Experience: Gwangjang Market

September 01, 2016

Experience: Gwangjang Market

Hey Guys! Today is about Gwangjang Market! It’s located in Jongno-gu district where there are not many tourist have gone here but it’s a nice place to experience some foods there.

Brief history of Gwangjang Market

1. Established in 1905

2. While other market on that time are controlled by Japan, this market stays controlled by Korean

What you can find here?

So there are a lot of things that you can find here. First of all, you can find exclusive hanbok range in price that was made for you. In means, you can actually buy the hanbok instead of renting them. There’s also a wide variety of design in hanboks and you can actually ask them to tailor your own design.

Next you can find many room interiors like bedding, curtains, towels and more. I say it’s quite cheap there but try to negotiate on price there.

If you want to experience the tasty foods, try exit 10 (Jongno 5-ga Station) for food section. It’s the nearest entrance that you can get for the food section. The vendors there mostly are ajummas* but are exceptionally very kind to us. My dad and me tried abalone porridge and when our portion is almost finished she add little bit to us. Which made my belly full! Here are some food pictures there.