Dongdaemun-gu Shopping District, Seoul

Dongdaemun district is known as the largest shopping district in Seoul with a total of 26 shopping malls holding over 80,000 stalls.

We visited the Dongdaemun area on two separate occasions.

The first time we went was on Monday late afternoon. We took the train from Myeongdong and reached there at around 7pm.  Our main purpose was to go for an evening stroll along the Cheonggyechoen River.

While walking to the Cheonggyechoen, we were amazed by the beautiful architecture of Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), the well-organized row of shopping malls along the main road, and even the 3D display screen looks for different here. We fell in love with this area.

Back to our walk that evening, the weather was great, with a beautiful orange sunset, we took plenty of photos at DDP, Cheonggyechoen, and Heongginjimun gate.

We had our dinner at 9+pm at Dotta mall, and most of the shops were ready for closing at that time, we knew that we had to come back here for more shopping.

So the next day, we went there again at 3pm, this time mainly for shopping.  Much of my Korean shopping was done here, and I was overjoyed to have discovered a haven for exceptional, locally crafted leather goods.  I bought two handbags, a purse, a card holder, and a pair of leather shoes, all were Korean Handmade. Besides leather goods, we also bought some clothing items.

We're truly grateful we made our way to Dongdaemun-gu; otherwise, our trip to Korea might have been a bit of a letdown with not much shopping done.

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

Cheonggyechoen

Heongginjimun gate

I wish it was autumn.

My new handmade leather shoes bought from Hyundai Department tore, Dongdaemun.

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