The Children’s Museum of the National Folk Museum of Korea (국립민속박물관&국립민속박물관 어린이박물관) - Area information - Korea travel information

The Children’s Museum of the National Folk Museum of Korea (국립민속박물관&국립민속박물관 어린이박물관)

4.0Km    2024-03-04

37 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

The Children’s Museum of the National Folk Museum of Korea, located within Gyeongbokgung Palace, showcases artifacts related to Korean traditional culture. This interactive museum allows children to experience and learn about various aspects of Korean traditional clothing, food, society, culture, and games firsthand. Especially catering to children from Asian countries, there is a service for renting items, and reservations are required for admission.

Seongsu Museum (성수미술관)

Seongsu Museum (성수미술관)

4.0Km    2024-11-15

39 Seongsuil-ro 8-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

rom drawing to coloring
This is a canvas drawing cafe where Yuna of ITZY visited and experienced art. It is decorated as a cultural living space where you can draw and color. Drawing tools such as sketches, acrylic paints, and brushes are provided. It is also interesting that there is a mobile phone holder so that you can capture your drawing as a time-lapse.

Jeongdong Guksi (정동국시)

Jeongdong Guksi (정동국시)

4.0Km    2024-06-19

5 Jeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
02-732-0114

Jeongdong Guksi features a rich soup with a clean taste, created by carefully removing the oil dozens of times while boiling Korean beef bones for 15 hours. The restaurant uses this same beef bone broth in their mandutguk (dumpling soup), something not many restaurants do. The rich flavor of the broth combined with the soft dumplings, made in-house daily, is a must-try. The restaurant is also surrounded by many cultural and artistic spaces, making it a great addition to tours in the area.

Podo Sikdang (포도식당)

Podo Sikdang (포도식당)

4.0Km    2021-03-18

13, Nonhyeon-ro167-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-514-9252

A Korean BBQ restaurant. The most famous menu is assorted grilled meat. A barbecue specialty restaurant located in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul.

CAFÉ TERRACE (카페테라스)

CAFÉ TERRACE (카페테라스)

4.0Km    2021-03-26

102-2, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-723-8250

It is a café that serves delicious waffles. This cafe is located in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is waffle.

Seoul Upcycling Plaza (서울새활용플라자)

4.0Km    2024-01-05

49 Jadongchasijang-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

Saehwaryong is a Korean term for upcycling, a process of redesigning or recycling discarded resources or materials to give them a new value or purpose. Seoul Upcycling Plaza operates upcycling-related exhibitions, upcycling practice education and experience programs, design studios, upcycling stores, workshops, and more. It is a great place to look around for ideas and inspirations on how to use products for longer periods of time. The plaza demonstrates the first step to creating a resource-recycling society.

Sojeokdu (소적두)

Sojeokdu (소적두)

4.0Km    2021-05-11

5-2, Apgujeong-ro, 46-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3443-4433

This is a cafe located in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul. Try patbingsu (shaved ice with sweet red beans), the representative summer thirst-quencher of Koreans. The representative menu is shaved ice with red bean topping.

SAINT JAMES SEOUL[Korea Quality]/세인트 제임스 서울[한국관광 품질인증]

SAINT JAMES SEOUL[Korea Quality]/세인트 제임스 서울[한국관광 품질인증]

4.0Km    2024-06-26

94 , Nonhyeon-ro 175-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-543-4628

Saint James Boutique Seoul, opened in November 2013 near Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul and is well known to Seoulites for its marine styling. The store sells women’s, men's and children's wear, plus shoes, hats, bags and accessories. Featured brands are SAINT JAMES (France), BUDDY (Japan), VEJA (France), SOLUDOS (USA), BRONTE (Netherlands), INFIELDER DESIGN (Japan), LAVENHAM (UK), and ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEATHERBED (Japan).

Choi Sunu House (최순우 옛집)

Choi Sunu House (최순우 옛집)

4.0Km    2021-12-21

9, Seongbuk-ro 15-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3675-3401

The Choi Sunu House is the old residence of Hyegok Choi Sunu (1916-1984), who lived in this house from 1976 until the day he passed away. The house is designated as Korea’s Registered Cultural Property. Choi Sunu was a leading art historian who served as the director of the National Museum of Korea. He devoted his life to rediscovering the beauty of Korean art and made many academic accomplishments in the areas of Korean ceramics, traditional woodcraft, and the history of painting.
The house has been open to the public as the Hyegok Choi Sunu Memorial Hall since 2004. The memorial hall displays Choi Sunu’s relics as a permanent exhibition and holds special exhibitions in the fall as well as cultural programs every spring and fall.

Danha(단하)

Danha(단하)

4.0Km    2024-11-05

39-7 Palpan-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

BLACKPINK's “HOW YOU LIKE THAT” music video created a sensation, reaching 100 million views within 32 hours of its release. The most noteworthy part of the music video was the hanbok they wore. Danha, which was in charge of making the costumes, improved the traditional hanbok and completely recreated it as a stage costume, garnering attention from all over the world. Danha is famous for designing hanboks using traditional patterns. The patterns engraved on the clothes in the BLACKPINK music video used the phoenix design pattern of the royal cloth. Danha's hanbok can be purchased through the online shop, and if you want to have it custom-made, you can visit Danha Maison after making a reservation.