Traveling Korea#3 Busan

 

Busan is second biggest city in Korea. It is famous port city and locates in southeastern part of Korea. Busan people is famous for speaking brusque but actually having many human affection. Busan food is famous for the wonderful tastes in Korea. There are many modernized area and romantic sea, so visiting Busan would be a great choice to you!



#1 Gwangallli Beach

Gwangalli Beach has a beautiful bridges. Some Korean says it is more beautiful than Golden gates in San Francisco. At night, several LED light makes the bridge look different at a time. This beautiful beach has many fancy restaurant, cafe, sashimi restaurant, so you can enjoy the sea conveniently! I bet drinking beer here is really awesome!

 On every October, there is 'Busan International Fireworks Festival' which is the biggest scale firework festival in Asia. To see this, approximately more than one million people visit here every year.











#2 Nampodong PIFF street & Jagalchi Market

Ssiat-Hodduk

 In my opinion, Nampodong PIFF street is a downtown where you can feel 'Busan' very well!
Here is a commercial complex full of market, department store, theaters. It is famous for a lot of street vendors.You can enjoy shopping, walking around, eat delicious foods. I recommend you
try SSiat-Hodduk on the road. This is like a pencake with black sugar, peanut, sunflower, and amber seeds.

Jagalchi Market

Jagalchi market is at the opponent side of the PIFF street and next to sea. It is popular seafood market in Busan which has 70 years history. You can look around this exotic Korean seafood market and eat some seafood you buy there! The merchant will guide you some small restaurant that will cook your fish or shells.












#3. Centum City



Centum city is a cutting edge multi complex which function as a place for Information Techonology, Media, Entertainment, and International Service. Here are exhibition center, shopping center, cultural facility, and park. It has many good hotels, if you go there off-season, you can accommodate with very reasonable price! Hope you enjoy mordernized city in Busan!

Sinsegae Department Store

This is Sinsegae Department Store which has the biggest scale one all across the world! You can enjoy fancy Korean-style spa, Ice Rink, IMAX movie theater, too.











#5 Haedong Yonggoongsa (East Sea Dragon Palace Temple)

 Haedong Yonggoongsa is a Buddhist temple locating next to sea. It was built in 1376 and has great view. Original name was 'Bomunsa'. But while the chief priest had prayed for hundred days, he dreamed that Goddess of Mercy was ascending to heaven by riding the dragon, and then changed the name of the temple as 'Haedong Yonggoongsa'. Here are many statue of Buddha and symbolic places you can pray for specific wishes. For example, it has 108 stairs meaning you will live longer until 108 years old. Also, Here is a Duknambul. When you touch its nose and belly, you can have a son!