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		| joyfulgirl 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:44 am    Post subject: Changwon - where can I buy traditional Korean gifts? |   |  
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				| I know where E-mart/Lotte Mart is, and that whole area, but I am thinking of xmas shopping for the folks back home, and a sweater from Uniqlo isn't gonna cut it. 
 Are there neighborhoods, shops outside of this area that sell more traditional gifts? I don't know Changwon at all...just this one intersection and neighborhood.
 
 Any direction would be helpful...THANKS!!
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		| panchotino 
 
  
 Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:37 am    Post subject: gifts |   |  
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				| unfortunately there seems to be a lack of good gifts here. best bet is to have a look in the alpha store in sangnam dong buts its typical mass produced tacky stuff. if you can, take a trip up to insadong in seoul. Lots of tacky shite there but some decent stuff aswell. there is a store downstairs from the canberra hotel but, again, mass produced stuff. It does make a decent gift mind. Most folks back home won't tell the difference.
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		| cutiepie354 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:22 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I would definitley say insadong, and you might be able to find some gifts in myeong dong. |  | 
	
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		| BigBuds 
 
  
 Joined: 15 Sep 2005
 Location: Changwon
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:35 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| At the Canberra hotel in Jungang dong near Obriens and IP. Sort of inbetween. 
 It's on the first floor just, walk in and take a left and you'll see it a little up the hallway.
 
 It's about the only traditional gift shop I know of in Changwon.
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