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Culture Station Seoul 284(Former Seoul Station)
Seoul(Jung-gu) , Namdaemun・Seoul-Station

The old building of the Seoul train station was designed by Tsukamoto Yasushi, a professor of Tokyo University. Construction of the station started in June, 1922 and was completed in September, 1925. Due to its unique domed roof and large size, the station attracted much attention in its early years.After Korea regained its independence from under Japanese colonial rule, the station’s name was changed from ‘Gyeongseong Station’ to ‘Seoul Station’. During the Korean War, the station was partially destroyed but later restored. After Korea began industrializing after the war, the South annex and West annex were constructed to handle the increasing transportation volume.In 2004 when the privately-funded new station was constructed, the old station closed down, but after reconstruction in 2011 opened as a multicultural space called ‘Culture Station Seoul 284’. The main section (Jungang Hall) is for performances, exhibitions, events, and cafés, while the 2nd floor houses a hall that serves as a venue for cultural performances, exhibitions, academic seminars, business meetings, and more.

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King Sejong Story
Seoul(Jongno-gu)

King Sejong, the 4th king of the Joseon Dynasty (1397-1450, reigning from 1418-1450) was responsible for some of the most brilliant achievements in the history of Korea, including the creation of Hangeul (Korean alphabet) and great advancements in the areas of science, culture, art and politics. The passage behind the Statue of King Sejong in Gwanghwamun Square is home to The Story of King Sejong Exhibition Hall, which describes some of the king’s most astounding contributions to the development of Korea as a nation.The Story of King Sejong Exhibition Hall comprises of 9 different sections with a total area of 3,200㎡. Throughout the museum are a variety of displays detailing Sejong’s invention of Hangeul, and his scientific, artistic, military, and political contributions (including the theory of Minbon, which recognized the people as the base of politics).*General InformationFor the convenience and entertainment of visitors, the museum also has a special exhibition room, the King Sejong Multimedia Room, books, a souvenir shop, and a lounge.The Exhibition Hall’s relatively new ‘Cia-Cia Hangeul Story Hall’ (opened in Feb. 12, 2010) gives visitors an even better chance to see the far-reaching effects of Sejong’s efforts. The Cia-Cia tribe in Indonesia, in lieu of having its own writing system, adopted Hangeul as their official written language.The Story of King Sejong Exhibition Hall is linked to the KT building on the left and the Sejong Center for Performing Arts on the right through an easily-accessible underground passageway.The museum is open every day (except Mondays) from 10:30am to 10:30pm. 

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Suncheonman Bay Wetland Reserve
Jeollanam-do(Suncheon-si)

The fields in Suncheonman Bay is thickly covered with reeds taller than a full-grown man. It is the biggest colony of reeds in Korea. The image of the entire field swaying in the wind is as dazzling as waves on the sea.The field of reeds is home to many plants that thrive in damp conditions, like the common reed and the starwort. Among the world’s wetlands, Suncheonman Bay is widely known for attracting the largest number of rare birds. Internationally rare birds such as the hooded crane, white-naped crane, white stork, black-faced spoonbill, Eurasian Oystercatcher, as well as birds designated as natural treasures, can be spotted here. There are about 140 species of birds including the snipe, wild duck, shelduck, and wild goose in total. In order to get to Suncheon, visitors can either fly to Yeosu Airport from Gimpo or Jeju, and then take an airport bus to Suncheon.For more information, visit the Suncheonman Bay website at www.suncheonbay.go.kr

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Cafe How
Seoul(Gangnam-gu) , Gangnam・Samseongdong(COEX)

Cafe How serves a wide variety of food and beverages. It is, however, more than just an eatery; it is a cultural space filled with various natural elements. The first floor, featuring a hanok (Korean house) style yard, is designed with an Asian motif, while the second floor, with a terrace and a rooftop garden, is designed in a western style. The cafe also has furniture, paintings and accessories brought in from different countries around the world.

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Nuri
Seoul(Jongno-gu) , Insadong・Jongnon

Located in neighborhood of Insa-dong, the restaurant Nuri represents how traditional Korean-style houses should be remodeled and utilize their own qualities. Foreigners who are not accustomed to taking their shoes off will find this place comfortable thanks to the owner's idea of not having the traditional style of sitting on the floor.The building still has the original hanok style yard and a spacious dining hall often seen in the traditional houses. Standing strong for more than 100 years, the restaurant not only specializes in introducing the charms of hanok buildings, but delicious and healthy dosirak jeongsik (set meal in a traditional lunch box) and traditional teas. Their food is prepared with local specialties delivered directly from farms, which makes it just as healthy as it is tasty.The food is also available in takeout or for delivery service. Favored by Koreans and foreigners alike, the restaurant is busy on year round.

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Mammoth Bakery
Gyeongsangbuk-do(Andong-si)

Mammoth Bakery, serving fresh baked goods for the last 40 years, has been recommanded by Michelin Green Guide South Korea. The most popular items are seasonal pies (strawberry pies and blueberry pies), cream cheese bread, and citron pound cake. Macaroons, morning breads and cakes are also customer favorites.

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Ichon Hangang Park
Seoul(Yongsan-gu) , Itaewon・Yongsan

Ichon Hangang Park is located on the northern side of the river between Jungrangcheon Bridge and Wonhyo Bridge. Along the riverside grow beautiful flowers and plants such as reed, eulalia and cosmos by season making the riverside path a popular course for a walk and family outing.Within the part, there are Teen Square, X-Game center, In-line skating rink, basketball court, tennis court, and gate ball field. Plus, the part also has , a rafting program where you may cross the river in a rubber boat navigating your way from one side of the river to the other. The program is popular as a teamwork training center for school students and office workers.Your joyful experience in the park doesn’t end here - there are more things to see and enjoy including a nature experience center, water sports, Cha Beom-Geun football class, and Nodleseom Island. 

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HERA - Lotte Centum City Branch
Busan(Haeundae-gu) , Haeundae

Located on the first floor of Lotte Department Store at Centum City, Hera is a top-notch Korean cosmetic brand focusing on skin renewal. Employees offer professional services so that customers can apply and choose what's best for their skin types in Hera.

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Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center
Seoul(Gwangjin-gu)

Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center was founded with the goal of preventing tragedies and saving the lives of children and youth. Because of fire accidents like "Sirent" in 1999, which occurred in Hwasong city in Gyungi-do, and another fire accident in the bar of Enhyon-dong located in Inchon Gwangyuok city where a lot of children and youth lost their lives, the necessity of establishing a disaster training center for common citizens was urgently felt. To teach people how to remain safe during disasters the Seoul Citizen Training Center was created. Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center is a three-story building of more than 5000 m². The basement floor includes a small theater. The first floor is set up for natural disaster training and consists of an orientation hall, storm simulation training room, earthquake simulation room, computer tests on fire safety knowledge and others. The second floor is a place for artificial catastrophe training. It consists of a smoke escape training room, fire extinguisher training room, first-aid (CPR) training room and practicing place for calling 119 (The emergency number in Korea). The third floor is used for people rescue training and consists of a rescue training room, screening room, training for professionals and video examples of five biggest disasters that have occurred in Seoul. Overall there are about 20 training corners established, so citizens can experience the imitation of a disaster by themselves and learn easily and in an interesting way to cope with a disaster. We believe that if children, youth and common citizens listen to fire fighters and personally experience training, it will help to learn the correct way to face dangerous situation and deal with a disaster.

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Hyeyang Elysium
Seoul(Jung-gu)

The Dongdaemun Fashion Town was slowly developed by Cerestar, Doota, Migliore, Pyounghwa, and wholesalers settling in Dongdaemun. Not only do Koreans shop in these areas, but visitors from Japan, China, Russia, and other countries have been known to frequently shop at both wholesale and retail stores here. The Hyeyang Elysium operates a special order shop (on floor G) for its foreign customers. There are also airport shuttle buses available to further attract more customers visiting from abroad. The merchants of the Hyeyang Elysium have plenty of knowledge in the latest fashions, as they personally research the fashion markets of Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

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