Day 5: Jogyesa and Insadong
After lunch at Star Café Miss Lee, I continued West one street over from the main road in Insadong and walked South to Jogyesa Temple . When I got there, it wasn’t exactly how I envisioned it would be. After having been to palace and shrine grounds that made me feel sheltered and isolated from the rest of the city, I kind of expected that the grounds of a temple would be that much more peaceful and tranquil. What I actually found was a busy temple that felt very much a part of the urban environment instead. As I approached the main building of Jogyesa, I encountered a couple of detailed looking monuments. I seem to recall reading that the large tower was only erected not too long before I visited but I could be wrong. When I got to Jogyesa, there seemed to be a fair number of people flowing in and out of the area and the demographics reflected an older crowd. From a distance, I could hear that a sermon was being held in the main temple building and broadcast over loud sp...