The other day I went to Hongdae and Dongdaemun for a visit. There were a lot of shopping areas in Hongdae and a lot of them were small clothing or accessory shops. We also paid a visit to the university of which it’s named and past by more cute shops along the way.
Hongdae
My sole purpose of being in Hongdae though is for the Hello Kitty Cafe. Before we stopped at the cafe, I also tried some street food which was super good.
Hello Kitty Cafe
The Hello Kitty Cafe was very cute and very pink. It seems to be mainly a tourist attraction since I didn’t see much locals when I was there. Hello Kitty’s face was on everything imaginable as soon as we stepped foot into the property. There were Hello Kitty dolls and statues starting at the front door and there was a room dedicated to her upstairs as well.
The food of course also had Hello Kitty on it. The waffle we ordered was Hello Kitty shaped and the cup of latte had her face floating on top of it. I wasn’t expecting much for the taste but it was surprising good.
The interior had Hello Kitty paintings and more of her dolls. Even the chairs and furniture featured her giant bow. I, of course, had to do some shameless selfie like the tourist that I am LOL.
Dongdaemun and the DDP LED Rose Garden
After that we left for Dongdaemun to see the LED flowers near the Dongdaemun Design Plaza. The flowers didn’t turn on until 7 so we had some time to look around. We look around the design shops and there were quite some unique items.
The scenery here at night was quite beautiful. The building was a very unique dome like structure that was surrounded by tall buildings. And of course while we wait for the flowers, we had more food to try; I’m really going to gain weight from this trip haha
We then headed over to the DDP LED Rose Garden once it was time for it to turn on. The flowers were pretty but it was just too cold that night to stay longer for more pictures.
I’ve been traveling a lot so I haven’t been able to post often but I’ll try to update again soon.
It’s almost Halloween here. Are you guys ready for Halloween?
Vicky's Scrapbook 
Awww the Hongdae area is so vibrant. And the Hello Kitty café is so cute, I did a selfie too when I was there 😉 What a cool trip!
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Haha it was a very vibrant area and the Hello Kitty cafe was a great addition to the trip to Hongdae
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I love this post! such pretty pictures!
XoXo,
Tamara
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Thank you Tamara 🙂
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I would love to go there just for the Hello Kitty Cafe!!! Cuteness overload hon! 🙂
Lovely flower lights ❤
xox Nadia
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Haha it was super cute!
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OMG Hello Kitty Cafe! ❤ Hahaha it looks so cute! 🙂
The roses look so pretty too!
XO, Elizabeth
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Yes! haha
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I love Korea! I went during winter 2 years ago and it was freezing cold; I’d love to visit again during summer time. The exterior of the Hello Kitty cafe looks different from yours. Not sure if they renovated it. Hope you have an amazing time there. Remember to load up on beauty and fashion goodies, not to mention try their sumptuous food.
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I had a great time there in Korea, thank you! Haha it was already super cold for me but the good food was definitely worth walking in the cold for.
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Dongdaemun and the DDP LED Rose Garden look really modern and unique!
xx
Yvonne
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It was super unique but also super cold to have to wait for the rose to light up haha
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Awww hope my comment didn’t disappear or got lost! 🙂
Hello Kitty Cafe is incredible, I could stay there all day.
As for the flower lights… that is just out of this world ❤
xox Nadia
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It didn’t but I finally got the time to reply to the comments. The cafe was really cute and I thought the lights would be nothing special but it was really unique.
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This looks like a really amazing trip. Interesting and new, especially the huge buildings and the LED rose garden. I can imagine you really enjoyed this. Keep posting!
Bold Bliss
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Thank you! I really did enjoy it. It just kind of suck to have to have to be back at work after weeks of vacation haha. I will be posting more of the trip soon though.
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the DDP rose garden!!!! i find it fascinating when ever i see the photos!!!!
is the garden a season exhibition or it’ll be there for a while?
x Tiff
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Haha I know, it was a very lovely sight. I believe the exhibition will be there for a while but on some sites it says it’ll be there until February.
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Oh no, February @_@….. i suppose it’s telling me to book my flight soon?!
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Haha yup but it’ll be super cold if you go earlier though
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