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Temple Stay Seoul — Why the Gate Stays Open to the City (Part 5)

31/08/202619/05/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Illustration of two women in temple robes having tea with a Buddhist nun at Jingwansa during a temple stay Seoul visit.

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Temple Stay Korea

Ten minutes from an apartment block, a thousand-year-old gate. What a temple stay Seoul at Jingwansa gives that a mountain retreat can’t — and why we came back.