Cherry Blossom Festival in Jinhae

One thing that I have found while in Korea is the variety of reasons for festivals. There are so many festivals that I hardly know how to keep track of them. I talked a little about the Lantern Festival that is held in Jinju, but in the spring there is the Festival of the Cherry Blossom. It is held in the month of March. It's not held in Jinju, but in Jinhae about 1 1/2 hours away from my city.
I was able to go to this festival with a bunch of people and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The streets were filled with cherry blossom trees. It was so beautiful! We walked along the navey base and enjoyed the scenery and then we drove to a different part of the navey base where there was ah historical 'turtle ship' (one of the ships that were used a long time ago when all the wars took place). We were able to go into the ship and look around. To get into the ship you had to duck or else slam your face into the side of the ship. The inside of the ship was very neat. We saw cannons, the captain's room, and a few other things.

The picture on the left shows just how full the cherry blossom trees were and how many there actually were.

The picture on the right is of the 'turtle ship.'

After finishing with the ship we went to the festival area and walked around after getting some lunch. There were all sorts of things to buy at the festival area. I got a few different things because they were cheap and I needed them. After walking around for a while it was time to go home. It was a nice day accept for the weather and the blossoms were beautiful.

This is a picture of a mountian close to the second navey base where the 'turtle ship' was.