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Tongin Market

Pay for lunch with old brass coins?

Tongin Market

통인시장 · Jongno-gu, Seoul

A neighborhood market just west of Gyeongbokgung Palace where you trade old-style brass coins (yeopjeon) for a lunchbox of market food.

Local tipDon't skip gireum-tteokbokki: rice cakes stir-fried in oil, a Tongin specialty.
Getting thereGyeongbokgung Station (Line 3), about 10 min on foot.
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Photo: Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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