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Noryangjin!

What is Noryangjin?

Noryangjin is bustling suburb of Seoul with tons of street food and restaurants. As you can see this district is world famous for its sea food and massive fish market. If you like seafood this is place to be! Countless amazing seafood restaurants are here in this small district, some operated by mom and pop, others by massive chains, and much more! You can also buy tons of fish here and channel your inner Gordon Ramsey and make something yourself! And at a bare minimum it’s a beautiful FREE Aquarium!

How do you get there?

1. Walk to Heukseok Station (Line 9/Brown line)

a. Front Gate subway line

2. Ride Line 9 for two stops and get off at Noryangjin station

3. Take Exit 7 at Noryangjin station

Travel Summary

• *20 mins travel time

• 2 stations, 0 transfers

• Cost: ₩1250 ($1.25USD)

What to Do? / Highlight

Noryangjin Fish Market

• Best if not only place to get authentic Korean seafood

• Large variety of fish at low prices!

• san-nakji!

Introduction

Come experience one of the best fish markets in the world. Window shop, buy some fish, or try some traditional street food there is always something to see here. Be adventurous and try something new like san-nakji. What’s san-nakji you ask, ill explain it in detail below.

How to get there:

Noryangjin Station Exit 7: Follow previous travel steps to get to market

What is it?

This is a fish market where you can buy anything from your simple goldfish to electric eel and everything in between. King crab, clams, shrimp, anything that comes from the sea can be found here. You can simply look around and see all the different kinds of fish and underwater creatures or decide to purchase one for dinner! Vendors will try and entice you to check out their stall and offer special deals!

Eating ☺

But the highlight of this market is eating! Most vendors will have a restaurant and an eating area usually somewhere away from their stall. This is where and how you can try san-nakji!

San- nakji

Now the moment you have been waiting for, what is san-nakji? San-nakji is Korean traditional seafood from a small octopus species Korean call nakji. Its basically a small moving octopus that you eat with kimchi, rice and other side dishes. Its not live! However, the nerves of the octopus are still active. Meaning it will move in your mouth as you eat! So again, its not live octopus but it does move. Defiantly a must try, at least once in your life! San-nakji is prepared by the vendor, at first it is live but the vendor will kill the octopus and cut off the main body. The vendor will only provide the moving tentacles for you to eat.

Convinced?

Still not convinced? Don’t want to try san-nakji? Check out this video of CAU exchange students trying it. You can try it too this summer!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seUs5HXyCIA&t=23s

Cost• will vary based on what you buy

• Entrance ₩0 (completely free)

• San-nakji ₩3000 ($3 USD) (note just the octopus alone)

• San-nakji lunch ₩10,000+ ($10 USD)

• Please note prices vary based on vendor and product

• All prices excluding entrance are approximations

• Link:http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SHP/SH_EN_7_2.jsp?cid=1025329 (Tourism website, no official website for market)

What else is there near NoryangjinOnce your done your amazing san-nakji there are several other places to check out. Yueido park and the national assembly building are right next to the fish market on the subway line. Either have a nice hike through the city and see the sites of just take 2 stops over for Yueido park and 3 stops for the national assembly building. Yueido park is beautiful sprawling park with roller blading, bike riding and more. The national assembly building is just beautiful with amazing statues, and main fountain and the building its self is just amazing. There are also always a ton of events and street food by the national assembly building.