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| Itaewon, as the city of all
nations, has the most exotic restaurants of each
country. You can easily find the traditional restaurants
of Germany, Italy, India, Pakistan, Switzerland,
and Thailand which are hard to find in any other
places. Moreover, the Korean, Chinese and Japanese
restaurants here in Itaewon pursue the most traditional
tastes. |
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| Namdaemun market is the largest
and best traditional market in Korea where you can
be enlightened of the economic trend in Seoul. To
Seoulites, the market is the place where they can
work out the consumer prices. It is known as the
must-see shopping and sightseeing course for visitors
to Seoul. For foreign travelers who visit Namdaemun
market, we provide the domestic sightseeing information
as well as free interpretation service in English
and Japanese. |
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| People who used to go up
Namsan late at night know well which place is the
brightest in Seoul. If you turn your eyes to the
place where the extraordinary bright light and energy
comes from, it is the northern river area, then
you will easily find Dongdaemun market in your view.
This is where a sudden traffic jam occurs in the
middle of the night. The wonder of Dongdaemun lies
in the fact that you can buy everything from head
to toe at a low price. It has been long since the
market cleared its name as being a traditional market,
which is proved by the natural comments of the youngsters
"shall we go to Dongdaemun?". Where the
market is flooded with a large crowd who want to
enjoy the Dongdaemun market itself regardless of
various fashion malls, big events, age, and nationality.
That's the Dongdaemun market. |
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| Insadong is the spot where
you can feel the subtle taste of Korea. Entering
into the alley of Insadong, you can find small and
big art galleries, fine art dealers, Korean paper
dealers, paper hangers, craftwork shops, pottery
shops, calligraphy shops, ateliers, shops selling
art supplies used at a village schools, traditional
restaurants, and teashops. Elizabeth II, the queen
of the United Kingdom, visited Insadong and paid
her tribute an praise to our Korean costume and
pottery when she visited Korea in April 1999. Every
October, the Insadong Festival is held where you
can see plays with farmers' musical instruments
being used and taste the cuisines for the whole
of Korea. By using the recently introduced bus which
circulates between museums from Insadong through
Pyungchangdong, you can visit more than 10 museums
by a round admission ticket for only 1,000 Won. |
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It is said that
you could see the Korean economy after reading the
cash flow in Myungdong. Subsequently, Myungdong
, in which the main offices of the Bank of Korea,
Kookmin Bank, Seoul Bank, and Korea Exchange Bank
are located, is truly the origin of the Korean finance.
A total of 70 financial institutions including 30
bank branches, 20 securities companies, and 20 2nd
tier financial institutions are located in Myungdong.
Moreover, Myungdong is the most thriving and abundant
in terms of cultural aspects in the center of Seoul
City. There are lots of fashion shops, cafes of
long history, venues for playing live acoustic guitars,
and many restaurants that satisfy various tastes
of people.
Recently, some 20 fashion
malls including UTOOZONE advertising "we will
take care of everything from head to toe",
V Exchange, Trend 20, ENVY, and Hamburger University
were newly decorated in order to entice customers.
Such multi shopping malls equipped with diverse
events and convenient facilities have been refurbished,
in a contemporary sense and manner, restoring the
pride of the high class tailors and dressmakers
in Myungdong of 1970s. The people who visit Myungdong
for shopping spend on average around 2 million per
day. Recently, Myungdong has been crowded with many
foreigners. Thus, you can easily find the informative
statements written in Japanese and Chinese. |
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| The morning of Namsan is
the morning of Seoul. The morning of Seoul begins
with roaring voices through the cold air in the
daybreak and the citizens who practice exercises.
Namsan, which consists of granite with a height
of 262m, embraces the central part of Seoul with
its wide heart and thus is a friendly mountain to
Seoul citizens. Namsan has the Seoul tower observatory
in which the sea near Incheon can be seen on a fine
day, Palgakjeong, a playground, a botanical garden,
and a cable car, etc. Namsan plays an important
role as a garden in the central city where people
can gain the vitality in life through natural inquiry,
exercise, and rest. |
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