If you get off at Myeongdong Station on Subway Line 4 and enter Myeongdong Street, you will arrive at this special place filled with Korean heat and various items. K-Pop music pleases the ears, various items such as shopping, fashion, cosmetics, and miscellaneous goods are noticeable, and restaurants and street food with a long tradition in each alley stimulate travelers' senses. If you look up, it is impressive to see the N Seoul Tower rising high, and Myeong-dong Street has returned to the representative tourist destination of the trip to Seoul as unfamiliar languages are heard from all over the place.
Myeong-dong was famous as a shopping attraction as well as a starting point and center of a trip to Seoul. However, Myeong-dong is a complex cultural town where not only shopping but also food, entertainment, and art are gathered. Myeong-dong was a residential area during the Joseon Dynasty, but after the Japanese occupation, it transformed into a commercial district and became a center of culture and art. Department stores, precious metals, and clothing stores came in and became Myeong-dong today.
Since the pandemic, Myeongdong Street has been bustling with foreign tourists from all over the world and their various languages. Koreans visiting Myeongdong will also enjoy the new atmosphere. Myeongdong is the best place to start a trip to Seoul, and it is convenient to travel to Seoul as it is located between Euljiro Entrance Station on Subway Line 2 and Myeongdong Station on Line 4.
Myeongdong Street is full of various shops and street food. You can enjoy various theater art performances at the Myeong-dong Art Theater, and you can purchase K-Pop-related products and various products at reasonable prices at the Myeong-dong Underground Shopping Center. Also, trying street food is an important experience in Myeongdong. You can taste various foods from chicken skewers, pork skewers, and octopus skewers.
Myeongdong Street is the best choice to start a trip to Seoul. Wherever you go, you can see the charm of Seoul, and visit Myeongdong Cathedral and the food culture streets of Dadong and Mugyo-dong. Myeongdong Cathedral is a beautiful cathedral with historical and cultural values, and you can experience traditional Seoul food on the streets of Dadong and Mugyo-dong food culture.
