Special thanks to Jordan Redmond for inviting us to Hanti and showing us around his neighborhood. Jordan writes a food blog about his neighborhood, and to find out what’s good in the area we suggest you visit him at Daechi Dining. There were ten different schools of one type or another listed on Hanti Station’s…
Before starting this post proper, we’d like to extend a big ‘thank you’ to Nathan Greenberg, who invited us to visit the Kondae area, gave us a bunch of tips, and met up with us to show us around. Nathan plays in the band Tierpark and is a co-founder and writer for the music website…
Not long ago we ventured out to Oryu-dong and Onsu, and I commented on how they felt more like provincial whistle-stops than like stations on Seoul’s metro. Given that those two are way out on the city’s edge, this wasn’t especially notable; what was more surprising was that I got the same feeling from Kwangwoon…
When the first thing my eyes landed on after stepping out of Exit 1 was a sign for boshintang, I knew that was as good a tip as any that I was, by Seoul standards at least, out in the sticks. Dog meat restaurants and the signs advertising them are a vanishing breed in the…
Most subway stations in Seoul lie above or below a neat four-way intersection, leaving navigating the area a straightforward affair. Seokgye, however, has one line below ground and one above ground and is wedged between streams, rail tracks, and highways, making a walk around the neighborhood a bit convoluted. I started out from Exit 2,…
Seoul Sub→urban 