Princess Diary Cafe
Remember your imagination? That inner being we were told to locate and celebrate throughout our childhood, whether we were playing games, writing a story, or watching Barney? One of the greatest imagination-catalysts of my childhood was playing dress-up, trying on my mother’s big, old fur coats or my grandmother’s gaudy costume jewelry. But why am...
Chinchagram: summer/ vacation
August was full of surprises this year, including a seemingly endless heat wave, an unseasonably late monsoon season and “the strongest storm of the decade” that puttered out into nothing more than a windy day. The weather made for some fantastic sunset and sky shots this month and those who weren’t in Seoul snapped some great travel photos! It was...
Mixtape: Dance Music For Old People
Dance Music For Old People is a an old-school muzack party, “featuring five groovetastic bands”. Teddyboys, Aggudle, Earls, Funny People and The Veggers will play their own funk, soul and blues rock tunes this Friday night at Powwow Seoul, and will also cover well-known songs from eras gone by. Since we love the concept of...
Chincha Films…Future Shorts
We are extremely proud and excited to present the first in what we hope will be a long-running series of Chincha-made mini films covering Korea. This film was shot at one of our favourite regular events, Future Shorts Seoul, which held its summer version of the pop-up film festival last Saturday (August 25th). Barring a...
Peace, Love and Innertrip
As promised, Innertrip delivered all the nature, love, peace, respect, and music one would expect from a psy-trance, reggae and dubstep open-air festival. Getting there provided a gorgeous ride along the ITX line of the subway to Gangchon station. The only pitfall was the lack of reliable information about transportation to and from the venue....
Kimchi Tacos
As an avid blogger, photographer and vegan cook, Claire Harris’ site Kimchi Tacos covers these interests and more in a fun, diary-style record of her life. Although Claire’s blog is worth introducing in itself, the main reason we chose to do so this week is because Claire has recently joined Team Chincha as our resident...
Korea Burn
Chincha will be heading to Korea Burn this weekend for a huge beachside, Nevada desert-style celebration. We’re going to be filming the fun and getting you guys to tell us about your festival experience in return for hugs, stickers and soju shots. It’s likely you already know about the much-hyped festival set on Gijipo Beach...
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