For the longest time I was under the impression that there was an actual resort at Ttukseom Resort Station, a victim, it turns out, of a rather loose-fitting translation. A more direct rendering of 유원지 (yuwonji) would be something like ‘pleasure grounds,’ though that of course doesn’t strike the ear as quite right either. An…
Coming out of Exit 8, Gunja presented a modest commercial intersection – a couple banks and a Starbucks on the corners, a trio of street stalls selling snacks and sending greasy vapors into the air. Just past those stalls I turned left onto a road bearing the same name as the station, Gunja-ro (군자로). Cutting…
Let’s begin with noodles. Just outside Exit 1, on the corner of Gongdaecheon-gil (공대천길), is a sign for Gongneung-dong Noodle Street (공릉동 국수 거리). We often comment on this blog about how much the city changes – the buildings that disappear and are replaced, the neighborhoods that are gentrified – but one change I don’t…
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…
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…
