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Namdaemun Market Mungu

남대문 문구상가

+82-2-753-2805

6-2, Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 중구 남대문로 6-2 (남대문로4가))

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Also called Mungu (Stationery) Street, Mungu Shopping Center is home to colorful stationery, toys, and wrapping materials. Because of its colorful items, the center has attracted many Japanese tourists and producers interested in stationery and toys. A slew of camera shops on the outskirts of the center offer camera lenses and camera items not readily available elsewhere, attracting both amateur and professional photographers from Korean and abroad.

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Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.

Contact: • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-753-2805
Opened: 1897
Parking: Six nearby parking facilities
Closed: No holidays
Products: Stationery, cameras, and accessories
Size: 5 floors
Store guide: 1F-5F: food items, stationery, and cameras
Restrooms: Available

Updated 2018.02.14

Facilities for the Handicapped

Information desk for the disabled

Ways to Shop

Both whole and retail purchase available
Offline purchase
Orders by phone available

Access

How to get here by subway or bus, with a map.

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Hoehyeon Station (Seoul Subway Line 4), Exit 5.
Three minutes from Sungnyemun Five-Way Crossing toward Hoehyeon Intersection

6-2, Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Traffic information

Subway Line 4 Hoehyeon (Namdaemun Market) (회현(남대문시장)) - 257.9m
Subway Line 2 City Hall (시청) - 488.1m
Subway Line 1 City Hall (시청) - 488.1m
Subway Line A Seoul (서울) - 722.5m
Subway Line 1 Seoul (서울) - 722.5m
Subway Line 4 Seoul (서울) - 722.5m
Subway Line K 서울(경의중앙선) - 759m
Subway Line 2 Euljiro 1(il)ga (을지로입구) - 830.1m
Subway Line 4 Myeongdong (명동) - 871.4m
Subway Line 5 Seodaemun (서대문) - 1055.2m

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