delicious. You must come and 
get this ASAP. Hung day is full of so many young people and like university students and like 
backpackers and stuff that most people end up drinking into the night having Korean barbecue 
soju and then going to the club or the bar or something with their friends. Most of these places 
stay open until like 5:00 a.m. It’s crazy. And the place we’re about to just show you, I cannot 
fit any more food in my tummy. But the place we’re about to show you stays open 24/7 for all 
the drunkards and the people that need a little bit of a bite to eat in the middle of the night. 
This is a normal nice to see convenience store, but they’ve got an entire ramen library, over 230 
different flavors, and all the tables are in the shape of cup noodle. And I want to show you these 
special machines that you cook your ramen in. You basically just take your little paper cuffed 
thing of ramen and you put it on this machine. You scan the barcode so it knows the exact brand 
of ramen and how much time it needs to cook, how much water, and it cooks it right through 
this induction stove. It’s cooking right over there. How that modern technology. I really wish 
we could have some, but I’m absolutely full. These are all hangover relief little things. This 
is really like the nice to see you for the drunk people. We’re making our way back home. And fun 
fact, I just wanted to mention these lights are basically at every single traffic light. And 
it’s for the people that are too busy on their cell phones looking down instead of looking up at 
the little running man. So, while they’re looking down, the light is red. And then when they’re 
ready to walk, oops. How ridiculous is that? And it’s something I’ve noticed here in Seoul 
is that so many people are constantly on their phones. They hardly look up here at all.
Often you get walked into, eh? Yeah. While we wait for and ride the bus home. And while 
Clairey catches up on some quick beauty sleep, let me fill you in on how we actually got around 
the city. Unlike other major cities in the world, you cannot use a foreign credit card to 
directly pay for your subway and buses. You need to purchase this T- Money Pop card and 
load credit on it at one of these machines. You can buy the card at any convenience store 
and at some big stations. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like the speaker card in Japan 
where you can add it to your phone directly in the wallet app. You will need to download the 
T- Money Go app instead. As for navigating, forget about Apple and Google Maps. They are 
basically non-existent in Korea. Instead, you will need the NAver app for 
citywide navigation. It’s not great, but it’s better than nothing. And then you’ll need 
the Kaka app for the metro. With the Pop Card, you’ll be able to use any of the metro lines, 
all the buses, and even some taxis, although we never tried that. You need to tap in and out of 
the buses each time, and each person will need their own card. We also called the Odd Uber, which 
works perfectly in Korea, thankfully. That’s about all you need to know. It’s relatively simple. As 
we said though, you will need a fair amount of phone data to do the necessary translation 
and navigating during your time here. Oh, and one last thing. The subways do stop running 
at around midnight, so bear that in mind. [Music] For day two, we headed to Gyong Bakong Palace for 
two main reasons. Firstly, to watch the changing of the guard ceremony, which happens twice daily 
at 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m. It’s a recreation of the royal guard change from the Joan dynasty, which 
ruled Korea from 1392 to 1897. Back then, guards were stationed at the palace gate to protect the 
royal family. Today, the ceremony is a lively and beautifully choreographed historical performance 
that gives you a glimpse into Korea’s regal past. We suggest arriving early to get a place 
near the front. If you’re a shorty like Clare, you will struggle to get a good pick. The ceremony 
lasts about 20 minutes. After that, you will have seen it already if you watch the previous video, 
but hiring a handbok gets you free entrance into the palace. Walking around here in traditional 
wear was one of our absolute highlights of our time in Korea. Gyongbakong Palace was built in 
1395. In 1592, during the Japanese invasions of Korea, the palace was burned down and remained 
abandoned for over 270 years. It wasn’t until 1867 that it was massively restored. Then during 
the Japanese colonial period from 1910 to 1945, many palace buildings were torn down or relocated. 
The Japanese even built the government general building in front of the palace to symbolically 
diminish Korea’s sovereignty. After Korean independence, efforts began to restore the palace 
to its former glory. Since the 1990s, the Korean government has been actively restoring the lost 
buildings, and today it stands as a symbol of national pride and cultural identity. After 
the palace, we took a stroll around the nearby Bchon Hanok village, where traditional Korean 
houses line charming hilly streets. From there, we headed to Guangong Market, Soul’s oldest 
traditional market, established in 1905. While it originally sold textiles, silks, and 
handbooks, it’s now world famous for its vibrant street food scene. Some must try foods here are 
makak gimpap, which is tiny seaweed rolls with pickled radish and sesame oil. Then choki, 
spicy chewy rice cakes in a rich goju chang sauce. A Korean comfort food classic for sure. 
And then Koku, hand cut noodle soup, especially popular at the ladies run Noodles Alley, which 
went viral thanks to Netflix Street Food Asia. For day three, we’re heading to Maongdong, 
one of Soul’s busiest shopping districts. A buzzy neon lit maze of cosmetic stores, 
fashion boutiques, skincare chains, and street food stores. Think every 
K beauty brand you’ve ever heard of, and 10 more you haven’t, all in one place. 
Maongdong is that place where you’ll say, “Okay, I’m just browsing.” And walk out with 17 
sheet masks, four serums, two pairs of socks, three cats, a grilled lobster, and a 
new pair of spectacles like me. [Music] Day four and we’re heading down south to 
Gangnam. That song may be old school now, but the neighborhood still is next level. It’s 
clean, bougie, and oozes soul sophistication. We took a walk around Lake, which is so 
blue we were convinced it was dyed. But no, it just looks especially vibrant thanks 
to cleaning efforts using floating water purification boats and fancy photocatalytic 
treatment. During the spring and autumn, this is one of the most picturesque places in 
the whole city. Of course, we also had to try out the cafe life here, too. We headed to the 
Simon Cafe for no specific reason other than it was the closest one after we finished our walk. 
After that, we headed to the Coax Mall to check out the famous open air Starfield library filled 
with towering bookshelves and a glowing skylight ceiling. A very cool place. For sunset on our last 
day, we headed to Hungang Park. It’s a popular place to relax by the Han River with a picnic and 
a bowl of ramen. If you don’t have picnic stuff, you can even rent everything you need right there. 
Be sure to look out for the Bano Rainbow Fountain, which is recognized by the Guinness World Records 
as the longest bridge fountain in the world. We didn’t end up doing too much in Gangnam, but what 
most people come to do here is not actually for the sites, but rather the beauty treatments. 
Here are three places you should visit if that’s your thing. A scalp and hair treatment 
at Eco Jordan, which feels more like a spa day than a hair treatment. Then get real for a color 
analysis to figure out what clothing and makeup tones complement your face. And finally, get a 
high-tech skin analysis and personalized skincare routine at Individual Geneive. Then in terms of 
other things to do in Seoul if you have more time, of course there is the DMZ tour, but that is a 
whole day affair, so we decided to give it a skip. We would have loved to have watched a baseball 
game. South Korea is actually pretty good at it. There’s the walk along the old city wall, which 
is very scenic, and there’s also the Naman Tower and cable car to check out. Besides that, we hope 
you enjoyed this video and found it helpful. Good luck for your trip to Seoul. You’re going to 
love it. We’ll see you guys in the next one. [Music]

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