Religious Travelers - High Holiday experiences in east asia?

So this year I'm going to be vacationing in east asia (not sure where I'll be, have an open jaw between Seoul and Bali) and wondering what people's experiences are with Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur being in that area. I'm guessing in general I'll be limited to major cities and Chabad, where most of the people will be expat workers or travelers like myself? Anyone have experiences to share?

Depending on whether you are Sephardi or Ashkenazi, there are several good choices. Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Bangkok should probably be the popular choices

This can be an excellent resource: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/asiatoc.html

You might want to check out: http://www.asianjewishlife.org/

Ohel Leah in Hong Kong is the Orthodox congregation and is very welcoming. There is a non orthodox congregation as well - UJC.

Another vote for either HK or Bangkok or S'pore (in that order). HK has a good assortment of shuls--main Ohel Leah, Chabad also in Mid-Level, I heard there's a reform/liberal congregation. A Syrian sephardi kehila (very hospitable, but if you're ashkenazi the service is quite different) on Kowloon side. In general, I recommend you stay on the HK side. S'pore--main shul, again sephardi (though they may have ashkenazi off-shoot service for high holidays).

Don't recommend Tokyo personally--feel free to PM as I prefer not to engage in negative comments in public esp around this time of the year.

Alot of Korean dishes are pickled or dried vegetables marinated in vegetable base sauce (soy sauce and sasame oil. Isn't that Kosher?

Alot of Korean dishes are pickled or dried vegetables marinated in vegetable base sauce (soy sauce and sasame oil. Isn't that Kosher?

Not unless they are prepared under rabbinical supervision.

Alot of Korean dishes are pickled or dried vegetables marinated in vegetable base sauce (soy sauce and sasame oil. Isn't that Kosher?

My understanding is shrimp paste is commonly used in kimchi, which is obviously treifa. In addition, vegetables like spinach, bokchoi needs to have leaves individually checked for bugs. There is further complication on foods cooked by non-jews.