2.9Km 2021-03-18
2, Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-310-9116
This is a cafe located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. A store selling Korea’s representative summer dishes. The representative menu is shaved ice with red bean topping.
2.9Km 2024-03-11
8-10, Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-776-3267
Located in Myeongdong Street, Baekje Samgyetang is renowned for samgye tang (ginseng chicken soup). This long-standing establishment has been in business for two generations since 1971 so it has been featured on TV in Korea and other countries. In addition to samgye tang, they also serve chicken dishes such as dakdori tang (spicy braised chicken), roasted chicken, and jeonbok juk (abalone porridge), attracting numerous patrons.
2.9Km 2024-12-27
73 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Beauty Play is a K-beauty experience center operated by the Korea Cosmetics Industry Institute and supported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It offers a wide variety of sample Korean beauty products for testing as well as diverse beauty experience programs such as makeup touch-up service (choice of base, eyes, or lips), personal color test, and skin evaluation. Visitors can also ask for product recommendation based on their skin type or skincare concerns. Beauty Play also frequently hosts beauty seminars and one-day classes, which are announced online via its official website. International tourists can apply for a full makeup service with an advance reservation free of charge.
Beauty Play has two branches in Seoul: one in Myeong-dong, which is located across from Myeongdong Cathedral; and one in Hongdae. Beauty Play experience programs are avilabe from 10:00 to 18:00 everyday except Sundays.
2.9Km 2024-03-18
39 Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
This Renaissance-style three-story stone building is the museum of the Bank of Korea. The older Bank of Korea was established as the central bank of the Korean Empire in 1909 and has been designated as a National Historical Site. During the Japanese colonial period, the bank was renamed the Bank of Joseon, and the building was used as the main and head office of the Bank of Korea until 2001. The building has been used as the nation’s Money Museum since June 2001 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Bank of Korea. The museum has 13 exhibition rooms on two floors, with one basement floor and two above-ground floors. It holds special exhibitions of various currency and art collections to provide domestic and foreign visitors with the opportunity to enjoy the history and culture of currency. Visitors can learn about the Bank of Korea and the central banking system, as well as how to identify counterfeit notes and how money is produced and circulated. It is also a good place for children to learn about currencies from around the world. Advance reservations are required, and parking is not available. The museum can easily be reached via subway by getting off at Hoehyeon Station (Seoul Subway Line 4) and exiting through Exit 7.
2.9Km 2024-09-04
12 Eulji-ro 11-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2133-6658
Chuseok Agricultural Specialty Products Seoul Market is held at Seoul Plaza, providing Seoulites with the opportunity to purchase high-quality agricultural specialty products from across the nation in one location.
3.0Km 2021-03-18
56, Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-752-0330
This is a Korean cuisine located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. A famous restaurant among Japanese tourists. The representative menu is wild pine mushroom and abalone porridge.