There are Starbucks' that are four stories high, specialized cat, dog, and rabbit cafes designed to help you de-stress, and an assortment of anime or K-pop cafes. Cafes in Korea are the meet-up spots that everyone uses for meetings, studying, eating or catching up with friends.
Photo booths are also very popular, here. From the basic, "stand there and pose", to the positively luxurious with props, hats and filters onhand to use as ways of enhancing your photo. It is common to leave a copy of your photo up on the wall of the booth. My friends and I have a running game of trying to find each others' photos that we've left at different booths in our area. When we find one, we take a picture and replace it. But I couldn't tell you who's winning...
Most students, from a very young age, are familiar with long day! Korean children usually go to school around 9AM and then stay there until 5PM. Afterward, most children will have specialized lessons or clubs for music, English language study or another academic subject. These sessions usually go until 8 or 9PM and then the students get to go home and do their homework. 6 or 7PM is usually the time adults are done with their office jobs as well. Because free time comes so much later in the day in Korea, a lot of restaurants and cafes open later and stay open longer. Some restaurants don't open before 5PM. It is very common to see children your age out with friends or family at 10PM! However, the subway stops running at midnight, so about that time, you will see less people out and about.
There are tons of parks to visit on the weekends. And despite COVID, there are large crowds of couples, families, and friends who want to get out and enjoy and exercise in the fresh air.
