Tongin Market
통인시장
A Seochon market where coins buy your side dishes
- Hours
- Market about 9am–9pm; lunchbox cafe about 11am–4pm; closed third Sunday of the month
- Tickets
- Free (ten coins for 5,000 won)
- Address
- 18 Jahamun-ro 15-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
A long covered market threaded through Seochon’s lanes, famous for its coin lunchbox. You pay 5,000 won at the lunchbox cafe, get ten coins worth 500 won each, and fill a box stall by stall. Choosing what to spend each coin on is half the fun. The oil-fried tteokbokki draws its own queue. After one loop you can keep walking to the Seochon cafe streets.