【Korean Travel】Enthusiasm and friendship, a day in the life of U-Know Yunho

TVXQ released their eighth Korean studio album, New Chapter #1: The Chance of Love, after a three year absence. Along with being well received by domestic record charts, this album ranked No. 1 in 13 countries in the iTunes Album Chart. Before the album’s release, U-Know Yunho gave a tour of his home in the Korean TV show 'Single Life', which shows the everyday lives of single celebrities. Let's follow a typical day in his life of enthusiasm, as he would with his best friends. Tour Course Lotte Mart Seocho Branch - 85st Coffee - Haenamjip - Spinn Bowling Center Garden 5   U-Know Yunho's brunch destination Lotte Mart Seocho Branch       U-Know Yunho greatly entertained viewers by showing his retro style house on the TV show. As soon as he woke up, he started his day with an intense dance practice for a TVXQ music video and showed off his skills by singing into a microphone while cleaning the house. After his enthusiastic morning routine, he headed to a nearby supermarket on a manual kick scooter. In Lotte Mart Seocho Branch, you can find almost everything you need, just like any other supermarket. Lotte Mart Seocho Branch is especially famous for its ’grocerant market’ (selling and cooking ingredients in one place), where a variety of dishes such as lobster and steak are cooked on the spot. Lotte Mart Seocho Branch Address: B1 & B2, 1498-5, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 운영시간: 10am - 12am next day, Closed on the second and fourth Sunday of every month Contact: +82-2-918-2500   the meeting place of U-Know Yunho and his best friends born in 1985 85st Coffee     In the TV show, U-Know Yunho met with his best friends, including Son Ho-jun, at 85st Coffee. No Sin-hyeon, who has been a friend of U-Know Yunho since high school, is running this coffee shop. The coffee shop was named 85st Coffee because it would be a meeting place for friends born in 1985. The coffee shop owner said U-Know Yunho visits this place at least a couple times a week, as well as for special gatherings of friends. He said U-Know Yunho's favorite drinks are the Americano and Real Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie. A big teddy bear, which is the symbol of the coffee shop, was a gift from U-Know Yunho. 85st Coffee Address: (next to Seoul Nonhyun Elementary School) 39, Gangnam-daero 122-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul Business hours: 11:30am - 2am   U-Know Yunho's favorite Korean restaurant Haenamjip     Whenever U-Know Yunho returns to Korea after staying abroad or meets with his friends, he visits this Jeolla-do-styled Korean restaurant named Haenamjip. It is one of his favorite restaurants, and is run by Hong Jeong-in, a friend of U-Know Yunho since elementary school, and his mother. The restaurant owners are basically family to U-Know Yunho and he calls Hong Jeong-in's mother Mom. Even though U-Know Yunho does not order a certain dish, the restaurant owners serve a variety of seasonal dishes and special Jeolla-do dishes such as seaweed dishes, octopus, cockles, grilled yellow corvina, grilled beef rib patties, and skate. However, stir-fried pork with deodeok, which is U-Know Yunho’s favorite, is a signature dish of the restaurant. Haenamjip Address: 10, Gangnam-daero 160-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul Business hours: 11:30am - 3pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm Contact: +82-2-3446-7244   The place where U-Know Yunho shows his competitive side Spinn Bowling Center Garden5     The place where U-Know Yunho and his friends enjoyed bowling is Spinn Bowling Center Garden 5 in Munjeong-dong, Korea's largest bowling center with 38 lanes complying with international standards. U-Know Yunho and his friends visit this place very often and many social media users post photos of him and his friends enjoying bowling here. This bowling center becomes a rock bowling center by changing its lighting and music after 11pm. It has a variety of amenities and is open throughout the year, 24 hours a day. U-Know Yunho says that the true victory in bowling is to beat a person with a private bowling ball using a house ball. As he says, the bowling center rents out quality gear. Spinn Bowling Center Garden5 Address: Garden 5 Works, Unit 57, B1, 52, Chungmin-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul Business hours: Open 24 hours a day Contact: +82-2-2047-3663 ※Above information is subject to change at any time. *source : KTO(Korea Tourism Organization) www.visitkorea.or.kr 韓国旅行情報のすべて : トリップポーズ   http://www.trippose.com South Korea travel tips and articles : TRIP-PROPOSE      http://en.trippose.com 韩国旅游提示和文章 : TRIP-PROPOSE       http://cn.trippose.com 韓國旅遊提示和文章 : TRIP-PROPOSE       http://tw.trippose.com  /  http://hk.trippose.com