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winnie
Joined: 08 May 2005
Location: the forest
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 Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject: Insadong-like place in Busan? |
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| Is there a place to buy traditional goods/crafts in Busan? I need to buy some souvenirs for home. |
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winnie
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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So, no one can help me out?
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I was on a similar mission in Busan yesterday. We checked out Shanghai Street near Busan Station, which is supposed to be a shopping district for tourists, but all we found were a lot of seedy Russian sailors who were leering at my wife, so we didn't stay very long. It looked more like an Itaewon-type place to me, but if you dig around you might find something. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Not specific to Busan, but sometimes temples have adjoining teahouse/craft emporiums with giftable Korean stuff. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Not specific to Busan, but sometimes temples have adjoining teahouse/craft emporiums with giftable Korean stuff. |
The main temple attraction there is Beomosa, which has only your cheesy, garden variety gift shop. Nice place to visit, but try somewhere different for shopping. |
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winnie
Joined: 08 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I've read that the two biggest shopping areas are Nampo dong and Seomyeon area.....but I want to buy touristy stuff.
What area do you think is best for shopping overall then? |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| winnie wrote: |
I've read that the two biggest shopping areas are Nampo dong and Seomyeon area.....but I want to buy touristy stuff.
What area do you think is best for shopping overall then? |
Try Nampodong. You can find almost everything there if you look long enough in those markets.
Seomyeon is more for department store shopping and such. |
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ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| The best place is The Can market part of Nampo-Dong. Can be tricky to find though. It is not nearly as orientated to tourists as Insa-dong however. |
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