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Gukje Market Food Street

국제시장 먹자골목

+82-51-245-7389

Sinchangdong 4-ga, Jung-gu, Busan-si

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Located on Arirang Street in Gukje Market (Changseon-dong, Busan), Restaurant Street boasts over 60 years of history. It offers delicious Korean food such as gimbap (steamed white rice and various ingredients rolled in dried seaweed), sundae (steamed cow intestines stuffed with various ingredients), and noodles. The open seating and street dining are representative characteristics of the traditional marketplace. The area specialty is Chungmu Gimbap (rolls made of dried seaweed stuffed with rice and served with spicy radish and boiled squid) and is wildly popular among Koreans and international tourists.

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Contact: • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-51-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-51-245-7389
(Korean only)
Opened: May, 1950
Parking: Not available
Closed: N/A (Open all year round)

Updated 2016.04.14

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English and Japanese

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[Subway]
Jagalchi Station (Busan Subway Line 1), Exit 7.
Go for 225m towards Daecheong-dong.

Sinchangdong 4-ga, Jung-gu, Busan-si

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