SEOUL CITY VOLUME 4: THE STREETS
Apr. 14th, 2010 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogNo package tour is complete without yr entire group being set loose in trendy shopping areas, and this was no different. Of course, since I’m only interested in books and CDs, for me it’s more of an excuse to take photos of street scenes.
Like this.
These were taken mostly around Myongdong, Sinchon Station and Gunpo, and give you a fairly good idea of what Seoul is like at street-level: busy and full of shops, snack stalls and cute signs.
FUN FACT: Back when I was going to Seoul more regularly – which is to say around ten years ago – I went to Myongdong quite often because that’s where Tower Records was. It’s not there anymore, of course. But I’ll always remember it because it’s where I bought a replacement copy of Bad Religion’s Recipe For Hate – which is significant because it has a note on it saying it was cleared by the Korea Censorship Board.
Which I find amusing in a grim way.
PRODUCTION NOTE: Korea’s govt-run censorship board has since been replaced by the Korea Media Ratings Board, which is less stringent unless yr talking about songs by Rain, who is too sexy for the govt.
Respect.
Next: the thrilling conclusion!
Street legal,
This is dF
Like this.
These were taken mostly around Myongdong, Sinchon Station and Gunpo, and give you a fairly good idea of what Seoul is like at street-level: busy and full of shops, snack stalls and cute signs.
FUN FACT: Back when I was going to Seoul more regularly – which is to say around ten years ago – I went to Myongdong quite often because that’s where Tower Records was. It’s not there anymore, of course. But I’ll always remember it because it’s where I bought a replacement copy of Bad Religion’s Recipe For Hate – which is significant because it has a note on it saying it was cleared by the Korea Censorship Board.
Which I find amusing in a grim way.
PRODUCTION NOTE: Korea’s govt-run censorship board has since been replaced by the Korea Media Ratings Board, which is less stringent unless yr talking about songs by Rain, who is too sexy for the govt.
Respect.
Next: the thrilling conclusion!
Street legal,
This is dF
