Busan Bosu Book Street, Bupyeong Kkangtong Market, Gukje Market, and Jagarchi Market, South Korea

Oct 1, 2021 | City, Market, Shopping, South Korea - Busan Area

u003cpu003eThis is my second visit to Bosu Book Street, BIFF Square, Gukje Market, Kkangtong Market, and Jagarchi Market.  On my first visit, most stores were closed due to the Chuseok Holiday, which is a Korean Thanksgiving. 272u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eBosu Book Street: Bosudong 1(il)-ga, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspan class=u0022GRkHZd w8qArfu0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eBupyeong Kkangtong Market: u003cspan class=u0022GRkHZd w8qArfu0022u003eu003c/spanu003e39 Bupyeong 1-gil, Bupyeong-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eGukje Market: u003cspan class=u0022GRkHZd w8qArfu0022u003e u003c/spanu003e25 Gukjesijang 2-gil, Gwangbok-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eBIFF Square: 58-1 Gudeok-ro, Nampo-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eJagarchi Market: u003cspan class=u0022GRkHZd w8qArfu0022u003eu003c/spanu003e52 Jagalchihaean-ro, Nampo-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspanu003eDate Picture Taken: September 2021u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003enu003ch2 class=u0022qrShPb kno-ecr-pt PZPZlf mfMhocu0022 data-dtype=u0022d3ifru0022 data-local-attribute=u0022d3bnu0022 data-attrid=u0022titleu0022 data-ved=u00222ahUKEwj8h_D8vd_wAhVaUd4KHYQQAtgQ3B0oADAeegQITBABu0022u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/h2u003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022Yy0acbu0022u003eThe Bosu Book Street is a short street with many used book stores.u003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eA short walk from the book street is Bupyeong Kkangtong Marketu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eGukje Market is nearby.  The markets are all in the same area.  The streets between KKangtong Market and Gukje Market are full of street vendors, so it is hard to determine where one market ends and the other market starts.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe Gukje Marketu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThis is how the Gukje Market looked like in the year 1950s.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eOut to the street next to the market, which has full of stores.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalked toward the BIFF Square, which is at the end of this streetu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe BIFF Squareu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalking toward the Jagalchi Market, which is the area across the street.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eLooking back at the BIFF Squareu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eTo Jagalchi Marketu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA side street in the Jagalchi Market, walking into it to see what is there.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eNot much is there.  Walk back to the central Jagalchi Marketu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe building on the right is where more live fish vendors are selling fish.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI went into itu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalked out from the building.u003c/pu003e