National Hangeul Museum (국립한글박물관)

2.6Km 2022-12-15

139, Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2124-6200

The National Hangeul Museum was established to preserve, spread, and develop the Korean alphabet, Hangeul. The museum showcases the history and value of Korean orthography, Korean’s most-valued cultural asset, through exhibitions, activities, and education. Occupying over 11,322 ㎡, the museum has one basement level and three ground levels, along with an outdoor grass field and rest area perfect for cultural events, exhibits, and education.

The museum is comprised of the Hangeul library on the first floor, a permanent exhibition hall, ㅎ Café, and cultural product shop on the second floor, and a planned exhibition hall and Hangeul playground for children and foreigners on the third floor.

Seowon (서원)

2.6Km 2024-03-11

141, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-776-0214

Located in Myeongdong Street, Seowon focuses on porridge. It boasts a wide variety of porridge made with abalone, chicken, samgye (chicken and ginseng) mushrooms, oysters, shrimp, vegetables, etc. They also have Korean-style juices made with ginseng, fruits, and vegetables that goes well after finishing porridge. The restaurant opens early in the morning, so it's a great place to grab a quick breakfast.

Myeongdongjeong Royal Cuisine Restaurant (명동정)

2.6Km 2024-03-12

1F, 299, Samil-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3789-5132

Located on Myeongdong Street, Myeongdongjeong Royal Cuisine Restaurant serves Korean traditional dishes. They offer Korean traditional dishes that were once prepared for Korean royalty and nobility, using premium ingredients such as blue crab, abalone, beef, shrimp, and pumpkin. Their Korean table d'hote menus feature youngran sang (weekday lunch special), myeongdong jeongsik (bulgogi and other traditional dishes), gwibin sang (abalone & beef rib stew with traditional various dishes), and haesin sang (high-quality seafood dishes). With various rooms and halls, the venue also has space for organizing simple parties.

Olive Young - Myeongdongdaero Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 명동대로)

2.6Km 2024-04-18

1F, 120, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Samdaein [Tax Refund Shop] (삼대인)

2.6Km 2024-04-16

1F, #101, 301, Samil-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Wiseyou Clinic - Myeong-dong Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (와이즈유의원코스메틱 명동)

2.6Km 2024-04-17

3F, 52, Myeongdong 8ga-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Olive Young - Myeong-dong Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 명동역)

2.6Km 2024-04-22

127, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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CU - National Museum of Korea Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (cu중앙박물관점)

2.6Km 2024-06-26

137, Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Harmony Mart Myeong-dong Station Branch (하모니마트 명동역점)

2.6Km 2024-12-23

58 , Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-752-2269

Harmony Mart Myeongdong Station Branch is a discount supermarket specializing in Korean products popular with foreign tourists. It’s on the 1st basement floor of the Shinil Building annex, just a minute's walk from Exit 8 of Myeongdong Subway Station, Jungu, Seoul. Shop here for kimchi, seaweed, ginseng products, tea, ramen, handicrafts, daily necessities and souvenirs. English, Chinese, and Japanese are spoken, and payments can be made in yen and yuan. With purchases of KRW 50,000 or more, there’s free delivery to accomodations within a 5km radius.

Myeong-dong Mart - Myeong-dong Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (명동마트 명동)

2.6Km 2024-04-18

B1F, 58, Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

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