For Koreans their home town is really important. Whenever people meet each other for the first time, they ask each other questions so that they know how to talk with each other. If they are from the same hometown, they expect to be close friends automatically. My hometown is in the south part of South Korea and it is by the sea.
Many Japanese tourists come to stay in resort hotels by the ocean.
In this foggy, misty, not too crowded town, I was born. Some people might think the fog is pretty, but to me it is part of a scary mood. For most Koreans coming to their home town feels comfortable. To me it is a strange, unreal, maybe even creepy place. I am going to meet my family, but I don't even know them.