Canola Flower Bloom — Jeju Island
Weeks before spring reaches the mainland, Jeju Island's entire volcanic landscape turns gold as millions of canola flowers carpet the fields, frame the black lava stone walls and run in 10-kilometre rivers along scenic roads. Against the cone of Hallasan, the sea cliffs and the bright blue ocean, the yellow is almost painfully vivid — and the season starts as early as February, earlier than anywhere else in Korea.
About this spectacle
Standing in Jeju's canola fields in February or March is an assault on the senses in the best way. The flowers stretch in every direction — blanketing terraced fields, lining the black volcanic stone walls that divide farmland, and running in unbroken golden rivers along roadways for kilometres at a stretch. The scent of blossom mixes with salt air blown in from the surrounding ocean. At Seopjikoji on the east coast, the display frames the dramatic sea cliffs and vivid blue water behind it. Lift your eyes and Hallasan's volcanic cone rises above the whole scene, dusted with late-winter cloud or occasional snow, making the yellow below appear almost surreal in its intensity. In the early morning light the colour is warmest and the crowds thinnest. This is one of Korea's earliest and most concentrated spring spectacles, arriving weeks before the peninsula wakes up to spring.
When to go
Jan — Dec, peak Feb — Mar
Getting there
Nearest airport: CJU. Nearest city: Jeju City.
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