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When traveling, do you like shopping?
Almost every popular tourist location will have a pedestrian street, allowing everyone to go shopping and eat food freely. Every time I travel to a brand new place, I like to hang out in the local popular pedestrian street. It doesn't have to be shopping spree or eating and drinking, but to feel the local human life and development in a down-to-earth manner.
I remember the first time I traveled to Korea. After dropping my luggage at the hotel, my first stop was Myeongdong , a place reminiscent of a huge shopping city.
South Korea’s Myeongdong business district
Official: A shopping paradise with more foreigners than Koreans
Myeongdong business district is a must-visit tourist attraction in Korea, gathering international fashion brands, top-quality department stores and local cosmetics shops. It is also the first choice for many tourists to go shopping in Seoul. It is a place that many foreigners will visit when they first come to Seoul. Generally speaking, Myeongdong Main Street refers to a street about 1 kilometer long from Myeongdong Station of Seoul Metro Line 4 to Euljiro and Lotte Department Store.
Myeongdong has a variety of brand specialty stores, department stores, shops, etc. It is known as the "sacred place of fashion", selling all kinds of clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. For girls, Myeongdong is a paradise for cosmetics and skin care products. With a dazzling array of cosmetics, major brand stores are vying to offer shopping discounts.
Korea Tourism Organization once described the Myeongdong business district as a "shopping paradise with more foreigners than Koreans." In order to welcome a large number of foreign tourists, most of the shops here provide services in foreign languages such as Chinese and Japanese.
is really a paradise for cosmetics and skin care products
Myeongdong: Korean culture Contact with Western civilization
During the Joseon Dynasty, Myeongdong was mainly a residential area, which was called "Myeongryefang" at that time. During the Japanese Occupation era, it was renamed "Meiji Town" and gradually developed into a commercial district. In 1946, it was renamed Myeongdong after the restoration.
In modern times, the government asked British architects to design and build a large number of European-style streets and houses, and Myeongdong became a symbol of the contact between Korean culture and Western civilization.
By the 1960s, Myeongdong developed into the main commercial center of Seoul, known as the "Myeongdong Business District". Before the 1970s, it was also the economic center of South Korea, and many banking, financial and securities institutions were opened.
In March 2000, the Myeongdong business district was designated as a special tourism promotion zone, one of the stops on the Seoul tourist bus route, attracting more tourists to sightseeing and shopping.
Everyone can pay attention to the architectural style
on both sides. What do you eat when you come to Myeongdong?
Myeongdong Street has many restaurants with Korean specialties, such as Korean barbecue, thick soup rice and bibimbap, which are mouth-watering.
Queen’s barbecue restaurant
came to Myeongdong to eat barbecue. Many people recommend the Queen’s barbecue restaurant. It is a popular barbecue restaurant that no one knows about in Seoul. There are currently 5 branches of the Queen’s BBQ, 3 of which are in the Myeongdong area. There are many customers queuing up early at the store. If you can, I suggest you call first to book a seat. The walls of the rotisserie are covered with photos of many celebrities coming to eat, such as Ekin Cheng, Chen Xiaochun, Zhang Yu, etc. In addition, the menu in the barbecue restaurant has a Chinese version for tourists to see, which is very intimate.
When you come to Korea, you must taste the traditional Korean barbecue
Immortal Snow Soup
One of the most famous gourmet restaurants in Myeongdong, it must be Myeongdong Immortal Snow Soup. The most famous is the signature beef soup, which is made from beef bones, achyranthes bones, and beef offal. Because the soup was boiled until it was milky white and very rich, it was named Xuenongtang.
remembered a trip to Seoul. I came to Myeongdong at 9 o'clock in the morning. There were already customers queuing outside the store. Because the store was full, everyone came here to taste the rich snow soup.
Myeongdong Immortal Snow Soup
Jeonju Central Hall Bibimbap
Bibimbap is a very famous food in Korea. Everyone hopes that you can eat authentic Bibimbap in Korea. In Myeongdong, Jeonju Central Hall is most famous for its bibimbap, which is also veryauthentic. Its bibimbap is colorful and rich in materials, and the hot stone pot allows the fragrance of the ingredients to emanate, and the golden rice crust is completely visual, smell and taste enjoyment, it is worth a try.
The colorful bibimbap
start shopping when you are full
As mentioned earlier, Myeongdong has a lot of cosmetic products and many trendy clothing stores. And some lifestyle boutiques are also very popular with travelers.
DAISO Daiso flagship store
The DAISO Daiso flagship store in Myeongdong business district is definitely worthy of being included in the list of must-see travel tasks in Myeongdong. The 8-storey DAISO flagship store is full of daily necessities, stationery, toys, boutiques, etc. You can really go shopping for a long time. The most important thing is that many products are very cheap, only selling 1,000 to 3,000 won.
DAISO flagship store
LINE FRIENDS Myeongdong flagship store
LINE FRIENDS seems to be one of the must-visit itineraries when you come to Myeongdong. You can already see a super huge cute bear at the door. This is what many people think of LINE FRIENDS The first impression of the store is that everyone will rush to take a photo with Xiong Da. Line has a wide range of products. If you have time, you can go shopping slowly, and you will definitely gain something. Some goods designs have been added to the store, showing a fashionable and cute industrial style.
is big, but the bear is big.
Practical Travel Information
If you encounter problems in Myeongdong, you can go to the tourist information center for help; if you want to put down your suitcase and go shopping easily, you can use the surrounding lockers.
Myeongdong Tourist Information Center
– Location: Located at the intersection of Jungang Road, Myeongdong,
– Phone: +82-2-774-3238
– Opening hours: 09:00~22:00 (summer) / 09:00~21: 00 (Winter)
-There are two waiters who are proficient in English, Japanese, and Chinese
Lockers at Myeongdong Station, Seoul Metro Line 4,
-Located in the direction of Exit 2 and 8 of Myeongdong Station.
-usage fee: basic 4 hours, 2,000 won for small size, 3,000 won for medium size
-based on 4 hours as the billing unit, the basic fee will be charged for more than 12 hours, and the basic fee will be charged every 12 hours after 12 hours. You can use Korean T-Money cards, credit cards or cash.
Myeongdong Tourist Information Center
Postscript
In general, the Myeongdong business district is really a large tourist area with trendy goods, lifestyle products and Korean food. Boys and girls can find fashionable products they want to buy. What I love most is eating, and the most impressive is Bibimbap. I remember taking my family to travel to Korea a few years ago. The first day of dinner was the Bibimbap at Jeonju Central Hall. They all found it very unique. very delicious. In the middle of the night, I sneaked out by myself and went to the Jeonju Central Hall to use Bibimbap as a perfect supper, full of guilt!
Supper: Let's have another bibimbap
Some people may think that the shopping streets of tourist spots are noisy, the products are homogenized, or they are all raising prices to deceive tourists. On the contrary, I feel that visiting a brand new place is to take an open mind, take a leisurely look, stroll around, and give myself a new experience. Although
is just a hurried passerby, they all hope that they can participate in the daily life of the locals and understand their culture. For example, in the tourist pedestrian street in Hong Kong, you can see hawking stalls, various food shops on both sides, and arcade-style houses, all of which are the real life of ordinary Hong Kong citizens. For another example, the previously introduced Tamsui Old Street in Taiwan " This old street in Taiwan is full of historical stories and traces of nostalgia, attracting people to come to ", which is full of nostalgic stories of small towns and records the traces of the past life of local residents .
Which pedestrian streets have you visited? Is there the most impressive one? Welcome to leave a message to share!
