I have to break Jangji up into two not-quite-symmetrical parts, as the east and west sides of the station bear almost no relation to each other. East There isn’t a whole lot of interest around here, most of the area around Exits 1 and 2 being taken up by a forest of apartment towers called…
Just outside Exits 3 and 4 at Gangbyeon Station there are signs of people on the move. A row of a half-dozen food stalls lines the sidewalk, pouring steam into the winter air, and in front of them smokers work their way through cigarettes, shoulders hunched against the cold, free hands gripping suitcase handles. After…
Despite sitting near the heart of downtown, the area around Euljiro-4-ga Station remains off the radar for most. Surrounded by Jongno, Myeongdong, and Dongdaemun, it suffers a bit from Bermuda Triangle syndrome, disappearing amid the attractions of its more well-known neighbors. But there are plenty of reasons to get off the subway here and explore,…
Mokdong this week and, again, not too terribly much to report back on for the aimlessly wandering Seoulite. A fairly well-known neighborhood in Seoul expat circles due to its relative affluence and corresponding preponderance of hagwons and the foreign teachers that go with them, it nevertheless felt – to us at least – a bit…
In a development almost as exciting for the blog as last post’s discovery of Naksan Naengmyeon, we were joined for this excursion by John Glionna, the Los Angeles Times’ Seoul Bureau Chief, as he prepared a story on Seoul Sub→urban for the paper. (Greetings Angelenos! Send tacos!) So prior to our weekend’s jaunt through Garibong-dong…
Seoul Sub→urban 