Chang-anp'yong antique artwork street is in Tapship-ri 4-dong and 5-dong on the way to Ch'onhodaegyo Bridge via Majang-dong Intersection. The street, with 147 stores, can be described as a "museum of antique work." While antique artwork shops in Insa-dong mainly deal with expensive works such as porcelains, shops in Chang-anp'yong largely sell antique furniture and other living commodities. The antique items sell at an infinite difference of price, but most are not much more expensive than is to be expected.

• Address : Tapsimni 4-dong Tongdaemun-gu, Seoul
• Further Information : Eastern Seoul Branch
• Tel. : 82-2-244-6100
• Specialities : Antique artwork
• Hours: 10:00-21:00
• Closing Days: Every Sunday

Subway Get off the No. 2 Line Subway at Shindap Station
and take a bus for Tongbu Market for 10 minutes.

The Hwanghak-dong All-Things Market is located in the back of Samil Apartment, Ch'onggyech'on 8-ga. The market consists of some 500 shops which spread from the back alleys of Samil Apartment buildings 13-17 to the storefronts on the street. This market is sometimes called Chung-ang Market, the same name as a nearby market. It has other nicknames, such as bogey market, ant market, or the most popular name, flea market.

　　Roadside street vendors: Many sell old books, household electronic goods, and video tapes.
Ch'onggyech'on 7-ga (antique street): A typical antique street is spread from the road between Samil Apartment Building 15-16 to alleys on Ch'onggyech'on 7-ga. Near Songdong Mechanical High School(household electronics):
The household electronics stores are located in the first alley, spread from the back fence of Songdong Mechanical High School to Samil Apartment Building 17.
All electronic products are included--TVs, videos, refrigerators, washing machines, car stereos, air conditioners, heaters, game players, and telephones.
Near Chung-ang Market (Machine Shop Alley): The 2nd street near Chung-ang Market is occupied by machine shops.
The roadside from Samil Apartment Buildings 19-24 is occupied by various makers and sellers of boilers, pumps, piping materials, and steel plate Installers of air-conditioning and heating systems are also here.

• Address : Hwanghak-dong Chung-gu, Seoul
• Specialities : All things
• Hours: 08:00-18:30 (Some of the electronic goods
  shops are open until 22:00.)
• Closing Days: Every Sunday (Some are open throughout the year.)

City Bus
Take No. 7-1, 34, 45, 50, 55, 57, 58, 85,127, 161, 541, 542, 588, or 710.
City Express Bus
Take No. 10, 36, or 50-1.

Antique book shops are another feature of Insa-dong. The book shops here, including T'ongmun-gwan, once made a considerable contribution to the discovery of culturally valuable books. Rare and valuable antique books, including "Ch'ongguyong-n", "Worinsokpo", and "Shiyonghyang-akpo", titles which are well known to most Koreans, entered museums and libraries through the shops here. However, precious old books are rarely found in the shops now except in reprinted version.

• Address : Insa-dong Chongno-gu, Seoul
• Further Information : T'ongmun-gwan
• Tel. : 82-2-732-4355
• Specialities : Old books
• Hours: 10:00-17:00
• Closing Days: Every Sunday

Other Information

1. Shinmundang 　　82-2-734-4092
2. Mun-godang Bookstore 　　82-2-733-2668
3. Sungmun-gak 　　82-2-733-6148
4. Korea Book Center 　　82-2-735-7765

Subway Get off the No. 3 Line Subway at An-guk Station.

The largest shopping area for calligraphic utensils in Korea is found in Insa-dong. The shops which specialize in the utensils sell the so-called "Munbangsau" (four essential things for calligraphy): paper, brushes, Chinese ink, and an inkstone. The utensils are categorized into two groups: those for presentational works and those for practice. The former is of higher quality and price than the latter. Address : Insa-dong Chongno-gu, Seoul Further Information : - Specialities : Calligraphic utensils Hours: 09:00-21:00

Subway Get off the No. 3 Line Subway at Anguk Station.

　　The Kyongdong Oriental Medicinal Herbs Market is located between the Chegi-dong intersection and the Midop'a Department Store.
More than 1,000 shops are concentrated in the market, all doing business pertaining to oriental medicinal herbs, including oriental medical clinics, oriental medicinal material dealers, pharmacies, and health-related items shops.
Shops in the market get their stock directly from production areas, and so can sell at prices 25 to 30% lower than at other shops.
The Merchants Prosperity Promotion Federation of Kyongdong Oriental Medicinal Herbs Market posts tables listing current prices of 30 major oriental medicinal herbs at the main entrances of the market twice a month, on the 1st and 15th.
The prices listed are for 600 grams of the best-quality product.
Although actual prices differ depending on shops, these price lists are invaluable for customers.
The followings are definitions of oriental medicinal herbs related businesses: Oriental medicinal herbs dealers Those mainly importing or exporting oriental medicinal herbs and supplying them on a wholesale scale to domestic oriental medicinal herb retailers.
　　 Oriental Medicine Clinic A kind of medical institute where qualified oriental doctors practice medicine Oriental Pharmacy A place to sell or make medicine as prescribed by oriental doctors or pharmacists Shop A place to wholesale or retail farm products and food products with high health-promotion effects

• Address : 1018 Chegi-dong Tongdaemun-gu, Seoul
• Further Information : Customer Protection
• Fax. : 82-2-965-1527
• Specialities : Oriental Medicinal Herbs
• Closing Days: Every 1st and 3rd Sunday

Subway
　　Get off at Chegi Station on the No. 1 Line and take any of the exits 1 through 5. Bus
　　Take bus No. 10, 11, 15, 17, 26, 29, 34, 37, 38-2, 45, 50, 53, 55, 57, 65, 69,
　　81, 86, 117, 131, 134, 139, 157, 165, 205, 235, 302, 541, 570, 573, or 574.