Gyeongju Wonjo Kongguk
경주원조콩국
A sixty-year-old shop near the front gate of Daereungwon, serving warm soybean soup topped with black sesame, honey and a glutinous-rice doughnut.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 경주원조콩국
- Address
- 113 Cheomseong-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Opening hours
- 09:00–19:45 (closed 10:30–11:30) (closed 16:30–17:00)
- Closed
- Every Sun
What to eat
Warm kongguk — soybean soup served hot selected
Nearby
Cheomseongdae Observatory
Small, free and always open. It takes ten minutes, so plan it as the link between Daereungwon and Donggung rather than a destination of its own.
Hwangnam Milmyeon
A milmyeon house on Hwangnidan-gil. Milmyeon began as displaced northerners' wheat-flour substitute for naengmyeon and took hold first in Busan.
Daereungwon Tomb Complex
Walking the grounds is free; only Cheonmachong, the one mound you can go inside, charges. Ticketing closes at 21:30, so an evening walk is a real option.
Woljeonggyo Bridge
Free and open late, which makes it the easiest night stop in Gyeongju. The exhibition inside the gate towers covers the restoration itself.
Stories about this place
- Gyeongju in a Day on Foot: Daereungwon to Woljeonggyo
A walking day that starts at the Daereungwon tomb park, crosses to Gyeongju National Museum and Donggung and Wolji, and ends at the lit Woljeonggyo bridge. The seven stops add up to 5.1 km in a straight line, and one time decides the whole order: the museum stops admitting at 17:30.
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