"Jim-jil-bang"(찜질방)

Seoul travel guide_Oldies but goodies

Second hand book stores are to be found anywhere in the world.

Korea’s not an exception. In the old days when less people could afford books, second hand stores were more popular.

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Second hand book stores are to be found anywhere in the world. Korea’s not an exception. In the old days when less people could afford books, second hand stores were more popular. But now, they are popular for another reason. Nowadays, people are drawn to the nostalgia and the variety they offer and the fun of discovering old books that are out of print at low prices. In the middle of Dongdaemun are these old and friendly second hand book stores. This kind of variety in products and culture is what deems Dongdaemun more attractive.



These book stores are aligned in one area of Dongdaemun, close to the Cheonggyecheon walk way. Taking this walk way, it takes about 1 hour from City Hall subway station. Please refer to ‘Cheonggyecheon -> Gwangjang Market, Dongdaemun Walk’ post.



Taking the Cheonggyecheon walk way, you come across this bridge called “Birdle”



Take the exit on left and cross the bridge.



This is a typical second hand bookstore. About 20 of these stores are aligned on one side and each specializes in a field like children’s books, design, imported books, magazines and so on. It’s not hard to find what books each store specializes in. You’ll notice books stacked in front of the store they specialize in.



This is one of the children’s book stores.



This store specializes in imported books, design and art books.



See one of the owners. Wish I could have a big enough house to fit so many books in. You can call him/her “juin-a-ju-see”(to generally refer to the male store owner who’s older) or “juin-a-ju-mu-nee”(female owner).



People in various age groups, career groups enjoy browsing through the books.



There are a lot of imported books here too. You may come across valuable and rare books that are long out of print.



The stacks in strings are series and sequels.



There are good old Sidney Sheldon, John Grisham. I’ve also found stacks of Agatha Christie’s. As a mystery lover, I was a kid in a candy store.



I’ve also found a hard cover National Geographic series book on Korea called “The Hermit Nation.” There were a lot from this hard cover, all-color series books.



National Geographic magazines.



Best selling novels by Bernard Werber, Dan Brown.



Jackpot! Found ‘Gateway to the Great Books’. It’s Britannica of literature.? See more about this on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_to_the_Great_Books.



Besides, there are stores selling hats, sportswear, uniforms, scarves, gloves, belts and more.



Another “juin-a-ju-see” amid the books.



Books on art for sale at bargain prices.



This is a magazines store. You can find new issues as well as old issues. Busy Dongdaemun designers often buy new and old issues here.



It was a delightful surprise for us when we found these book stores in Dongdaemun because we had originally thought that Dongdaemun was all about clothes and fashion. Dongdaemun is amazingly big in size, diverse in items and cultures. Every block of it contains so much history and items. Dongdaemun reminds me of a saying?“Rome wasn’t built in a day”?or something like that.



This is what I found. I was so thrilled to come across this book as a big Star Wars fan and the kind “juin-a-ju-see” was willing to give me a discount

Seoul travel guide_Guide to DDM malls and markets

Pink Zone : Wholesale malls and markets Blue Zone : Retail malls and markets

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Pink Zone : Wholesale malls and markets
Blue Zone : Retail malls and markets

Wholesale Shopping Complex

• 5 Pyunghwa Clothing Market




Strength: As well as clothes, you can find lots of accessories here including mufflers, scarves, hats, socks, belts and uniform and sportswear manufacturers.

Open: PM 10:00 ~ PM 8:00 next day
(closed on Sundays)

Site: www.pyounghwa.com




Floor	Products
1	Women’s and men’s apparel, hats, socks, bags, scarves, swim wear, ties, towel, umbrella, belts, books, shirts, accessory
2	Women’s and men’s apparel, shirts, children’s wear, casual clothes, jeans, sportwear
3	Women’s and men’s apparel, children’s wear, lingerie






• 9 Area 6




Strength: You can find high quality clothes for ladies in mid 30’s and over

Open: PM 9:00~PM 5:00 next day (closed from Saturday PM 4:00 ~ Sunday PM 9:00)








Floor	Products
B1	Imported clothes, ladies casual clothes, lingerie, men’s suit
1	Fur, maternity wear, sports casual, accessories, glasses, interior goods
2	Golfwear and items, knit wear, jumpers, shirts, young casual
3	Imported clothes, men’s suit and casual






• 10 Kwanghee Fashion Mall




Strength: Clothes, fake luxury bags. You can find lots men’s wear on 3F, a lot of them hip hop casual.

Open: PM 9:00~PM 5:00 next day (closed from Saturday PM 5:00 ~ Sunday PM 9:00)

Site: www.kwangheesijang.com





Floor	Products
B1	Ladies apparel, imported clothes, knit wear, silk, bags, accessory
1	Ladies apparel, Tshirts, jeans, cotton pants, knit wear, casual and sports wear
2	Leather jacket, pants, fur
3	Ladies apparel, Tshirts, jeans, cotton pants, knit wear






• 11 Sinpyeonghwa Fashion Town




Strength: Lots of accessories and dance wears. 4F is a hot spot for foreign buyers.

Open: 1F - 24hours, rest floors - PM 10:30~ AM 11:00(next day)

Site: www.sph.co.kr






Floor	Products
B1	Stage wears, belly dance wears, ladies apparel
1	Underwear, lingerie, socks, sportswear
2	Young casual clothes for women and men, ladies wear, Tshirts
3	Men’s suits, ties, ladies formal wear, Tshirts
4	Ladies wear, Tshirts, jeans






• 12 Nampyunghwa Market




Strength: You can find good quality bags on the basement floor.

Open: B1, 1F - 00:00~14:00, 2F, 3F - 20:00~10:00 (closed on Sundays)









Floor	Products
B1~F1	Bags, wallets, belts
2~3	Women's and men's apparel, Tshirts, knit wear, jeans, cotton pants






• 13 TheOT




Strength: You can find avg.~ good quality accessories on B1.

Open: 00:00~14:00 (closed from Saturday PM 2:00 ~ Sunday midnight)

Site: www.theot.org






Floor	Products
B1	Ladies apparel, accessories
1	Ladies apparel
2	Ladies apparel
3	Ladies apparel
4	Ladies apparel






• 15 Jeilpyeonghwa Market




Strength: You can find a lot of high quality office wears, accessories here. They also do retail.

Open: AM 10:00~AM 4:30 (next day)
(closed from Saturday PM 5:00~Sunday PM 9:00)

Site: www.jeilpyunghwa.com






• 16 Nuzzon




Strength: Place to be if you’re looking for shoes and accessories.

Open: PM 8:00~ AM 8:00 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:00)

Site: www.nuzzon.co.kr






Floor	Products
4	Leather goods
5	Fashion accessories
6	Accessories, vintage goods
7~8	Snacks
9~15	Cafe, Offices






• 17 Nine Plus




Strength:
Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00
















• 18 apm




Strength: Along with U-US, has the most trendy women’s clothes.

Open: PM 8:00~AM 8:00 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:00)

Site: www.apm24.co.kr






Floor	Products
B1	Women's casual clothes
1	Women's clothes
2	Ladies apparel (more formal than in other floors)
3	Men's clothes
4	Men's casual clothes






• 19 Golden Town




Strength: You can find genuine leather, leather and fur wears.

Open: AM 9:00~ PM 6:00 (closed on Sundays)










Floor	Products
B2	Restaurants
B1~F1	Leather hide, leather materials
2~3	Fur, leather wears






• 20 Designer Club




Strength: Ladies wear. Good quality accessories, bags and shoes.

Open: Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 8:00











Floor	Products
B1	Women's casual clothes
1	Women's clothes
2	Ladies apparel (more formal than in other floors)
3	Men's clothes
4	Men's casual clothes
5	Accessories






• 21 Team 204




Strength: You can find a lot of shoes at very affordable price range.?

Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00(closed from Saturday AM 8:00~ Sunday PM 8:00)









Floor	Products
B1~F2	Shoes
3~4	Lingerie, cosmetics, accessories






• 22 Elicium




Strength: You can find good quality children's clothes.

Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00(closed from Saturday AM 8:00~ Sunday PM 8:00)









Floor	Products
1	Ladies apparel
2	Children's clothes
3~4	Men's apparel
5	Display items






• 23 Studio W








Strength: designs by young, new designers.

Open: PM 8:30 ~ AM 8:30 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:30)





Floor	Products
1~3	Ladies apparel
4	Men's apparel






• 24 Art Plaza




Strength: Women's apparel for ladies in wide range of age groups

Open: PM 8:30~ AM 9:00











Floor	Products
B1	Clothes and accessories, order made items
1	Women's casual clothes and suits
2	Ladies apparel, knit wear
3	Ladies suits
4	Outlet






• 25 Techno Market




Strength: Clothes in very low price range, a lot of bargain stock items

Open: PM 9:00~ AM 9:00











Floor	Products
B1~F4	Ladies apparel






• 26 Dongpyeonghwa Market




Strength: Lots of bargain stock items from domestic fashion brands can be found, also?label replacement, care label service, packaging service providers can be found. Also do retail.

Open: B1, F1 - PM 9:00 ~ mid day next day, F2, F3 - AM 8:00 ~ PM 6:00, F4 - PM 9:00 ~ mid day next day (closed every Sunday)





Floor	Products
B1	Women's and men's casual clothes
1	Ladies clothes, men's clothes, lingerie, accessories, sports wear, clothes reform
2	Ladies clothes, men's clothes, ladies casual
3	Brand outlet, accessories, lingerie
4	Jeans, Tshirts, women and men's apparel






• 27 Cheongpyeonghwa Market




Strength: Women’s clothes in lower price range than in U-US or APM.

Open: PM 12:00~ PM 2:00 (next day)














• 29 Dongdaemun Shoes Store




Strength: Wholesale shoes in low price range

Open: AM 3:00 ~ PM 3:00 (Closed on Sundays)










Sections	Products
A	Formal to casual shoes, you can find lots of training shoes
B	Formal to casual shoes
C	Formal to casual shoes






• 38 Seopyeonghwa Market






Open: PM 10:00 ~ AM 10:00











Sections	Products
1	Ladies apparel
2	Ladies apparel

Retail Shopping Complex

• 1 Good morning city






Open: AM 10:30~ AM 5:00 (next day), Closed every Tuesday
Site: http://www.goodct.co.kr/










Floor	Products
9,10	Movie theater, snack bars, restaurants, airline company
8	Wedding Convention
7	Updating
6	Updating
5	Updating
4	Children's apparel
3	Men's apparel
2	Fashion accessories, leather goods, jewelry
B1,F1	Ladies apparel
B2	Imported goods, sports wears, mobile communications device, electronic goods
B4,B3	Clinic, restaurants, hair salon, CVS, real estate agency, screen golf






• 3 Migliore






Open: AM 10:30 ~ AM 5:00 (Closed from Monday AM 5:00 to Tuesday AM 10:30)
Site: www.migliore.co.kr









Floor	Products
20	Fitness Center
18	Travel agency an other offices
16	Nail shops
15	Offices
14	Massage shops, dentist, clinic, other leisure services
13	Clinics
10~12	Velodrome
9	Snack bars, restaurants
7	Shoes
5~6	Bags, accessories, jewelry, glasses, nail shops
4	Men's apparel
1~3	Women's apparel
B1	Maternity wear, children's wear, accessories
B2	Imported goods, sports wear, clothes, cosmetics, jewelry, nail shop, fast food






• 2 Hello apm






Open: AM 10:30~ Am 5:00 (closed every Tuesday)
Site: www.helloapm.com










Floor	Products
11	Office
10	Hair salons, clinics
9	Food court, screen golf
8	Fitness center
7	Leather goods
6	Accessories, goods, children's clothes, maternity wear
5	Men's apparel
4	Men's apparel
3	Women's apparel
2	Women's apparel
1	Women's apparel
B1	Hip hop style, sports wear, imported clothes
B2	Parking lot
B3	Parking lot
B4	Maintenance






• 4 Doota






Open: AM 10:30 ~ AM 5:00 (Closed from Sunday PM 11:00 to Monday PM 7:00)
Site: www.doota.com









Floor	Products
10	Bar
9	Food court
8	Snacks
7	Wedding, travel agency
6	Children's clothes
5	Accessories
4	Shoes, bags
3	Men's clothes
2	Ladies formal clothes, lingerie
1	Designer clothes
B1	Ladies casual clothes, health and beauty
B2	Luxury imported brands, sports wear, outdoor wear
B3~B6	Parking lot

Raw and subsidiary materials Market

• 7 Tong-il Market

Subsidiary meteriials like buttons, zippers. Also accessories.




• 8 Donghwa Market

Subsidiary materials.




• Dongdaemun General Store

You can find tons of kinds of fabric here. Mose DDM items are manufactured with the fabric traded here.

Other

• 34 Acacia Hotel

• 35 National Medical Center

• 37 Dongdaemun Designplaza Park