4 week break: South Korea or Japan?

Ricochet J · 22 Jul 2015 at 17:58

I'm going on a 4 week break with my wife in February next year. The choice is either South Korea or Japan.

Both countries look amazing.

Which one and why?

OhEsEcks · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:01

I guess it depends on if you prefer K-pop or J-pop.

Pawnless Endgame · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:03

North Korea is Best Korea :-)

Flack88 · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:03

Korea is less expensive? I would personally rather go to Japan.

Pawnless Endgame said:
North Korea is Best Korea

True.

Vinno · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:05

Two weeks in each.

Ciao bella · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:05

4 weeks Don't go to south korea. Ok ive only been there for work (6 weeks) it mostly just huge cities.

bitslice · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:08

If you can afford to go to Japan, why is anything else even being considered?

:confused:

This is like "Halp pls, Paris or Skegness, I can't decide..."

D3K · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:08

Haven't been to sk but I've lived in Japan. It's not very tourist friendly unless you have a specific objective. Go there expecting to go with the flow you'll be disappointed

[TW]Fox · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:10

With 4 weeks and the proximity they are to each other, why not go to both?

You can probably get flights with somebody like Korean who will allow a zero cost stopover so it won't even cost more in air fare.

Orionaut · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:15

Pawnless Endgame said:
North Korea is Best Korea

Had I the Money/Time I would do NK (DPRK) in a heartbeat!

Freddie1980 · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:26

Orionaut said:
Had I the Money/Time I would do NK (DPRK) in a heartbeat!

Why?

russell664 · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:32

Japan gets my vote.

Ricochet J · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:35

I thought about doing 2 weeks in South Korea and 2 weeks in Japan. My fear is 2 weeks won't give either country the justice it deserves.

We spent 3 weeks in China some months back which seemed like a great length of time for the areas we went to (Beijing and Xi'an and surrounding areas). I feel if we went for 2 weeks only it would have felt far too short.

So rather than do a rushed 2 weeks in both countries, we'd do a relaxed 3-4 week trip in either South Korea or Japan, and visit the other a few years later.

Raymond Lin · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:36

Orionaut said:
Had I the Money/Time I would do NK (DPRK) in a heartbeat!

You want to witness oppression, modern dictatorship and state propaganda in person?

garak112 · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:41

D3K said:
Haven't been to sk but I've lived in Japan. It's not very tourist friendly unless you have a specific objective. Go there expecting to go with the flow you'll be disappointed

In the big cities it's very tourist friendly but if you go down south (as we did recently) it's a lot harder if you don't speak the language.

malachi · 22 Jul 2015 at 18:49

Japan, been there myself. I wouldnt bother with either of the Korea's.

Tunney · 22 Jul 2015 at 19:27

Japan by far, in my opinion.

There's enough to fill a couple of weeks in the Republic of Korea (Seoul, Busan, DMZ, Zerus) but there's so much more to do in Japan. Japan is more culturally significant to most Brits too.

Xordium · 22 Jul 2015 at 19:38

Raymond Lin said:
You want to witness oppression, modern dictatorship and state propaganda in person?

No need to leave the England for that these days.

MooMoo444 · 22 Jul 2015 at 19:41

Personally I wouldn't go to either. Have you considered Rhyl?

bitslice · 22 Jul 2015 at 19:51

OhEsEcks said:
I guess it depends on if you prefer K-pop or J-pop.

I've given it a lot of careful consideration and I think J-Pop wins this one.