The fogman cometh- it's summer!

While summer is a great time to walk around these streets, a word of warning. If you hear a thin noisy motorbike buzzing annoyingly in the background like a mosquito or see a growing plume of white smokey mist rising in the distance - run indoors fast. It is probably the 'fog man'.

The local city authorities send this poor man on his motorbike around the streets throughout summer to spray one and all with a chemical mix they assure us is toxic only to mosquitos.

Personally, I don't take any risks and always make sure I am shut up tightly inside. I suggest you do the same. There appears to be no fixed schedule.

Here is a rare sighting (usually he is enshrouded by a thick white fog), taken safely from behind closed windows.

Read more about autumn, winter and spring in Bukchon.