I’ve just returned from a trip to Seoul, South Korea, and present here one of the first sights to greet me on arrival at my hotel.
This welcoming statue, giving a typical East Asian bow, is situated right out the front of the Lotte City Hotel, in the Seoul suburb of Myeongdong.
Known as the greeting man, he represents the polite custom that is common in this part of the world.
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