Sinsa-dong Garosu-gil

신사동 가로수길

A busy shopping street in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu. Clothing shops and cafés run along a road lined with ginkgo trees, and fashion and beauty brands open pop-ups on it often.

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Sinsa-dong Garosu-gil at night: ginkgo trees, nearly bare, lining both pavements with street lamps shining up through their branches, lit clothing shops and cafés at ground level, cars along the roadway and people walking on the pavements.

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Korean name: 신사동 가로수길
Admission: No entry fee — you pay each vendor

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