Spring in Korea with JIRO — Share Your Neighborhood Spring Photos

Hello, this is JIRO.

These days, the weather in Korea finally feels like spring.

It can still be a little chilly at times, but it’s clearly different from the cold days of winter.

Today, we would like to share a glimpse of spring in JIRO’s everyday life.

At the same time, we would love to hear what spring looks like in your neighborhood as well.

First, let’s take a look at spring through the eyes of JIRO.

Share your spring with us!

Send us photos of spring in your neighborhood.

JIRO will carefully feature and archive them in a post!

Spring in Songtan

#On the way to the library

Spring in Guun-dong

#Morning sky

#On the way to school

Spring at Ajou University

#The semester has begun

#Gone with the vacation

Spring at Cheonggyecheon Stream

#Exploring Seoul

#A day out

Spring in Giheung-gu

#Trying the EverLine

#Twisted donuts taste even better in spring

Share photos of spring in your neighborhood

via Instagram DM or the email below!

How did you enjoy spring with JIRO?

These days the weather has been so pleasant that we’ve been enjoying taking walks and spending more time outdoors.

Once again, we would love to see photos of spring from your neighborhood, so please feel free to share them with us. We’ll be looking forward to them!

Wishing you a wonderful and joyful spring.

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