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Jagalchi Market

The loudest fish market in Korea.

Jagalchi Market

자갈치시장 · Jung-gu, Busan

Korea's biggest seafood market, run for generations by the famously tough Jagalchi ajimae (market women). Buy fish downstairs and eat it upstairs.

Local tipWalk the outdoor stalls along the waterfront for grilled fish restaurants.
Getting thereJagalchi Station (Busan Line 1).
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Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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