Sponsoring party with Chingusai

Chingusai, one of the Korean gay activists' community is going to throw a fund-raising party on this coming Saturday; 27 Feb. 2010

Cover fee is krw20,000 and free snacks and drinks will be provided from 6pm-10pm.

As some official (boring) agenda is planned for about 30 minutes from 6pm, would better to visit later around 8~9 pm if you prefer having fun in more relaxed atmosphere.

Venue is '5번출구', meaning 'metro exit no.5' and reading like 'O-Beon-Chool-Gu'. It's a bar located on the 3rd floor of the building where 'Blood G' resides on its 4th floor.

Here's the link to the notice from Chingusai.
http://chingusai.net/bbs/zboard.php?id=main_notic&no=449




Meet some locals and be so gay on this Saturday! ;-)

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Accommodation; Hotel Crown in Jongro-3-ga

I got an email from a guy planning to visit Seoul in a couple of months, asking me which hotel is the best to book a room at in terms of accessibility to Korean gay culture and budget.

There are some nice hotels between Itaewon and Jongro such as Grand Hyatt, Westin Chosun which are a bit pricy. So I recommended staying in a hotel sitting in the heart of either of Itaewon or Jongro and jumping onto bus, metro or taxi heading to the other one, instead of staying 'in-between'.

In Jongro-3-ga street , there are lots of newly built budget motels which attract young couples in general whether they are gay or straight. Some of them are very famous but mostly they don't have English websites (though receptionist there could speak English) so it won't be that easy for visitors to make a reservation there.

So here's a more decent hotel in the center of Jongro-3-ga where you could book a room 'ONLINE'!

'Hotel Crown' provides accessibility to many gay bars nearby as well as metro station of no.1, no.3 and no.5. I can't tell the quality of service and room facilities since I've never stayed there. Still it's a good thing to have one more option to look at.

Here's the link.
Hotel Crown; http://tinyurl.com/y866mh9

For your gay night out! ;-)

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79 Bar

This soju bar was being crowded when I visited 79(Chill-Goo) bar with a frend. Most of customers looked like being in their mid twenties to mid thirties.

Not so small but couldn't call this bar spacious at all. It may host three tables and seven people at the counter.

Japanese fish salad was never satisfactory but it's a place for drinking, not a restaurant anyway.

Bar owners were friendly enough but I doubt that this bar would compete with Whee or Appeal which are most crowded gay soju bars in Jongro-3-ga.

Just 79 bar might be good for anyone who enjoys drinking alone because - can't say why but - atmosphere there was making me feel comfortable.

Will add its location later.

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Location of Blood G

Approx. "110-320
South Korea Seoul
Jongno 1(il).2(i).3(sam).4(sa) 227-1"

Check the address out on Google map. If it doesn't work, leave a comment.


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Love Star

I dropped by this nice looking bar last night with my friend.

Well it was my first visit there during weekdays. Unlike its glamour over the weekend, the atmosphere last night was a bit classy or so 90's thanks to ceaseless playback of music videos from late 20th centuries. Yet I kind of liked it cuz it helped me to address lots of topics for conversation with my friend.

And what I noticed there was that they serve bitters for beer like 'Jagermeister'. As far as I know, it's one of the few bars where you could sip 'Jager-Beer' in Jongro-3-ga. I had to choose tequilla or scotch instead whenever I crave things like that.

So if you're a fan of Jagermeister and bears, why not giving a try to Love Star?

Location: Approx. "37.572759,126.988859"
(Copy latitude/longtitude (within "") above and paste them in the search field of Google map)


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Lately in Jongro-3-ga

From my recent hanging out in Jongro-3-ga, I feel like updating the list of popular gay bars since there haven't been an update for a while.

Some of them were introduced earlier and some of them are newly opened.

First, Blood G and Friends are still being crowded. Blood G is a bit more local and Friends is constantly attracting customers but in general.. both are good. I've encountered western guys there, which is not very usual considering the low population of western guys in Jongro-3-ga. Guess western guys like those cocktail bars.

And Whee, famous soju place is still packed up with guys, especially kids.

There are two more promising cocktail bars; Escape and Lovestar.

Escape is just similar to any other bars but thanks to the personal network of the bar owner, generally crowded. Lots of gays, what else could be better to gays? Drink is ok.

Lovestar is a bit more specifically targeting bears. Hidden in the alley, it has nice terrace table and fancy ineterior. I prefer sitting at the terrace table when the weather is good though it's too open.

Lastly there opened a new soju place; 79 called 'Chill-Goo'. Cofounders, longtime good friends, were born in 1979 which is why. I don't have any more information but this but will drop by soon and post sone more details on it.

Ciao.

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