Nakwon Musical Instrument Arcade
낙원악기상가
A building given over entirely to musical instruments, on Samil-daero beside Tapgol Park. It has dealt in instruments since 1970 and holds some 350 shops across four floors. On Sundays only some of them open.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 낙원악기상가
- Address
- 428 Samil-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Opening hours
- 09:00–20:00 varies by shop
- Closed
- Every Sun
- Hours notes
- On Sundays only some shops open. The arcade says it does not close on public holidays, national days included. Some 350 shops trade independently, so hours vary from one to the next.
- Area
- 6,852 m² · The second floor alone, not the whole arcade.
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Where these facts come from
- Jongno-gu tourism — Nakwon Musical Instrument Arcade (hours, lot address, phone, size) ·
- Nakwon Musical Instrument Arcade — location (road address, 428 Samil-daero) ·
- OpenStreetMap — the 낙원상가 node, agreeing within 30 m with the 낙원동악기상가 node and with the address point for the record's 삼일대로 428. OSM files the building on 인사동5길 and the record on 삼일대로; it fronts both. Reverse-geocodes to 낙원동, 종로구. ·