Showing posts with label Chinatown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinatown. Show all posts

Friday, 1 May 2020

[Incheon] - Life History Museum (생활사 전시관)

An interesting museum which brings you back to an older world...

Life History Museum (생활사 전시관)

 This museum exhibition hall is full of props recreating the lifestyle in the 1960s and 70s.


 You can find some representative
shops like photo shops, movies posters airing in the theatre,

 
  Wedding Dress shop, Barbershop, snacks cart, video games and...

Facilities such as a subway train, phone booth and toilet.
 

 
bedroom, living room settings and also pub.

Life History Museum (생활사 전시관)
Add: 97 Sinpo-ro 23beon-gil, Jungangdong 1(il)-ga, 
Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea.
인천광역시 중구 중앙동1가 신포

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[Incheon] - Daebul Hotel Museum (대불호텔전시관)

After visiting the Jjajangmyeon Museum and having this authentic Korean Chinese food, we walked to Daebul Hotel Museum.

Daebul is the first western hotel in Korea.

 
 This three-storey brick building was recreated as an exhibition of an old 
merchants hotel that was located on the spot from 1888 to 1978. 

 A miniature version of how Daebul hotel looked and remains of the original foundation of the hotel.

 
  On the 1st Floor: The history of Daebul Hotel and the modern culture 
at the time of opening port to foreigners. 


On the 2nd Floor: represents hotel rooms and props at the time of opening port.

On the 3rd Floor: Reproduced Banquet room of Daebul hotel.  
 
 
Daebul Hotel Museum (대불호텔전시관)
Add: Chungangdong 1ga, Jung-Gu, Incheon 
Operating hours : 09:00 ~ 18:00


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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Busan Station (부산역)

A taxi ride from Haeundae Hotel For U to Busan station took about half and hour. We arrived at Busan station one hour earlier so we have time to eat breakfast before starting our journey to South.


The morning sunshine at Busan Station.
부산광역시 동구 중앙대로 206 (초량동)

Busy ticket counters and train schedules at Busan station.

We didn't need to join the queue as we had bought our tickets together with O-train tickets at Seoul Station. Yes, it's better to purchase your ticket few days in advance. This is to avoid that ticket sold out on the day you want to travel. That happened to us... we didn't get V-train ticket as these theme-trains are really popular.

Busan has a big station because it's a major stop on all Gyeongbu line express trains (KTX) and general trains. It also has a lot of convenience facilities inside the station, such as restaurants, convenience stores, bakeries, coffee shops, and others shops, ATMs, storage lockers, Korail member lounge, vending machines.

Busan Station Store directory

 It's really convenient as lots of shops sprawled all around! We're really spoiled by choices and hard to make decision on what to eat. 

Hunting food inside this clean Busan station...

Hubby selected  soft tofu stew (순두부찌개 = sundubu jiggae)

Well, I don't have habit to eat rice or noodle for breakfast. I normally have bread, cake, biscuit, cereal and milk for breakfast. 'Picky' me still wandering outside to see what will go inside the tummy to start my day :P

Finally decided to get this Yeongju  Sweet Potato Bread (고구마빵 = Kokumappang).

Then went to convenience store to get banana milk, bottle drinks and some snacks to eat in train....

Chinatown also known as Shanghai Street (상해문 - 상해거리) 
located opposite Busan Station. You can walk through the 
underground passage to reach the street.

Make sure you're standby in front of the track at least 5 minutes 
before departure time as the trains are really punctual!

Ok, let's go to Track no. 1 for S-Train~! 

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Incheon - Soraepogu Traditional Fish Market (소래포구 어시장)

Not to miss attraction spot in Incheon Soraepogu | by Meheartseoul
Ms Kim was so nice to drop us to Incheon with her cute baby blue mini Cooper after Fusion Hanbok photo taking. Actually, they're heading to Lotte World, but she's driving us to Soraepogu instead of Oryu-dong station just because she knew that I love to go to beach.

"The sun hangs on the flags of ships returning to a port leaving behind the sun. You might think the ships are carrying the sun. At that moment, let's turn to the railroad bridge... Lean your body towards Siheung and Wolgot, and then turn your head to the right and hold your breath. You would enjoy the sun setting in Sorae that paints the small mountains and the sea with beautiful colors" (Source: Soraepogu Map)

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Fishing boats at Soraepogu Traditional Fish Market (소래포구어시장) 

Though it's near to Incheon metropolitan city, Soraepogu still maintaining the atmosphere of an old fishing village. 


Our top priority was to hunt for food as we're starving to the max! I might had took out the red bean breads that my friend bought for breakfast when tidy up my bag... 

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Luckily, we still have some strawberries for breakfast!

From Soraepogu Station, we walked and asked direction to the beach. And what we found was this traditional market near the fishing port. 

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Busy Soraepogu alleyways with stalls selling fresh seafood, various types of Kimchi, 
Crab Marinated in Soy Sauce (간장게장) and street food.

Quite similar to Jumunjin Fish Market in Gangneung, you can also buy fresh seafood at reasonable price here. It's just more crowded and busier here... maybe because it's Saturday and near to Incheon and Seoul.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Wow~~~ Surprise! see what we found here?!

Locals were sitting on the mat and having their freshly cut sashimi just in front of the stalls. It looked quite fun and you won't experience this everyday (no such place to dine like this in Singapore). 

This type of place is kinda nostalgic for me because I grew up in Indonesia... Occasionally we'll dine out outskirts in open spaces like this at fishing villages or fish farms. But they didn't serve sashimi, you can opted to grill or fry or steam the fish. Normally they serve it with boiled vegetables (lalapan) like cabbage, long beans, tapioca leaf (daun ubi), papaya leaf (daun pepaya) and belacan (terasi).

We went to one of the stall to select seafood (fish and sea squirts). Then looked for a place to sit and wait for Ajumma to prepare our food.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
some random photos while waiting... ㅋㅋ

You know?... sitting on the floor when eating can prevent you from over eating. Your stomach is pressed by your legs making it virtually impossible to eat full. It is better for your health~^^

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Cheers~!!! 

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
 Super Fresh Sashimi - 20,000 Won

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
잘 ~~~ 먹겠습니다! ^^

It's nice to sit and  mingle with locals and enjoy our sashimi here with seagulls singing and cold sea breeze blowing to you.  Oh~ love it! 

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Chrysanthemum-shaped bread filled with red bean paste (Gukhwappang = 국화빵 )

Blame the cold weather, I need something hot to munch. We found a cart selling this traditional street snacks. We bought Gukhwappang and my hubby tested the taste of boiled silkworm larvae (번데기 = Beondegi)... yiuuks~! 

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Outside Soraepogu Fish Market.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Strolling around the city...

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
 Seafood restaurants along the street.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Fisherman (어부) sculpture.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
 Sauna, hotels and motels...

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
 Map of Incheon Metropolitan City

Key Attraction: 
~ Incheon Bridge (인천대교)
   The world's 5th largest bridge, selected as "10 Wonders of the Construction World"
   Incheon Bridge, the "Red Carpet" towards the world is an offshore bridge which connects the
   New Songdo City to Incheon International Airport.

~ Incheon Open Port - Chinatown (개항장 - 차이나타운)
   The fist Chinese Street in Korea with 120 years of history. The "pai-loo" (gate) at the entrance
   was recently built to celebrate the area based on Chinese traditions. 

   The neighborhood Samgukji Mural Street featuring major scenes from "The Romance of the 
   Three Kingdoms" along the street to Jayu Park.

~ Songdo Central Park (송도 센트럴공원)
   Eco-friendly park provides relaxation and entertainment with sculpture park, terraces, artificial
   waterways, water taxis and a moving stage.
  
   Visitors can ride the water taxi Michuhol in Korea's first sea park built with waterways.

~ Ganghwa Dolmen (강화 고인돌)
   There are more than 100 dolmens (Jiseokmyo) in Ganghwa area, both the southern and northern
   styles are mixed together. 

   Bugeunri Dolmen located in Dolmen Park is a typical northern style dolmen. It's designated as 
   UNESCO World Heritage site.

~ Baengnyeongdo Island (백령도)
   Baengnyeongdo is the closest island to North Korea. Originally it was the 13th largest island in 
   South Korea with size of 46.35 km. Now it is the 8th largest because of the reclamation project
   that connected Hwadong and Sagot Beach.

~ Soraepogu (소래포구)

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Lively Soraepogu city.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
So sad that we didn't catch the breathtaking golden sunset in Soraepogu...
need to go back to Seoul to meet my friend.

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
Upss... trot songs stopped me to go in to subway station...
Everybody~! Let's sing and dance!!!

Incheon Soraepogu Fish Market 소래포구어시장 | meheartsoul.blogspot.com
1 Nonhyeon 1(il)-dong Namdong-gu Incheon

Direction by subway (32 stations): 
Seoul Station -> Oidobound (Line 4) -> Oido Songdobound (Suin Line) -> Soraepogu station
(about 1 hour 30 minutes)