{"id":2279,"date":"2026-06-22T00:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=2279"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:08:35","slug":"gwangjang","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/product\/gwangjang\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwangjang Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ITTI Product Page: \uad11\uc7a5\uc2dc\uc7a5 | \uc0c1\ud488 \uc124\uba85(Full Description) \ud14d\uc2a4\ud2b8 \ud0ed\uc5d0 \ubd99\uc5ec\ub123\uae30 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Apple SD Gothic Neo','Malgun Gothic',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px 0 24px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<p><!-- \ubc30\uc9c0 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin-bottom: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 16px; border-radius: 20px; background: #FFF3E0; color: #bf360c;\">\ud83d\udccd Jongno \u00b7 Euljiro<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 16px; border-radius: 20px; background: #FFF8E1; color: #b45309;\">120-Year-Old Traditional Market<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 16px; border-radius: 20px; background: #F3E8FF; color: #6b21a8;\">Korean representative street food<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 16px; border-radius: 20px; background: #E8F5E9; color: #1b5e20;\">Free admission<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- \uc778\ud3ec \uce74\ub4dc 3\ubd84\ud560 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 22px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1.5px solid #EEEEEE; border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\ud83d\udccd<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #999; letter-spacing: .5px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Location<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.5;\">Jongno 5-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul<br \/>\n88 Changgyeonggung-ro<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1.5px solid #EEEEEE; border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\ud83d\udd52<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #999; letter-spacing: .5px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Opening hours<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.5;\">09:00 \u2013 18:00<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #777; margin-top: 6px; line-height: 1.5;\">Eating street 10 PM \u00b7 Closed Sundays<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1.5px solid #EEEEEE; border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #999; letter-spacing: .5px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Admission fee<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.5;\">Free<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #777; margin-top: 6px; line-height: 1.5;\">Food and items sold separately<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \uc678\uad6d\uc778\uc774 \uc88b\uc544\ud558\ub294 \uc774\uc720 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-left: 5px solid #E8453C; background: #fff8f8; padding: 18px 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; border-radius: 0 12px 12px 0;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #e8453c; letter-spacing: .5px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\u2b50 Reasons foreigners especially like it<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 11px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8453c; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; flex-shrink: 0;\">\u2726<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">Korea's first permanent market, opened in 1905 \u2014 a place where you can simultaneously feel over 100 years of tradition and vibrant energy.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 11px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8453c; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; flex-shrink: 0;\">\u2726<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">A foodie paradise where you can taste Korea's representative street foods such as bindaetteok, gimbap, and yukhoe all in one place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 11px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8453c; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; flex-shrink: 0;\">\u2726<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">A traditional market, also well-known as a filming location for popular variety shows like \"Running Man,\" and the most beloved by foreigners<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 11px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8453c; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; flex-shrink: 0;\">\u2726<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">Connected by foot to Cheonggyecheon Stream, Jongmyo Shrine, and Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), it can be naturally included in a tour of central Jongno.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #e8453c; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; flex-shrink: 0;\">\u2726<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">A place where you can experience the most Korean market scenery, with old shops packed tightly between narrow alleys<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \uad50\ud1b5 \uc548\ub0b4 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1.5px solid #EEEEEE; border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px 20px; margin-bottom: 22px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #555; letter-spacing: .5px; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 14px;\">Transit Directions<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 11px; border-radius: 4px; background: #E3F2FD; color: #0d47a1; white-space: nowrap; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 2px;\">Subway<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">Line 1, Jongno 5-ga Station, Exit 8 \u2192 1-2 minute walk<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 11px; border-radius: 4px; background: #E3F2FD; color: #0d47a1; white-space: nowrap; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 2px;\">Subway<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">Line 2\/5 Euljiro 4-ga Station, Exit 4 \u2192 Walk 3-5 minutes<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \uad6c\uae00 \uc9c0\ub3c4 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 14px; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 22px; border: 1.5px solid #EEEEEE; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"display: block; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d6324.728486257683!2d126.99960360000001!3d37.570039799999996!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x357ca2ed7e74759b%3A0xd656a34831089f44!2z6rSR7J6l7Iuc7J6l!5e0!3m2!1sko!2skr!4v1782056871829!5m2!1sko!2skr\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- \uafc0\ud301 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #FFFDE7; border: 1.5px solid #FDE68A; border-radius: 12px; padding: 16px 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 12px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 1px;\">\ud83d\udca1<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #444; line-height: 1.8;\"><strong style=\"color: #1a1a1a;\">ITTIKOREA Recommendation Tips:<\/strong> It's more convenient if you bring cash. Shops in the alleys rather than in the center of the intersection offer more reasonable prices and shorter lines. After your meal, walking along Cheonggyecheon Stream to Jongmyo or Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) makes for a fulfilling walking tour of Jongno.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \ube0c\ub79c\ub4dc \ud478\ud130 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 14px 0 0; font-size: 13px; color: #bbb; letter-spacing: .3px; border-top: 1px solid #F0F0F0;\">Curated by <strong style=\"color: #e8453c;\">ITTIKOREA<\/strong> Seoul Local Guide \u00b7 ittikorea.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: 'Pretendard', sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; color: #333333;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 16px;\">This is Jongno's representative attraction, Korea's first traditional market, which opened in 1905, where you can taste representative Korean street foods such as bindaetteok, mayak gimbap, and yukhoe all in one place.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #fff5f4; border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px 16px; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 15px;\">\ud83d\udccd <strong>Location:<\/strong> 1 minute walk from Jongno 5(o)-ga Station, Exit 8<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: 15px;\">\ud83d\udd52 <strong>Opening hours:<\/strong> 09:00 - 18:00 (Food alley until 22:00)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px;\">\ud83c\udd93 <strong>Admission fee:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; color: #e8453c; font-weight: 600;\">\ud83d\udca1 ITTIKOREA Tip: Prepare cash and patronize shops in alleyways rather than on main roads for more reasonable prices!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":2280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[113,117,120],"product_tag":[208,209,256,257,258,265,266,267,130,268,206,207],"class_list":["post-2279","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-food","product_cat-attractions","product_cat-dongdaemun-ddp","product_tag-208","product_tag-209","product_tag-dongdaemun","product_tag-257","product_tag-258","product_tag-265","product_tag-food","product_tag-267","product_tag-130","product_tag-268","product_tag-206","product_tag-207","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ittikorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}