Innisfree - Sinseol-dong Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (이니스프리 신설동역) - Area information

Innisfree - Sinseol-dong Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (이니스프리 신설동역)

8.1Km 2024-04-17

1F, 20, Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

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Olive Young - Sinseol-dong Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 신설동역)

8.1Km 2024-04-16

4, Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

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Namsangol Hanok Village (남산골한옥마을)

8.1Km 2025-07-14

28 Toegye-ro 34-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Namsangol Hanok Village opened in 1998 on the northern side of Namsan Mountain in the center of the capital. This village has five restored hanok (traditional Korean house) premises, a pavilion, a traditional garden, a performance art stage, and a time capsule plaza, making it a perfect spot for locals and tourists to take a leisure walk. Upon entering from the front gate, visitors will get a taste of Korea's traditional life while escaping from bustling city life. The traditional garden with its pavilion and old houses creates a peaceful ambiance before the forested Namsan Mountain. A time capsule commemorating Seoul’s 600th anniversary was buried in 1994 at the highest point of the village and is scheduled to be reopened 400 years later in 2394.

The five hanok premises at Namsangol Hanok Village once belonged to aristocrats and government officials of the Joseon dynasty. Each house was originally located in a different neighborhood, but they were all moved to this area and restored to their original form. The houses were rebuilt using their original materials, except for one house, where the materials were too old and deteriorated to be reused. The premises were carefully restored and replicated according to their original form to depict the owners’ social class and personality. These buildings are now used as an exhibit to portray the living environment during the Joseon dynasty and as a venue for educational and cultural programs for children and tourists.

Some of the unique programs and activities to participate in include wearing hanbok, folding hanji (traditional Korean paper), writing in Korean, traditional tea ceremony, traditional etiquette school, and herbal medicine experience. There are also taekwondo demonstrations and other various performances held around the village. Visitors can also try traditional games such as yunnori (traditional board game), or understand more about the area through a guided tour.

Myeongpum Songi Jokbal (명품송이족발)

8.1Km 2021-03-29

11, Sadang-ro 17-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul
+82-2-535-0712

A place that serves Jokbal (pigs’ feet) using Korean meat. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is braised pigs' feet.

Seoul Jungbu Market (서울중부시장)

8.1Km 2022-09-13

35, Eulji-ro 36-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2267-5617

At Jungbu Market, a wide assortment of dried food such as laver, seaweed, anchovies, yellow corbinas, squid, pollack, and dried filefish fillets are available at low prices. Known for both wholesale and retail sales, Jungbu Market offers goods at prices 20-30% lower than those found at other markets.

Each store only sells one or two types of seafood products, allowing for easy price comparison and top quality goods. Popular products include dried filefish fillets, laver, and Pollack. As of late, processed food has also started to make its way into the market.

Mary Jane [Tax Refund Shop] (메리제인)

8.1Km 2024-04-22

236-1, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Gaetmaeul (갯마을)

8.1Km 2016-09-23

248, Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
+82-2-798-5655, +82-2-798-1655

Gaetmaeul restaurant, located in Ichon-dong in the Yongsan area of Seoul, is widely known for its specialty dish, Son-manduguk (handmade dumpling soup). Not only does it serve exceptionally delicious food, but the service is friendly, and the facilities are clean. As well as the excellent mandu dishes, such as manduguk (dumpling soup) and tteok-manduguk (dumpling soup with rice cake slices), the menu also includes bindatteok (Korean mung-bean pancake) and suyuk (boiled slices of beaf). The kimchi used to fill the dumplings and offered as a side dish is also particularly good.