The walk down Noryangjin-ro (노량진로) outside Exit 1 wasn’t offering up much in the way of interest, so we decided to duck off it and head into the area sandwiched between it and the railway tracks just to the north. Our eye was caught by a big lot that had been sectioned off with scaffolding…
Expectations for Jamwon were pretty low. A pre-trip look at the map didn’t show anything of distinction except the local section of the Hangang Park. A Google search turned up precisely nothing. And you know those signs they have in the subway stations, the ones with a neighborhood map that list what’s outside each exit? …
Much like with what passes for Seoul’s Chinatown, you could be forgiven for drifting through the city’s ‘Little Tokyo’ without ever knowing you were there. Tucked between the station and the river, Ichon-dong (이촌동) doesn’t look distinctly different from any other middle-class neighborhood in Seoul, the sole thing giving you a hint of the presence…
According to Wikipedia, Dorimcheon is the least-used station on the 2 line, and based on our visit there’s every reason to believe that. The first stop west of Sindorim on the green line’s Kkachisan spur, there was a handful of people at most in the station, both when we arrived and when we left. Outside,…
The northernmost station that still sits in Seoul City proper, and about as far north as you can go in the city period, Dobongsan Station is the gateway to Dobong Mountain (도봉산) and the eastern side of Bukhansan National Park (북한산국림공원). We made our way there this past Chuseok, and the cool weather and fresh…
Seoul Sub→urban 