Busan 40-Step Stairway, Chinatown and Texas Street, South Korea

Oct 1, 2021 | City, Neighborhood, South Korea - Busan Area

u003cpu003eSightseeing around Busan Jung-gu.  The Busan 40-Step Stairway is where people found lost family members during the Korean War.  Busan has its own Chinatown and an unusually named street called Texas Street. 271u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003e40-Step Stairway: Jungangdong 4(sa)-ga, Jung-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eChinatown: 58 Daeyeong-ro 243beon-gil, Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eTexas Street: 207 Jungang-daero, Choryang-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, South Koreau003c/spanu003eu003cbr /u003eu003cspan class=u0022LrzXru0022u003eu003cspanu003eDate Picture Taken: September 2021u003c/spanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe 40-Step Stairway is significant because this was the center of the Korean War refugees gathered to live and learned information about others.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eI walked to the little museum on the 40-Step Stairways.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eThe museum.u003cbr /u003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThis is the original stairway which was destroyed by fire, and the new stairway is built about 90 feet away from the original.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe locations where the war refugees were lived around Busan.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eu003cspanu003eThe items used by the War refugees.u003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe model of the school during the wartime.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eWalking to the stairway.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eAt the bottom of the stairs.  This one location looks somewhat European.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe stairwayu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe significance of the stairwayu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe street on the top of the stairs has many printing shops.u003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eA couple of bus stops from the 40-Step Stairway is Chinatown.  Since this location was close to the Busan Port, China first established its embassy here, which caused many Chinese to live here.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThe elementary and junior high for Chinese-Korean students.u003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThis Chinese restaurant must be filmed u0022OldBoyu0022 movie.u003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eThis area also has many Russian stores.u003cbr /u003eu003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e

u003cpu003eOne end of Chinatown is Texas Street which is a very short street.  During the Korean War, many US military personnel patronized the shops around here.  Now they are gone, but the name remains.u003cspanu003eu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e