Seosomun Historical Park (서소문역사공원)
7.3Km 2023-08-11
5, Chilpae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
The Seosomun Gate area, which is located outside Seosomun Gate, was used as a persecution site in the 19th century before it turned into the local park of today. Many Catholics were suppressed and martyred here, making the area a holy site for Korean Catholics. Seosomun Gate was a gateway to Chilpae Market located near Namdaemun Gate. It was always busy with passerbys and the persecution site was established outside the gate to set an example of crime punishment to all the witnesses.
On May 15, 1999, a memorial tower was raised at the center of the park in honor of the martyrs. In 2013, Seoul's Jung-gu district also founded Seosumun Holy Shrine History Museum with a memorial exhibition hall in their honor.
Geunal Urineun (그날우리는)
7.3Km 2021-03-18
29, Daehak-ro, 9-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-764-4697
This is a Korean cuisine located in Daehak-ro, Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is grilled sea eel. It sells grilled hagfish, which Koreans eat a lot for health in summer.
Gaeseong Mandu Koong (개성만두 궁)
7.3Km 2023-05-24
11-3, Insadong 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-733-9240
Gaeseong Mandu Koong has served Gaeseong-style mandu (dumplings) for more than 30 years. The elderly proprietor, who fled south during the Korean War runs this restaurant with the help of her granddaughters. Characterized by its delicate taste, Gaeseong mandu stuffing consists of pork and various vegetables such as cabbage and pumpkin. This restaurant's mandu is so popular that it sometimes gets sold out even before evening. Typical menu includes mandu jeongol (hot pot) and mandu guk (soup). The hot pot is made of various ingredients including mandu, rice cakes, mushrooms, and meat, and serves two to three persons. For several persons, it's recommended to eat bossam (boiled meat slices wrapped in lettuce leaves or kimchi) and Korean-style pancakes.
Paju Gamaksan - Daehangro Branch (파주감악산 대학로)
7.3Km 2021-03-19
4, Daehak-ro 12-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-747-7274
A meat restaurant that is the ideal meeting place. The most famous menu is grilled Korean beef sirloin. A barbecue specialty restaurant located in Daehak-ro, Seoul.
Moonguesthouse(문게스트하우스)
7.3Km 2024-06-20
31-18, Samil-daero 32-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-745-8008, +82-10-8704-9981
The Moon Guesthouse is situated near a number of interesting tourist destinations including Unhyeongung Palace (3min on foot), Bukchon Hanok Village (5min on foot), Changdeokgung Palace (5min on foot), and Changgyeonggung Palace (10min on foot). The guesthouse was named ‘moon’ (‘door’ in English) because it has many 176 doors and windows. Upon entering by the gate, visitors will see a ‘ㄷ’-shaped hanok building in the courtyard, in which a wooden bedstead and a table are placed. On the opposite of the hanok building there is a wall roofed with tiles engraved with Korean patterns such as deer, pine, turtle, etc. Flowers in the flowerbed lined up along the wall are in bloom and the bonsai are also well-kept in the house. Renovated and opened as a guesthouse in September 2011, Moon Guesthouse consists of a bonchae (main building) and a byeolchae (detached house). The rooms are decorated with red clay and hanji (traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees), and have under-the-floor heating (ondol). Each room is equipped with an air-conditioner, and has a 40cm-thick layer of red clay over the ceiling for insulation, making the rooms cool in summer and warm in winter. The house has seven individual guestrooms and five modern bathrooms, but the entire building (bonchae or byeolchae) can be rented, too. In particular, the unhyeondang of the bonchae is very popular as it can be converted into one large space for special events, group workshops, etc. simply by opening all the sliding doors (Bunhapmun – Goryeo construction style). This room, which is decorated with a flower-patterned windscreen, a landscape painting, and calligraphy, has been used as a shooting location for various TV programs including KBS2’s TV reality program Man’s Qualification and its variety show The Human Condition. The guestrooms are also equipped with traditional furniture including a cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The guesthouse also provides a variety of experience programs from 11am to 3pm, including tea ceremony, wearing Hanbok (traditional Korean clothes), making kimchi and gochujang (red chili paste), playing a traditional musical instrument, making a rubbing of a stone inscription, calligraphy, drawing orchids on a fan, and so on. The house has about seventy hanbok and other clothing accessories, as well as a royal costume. Its calligraphy and drawing orchid programs are run directly by the owner, who used to work as a classical Chinese teacher at a high school.
Gukje Embroidery - Insa-dong Branch (국제자수원 3호점 (인사동))
7.3Km 2020-05-07
41, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-723-0830
Opened in 1979, Kukjae Embroidery specializes in embroidered crafts using traditional Korean patterns. Every product is delicately and elegantly crafted by master artisans. Kukjae Embroidery is known as a frequent destination of foreign dignitaries. It offers a seminar where international tourists can learn how to make embroidered crafts.
CU - Dongsoong Art Center Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (cu동숭아트점)
7.3Km 2024-06-26
114, Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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ASSITEJ International Summer Festival (아시테지 국제여름축제)
7.3Km 2024-07-09
114 Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-745-5863
ASSITEJ International Summer Festival is Korea's largest performing arts festival aimed at introducing theater to children. Started in 1993, the festival has continued to grow each year, including many performances from overseas groups to delight children and adults alike.
Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art (경인미술관)
7.3Km 2024-03-04
11-4, Insadong 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-733-4448
Kyung-In Museum of Fine Art is located in Insa-dong. It has six exhibition rooms, an atelier, an outdoor exhibition area, and a traditional tea house. It hosts outdoor concerts in spring and fall, and Q&A sessions with authors can also be found as well. The traditional tea house offers about 15 types of traditional Korean tea in a space that overlooks the garden.
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