Korea Life: Halloween in Seoul

On Halloween weekend, we wanted to go see zombies at Everland, but we didn't end up making it. However, that night we decided to dress up and go out in Hongdae. Halloween is not a big holiday in Korea. We had all come from countries where people our age go all out on Halloween. But it is a lot different in Korea. There are not many Halloween costume stores. You have to order online or get creative with your own costume to dress up for this holiday. If they do have costumes, it is usually for children. Nothing compared to the giant stores we have back in the U.S.

Halloween Squad in All Black

We made a visit to the local costume store and bought a few props and were ready to go out for the night. We had read that Itaewon and Hongdae are the best places to go in Seoul for Halloween because they have the most foreigners. So, with our dinky costumes we went out for the night. When we first walked out of our hostel... we were a little embarrassed because there weren't a lot of people dressed up and people were staring. Every once and awhile we would see someone else, but we definitely felt quite ridiculous. We headed for where the foreigners usually go "The Park" (I have mentioned this place in a previous post and once again I know how to walk there but not actually what to call it). When we got there, there were tons of other people dressed up. We actually felt under-dressed when we got there because everyone had gone all out with their costumes.

Probably shouldn't be out at this point....

We met up with friends there. We saw a lot of our favorite Youtubers filming for their channels. We took pictures with some of the best costumes. It was strangely cold that night, so we were decently whiny from the cold and decided to drink until we couldn't feel it. We ducked into a bar close by, and kept drinking and were those ridiculous people that maybe should have stopped drinking or gone home. Then we ducked into a shady club and decided poles were the thing to be on....

Eventually we stumbled home, one by one between 5-8am or 9am. I think I slept maybe 2 hours before I had to drag my insanely hungover self off the floor of my hostel to catch a train back to Cheonan. It was a great memory and a fun weekend. Maybe next year I will try Itaewon so that I can write a post on the differences between the two places.