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BIRTHDAY CAFÉS
It was
my first time in South Korea and I knew I’ll have too many firsts for the trip.
One of these was when I went café-hopping with fellow armys on Seokjin’s
birthday.
Celebrator:
김석진 Kim Seok Jin
Birth
Date: 1992.12.04
Birth Place:
Gwacheon, South Korea
Also
known as: Worldwide Handsome
Fans of kpop bands celebrate our idols’ birthdays in different ways and holding café events is among the popular ones. It is widely practiced in Korea and Japan. I tried to reach out to fellow armys on Twitter and asked about the possible locations of the cafes.
On that day, I wore the shirt my American co-army friend gave me (which was a matching shirt with hers and another friend that they wore during the BTS Chicago concert in 2018). Also, I met a few fellow armys and started our café hopping at around 2pm KST.
&gather café
Location:
Seems
familiar? This is where one of the 달려라 방탄 (Run BTS) episode was shot where they made drinks. The café
has a metal wire figures of all the members displayed inside. Of course, we
didn’t miss the chance to take a photo on the same wall where Taehyungie and
Hobi took theirs too.
Andys Coffee
Location: 마포구 월드 컵로 1길43, 서울시 (1-43 World Cup, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea)
We took
the subway to get to Hongdae where the second coffee shop is located. We were
so lucky to get some photocards from the k-armys who went there. The place also
has a TV where a birthday greeting for Seokjin was played.
Afternoon Café
Location:
Just a few steps away was our third stop. The cafe itself has a cozy lazy Sunday afternoon vibe. The fans put up some photos of Jin all over the café.
Ediya Coffee
Location:
Wanting to make the most out of our day, we decided to go on our 4th
café which was a few blocks away from the last one. A nice walk to finish our drinks gave us more time know more about each other.
와디지 (Wadiz) Café
Location: 366-12,
Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
To end
our café tour, a nice long walk led us to, for me, was the cutest of all. There
were lots of fans there and some brought cake and stuff to decorate the place.
It was truly an army – Jin stan – haven.
The ahjumma at the counter was very nice too..
Pink House (VT)
Location: 서울특별시 마포구 와우산로29가길 84 (서교동) (84, Wausan-ro 29ga-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
One of my new friend who studies in Seoul brought us to the VT Pink House but unfortunately, the café was closed for renovation. Still, we got a few snaps of BTS and BT21 cut outs outside.
One of my new friend who studies in Seoul brought us to the VT Pink House but unfortunately, the café was closed for renovation. Still, we got a few snaps of BTS and BT21 cut outs outside.
BT21 Hongdae
Location: 141, Yanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
On our way to Wadiz Cafe (our last coffee shop) we stopped by the BT21 Line Friends Hongdae Branch. The store was huge and has lots of cutie merchandise. You'll surely find something you'll want to buy as a souvenir. After all, these cuties are our boys' babies, right?
On our way to Wadiz Cafe (our last coffee shop) we stopped by the BT21 Line Friends Hongdae Branch. The store was huge and has lots of cutie merchandise. You'll surely find something you'll want to buy as a souvenir. After all, these cuties are our boys' babies, right?
Oh! This huge bear will greet you as you enter the store so make sure to line up and take a few pictures with him.
HUGE (AND EXPENSIVE) BIRTHDAY
ADS
On my
way to Seoul Museum of Art on the first half of my day, it happened that I got
on the subway train where (some) k-armys paid for to put the Love Yourself
sticker on that whole train carrier (Seoul Subway Line 2). There were the boys’
photos all over the pink carrier and greetings for Jin and Tae.
One of
my goals during the trip was to take pictures and/or videos of the huge
billboards/ads the famous fansites paid for the boys’ birthdays. I happened to
see quite a few during my stay.
That same day, while looking for
a place to exchange currencies, I looked up to a building and saw a video
ad greeting for Jin! It was from the Chine armys and fansite Baidu Jin Bar. It was so
fast that I had to literally wait in the cold weather outside for 15 minutes
just to take a video of it. Well, it was worth it!
However, I was kind of getting
frustrated already because I really wanted to see the HUGE birthday ad for Jin
from his fansite A Little Braver that was played in one of the many ad screens
in Hongik University Station (Line 2). It was the time I least expected when it
was played while I was passing through. My vacation was about to end when I saw
the ad on 10th of December.
GANGNAM BTS DOLL
The whole trip wouldn’t be complete without seeing
the famous Gangnam Dolls and when would be the perfect day to visit it if not
on the birthday of one and only Worldwide Handsome Kim Seokjin?
So there you have it. It was my first time to experience such kind of birthday celebration for our idol so I am looking forward to more of this!
🎂🎈🎎
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