After waiting for two weeks for a day when it wasn’t raining I finally made it out again, but even so the sky over Guui was overcast and it was questionable whether or not the rain would hold off long enough for me to explore the neighborhood. I left Exit 1 and headed in the…
Dongmyo Station takes its name from the nearby shrine, built to honor the Chinese general and deity Guan Yu (162-219). Near-ubiquitous on the other side of the Yellow Sea, shrines like these are rare in Korea where, despite its long history as an on-again off-again vassal state to China, the strong Confucian tradition prevented worship…
Practically every neighborhood in Seoul undergoes changes on a weekly basis, some quickly, some slowly. Hangangjin is one of the quick ones, and is steadily turning itself into one of the trendiest, most culturally fresh areas of the city. If any one thing can be said to have kickstarted this transformation, it’s likely the arrival…
On the north side of Heogi Station, maeul buses were pulling up and people in suits and fancy dresses were piling out, heading to the several wedding halls nearby. Most of them crossed through the station to Exit 2, where, past a row of pojangmachas, guys in red jackets waved batons to direct cars out…
My girlfriend and I got off a mid-afternoon train at Jegi-dong Station along with about 40 other people. From a quick scan down the platform, it looked as if we were the only ones under 50. This may not be especially surprising, given that Line 1 runs through older parts of town popular with an…
Seoul Sub→urban 