Tongin Market Dosirak Cafe
통인시장 도시락카페
The Tongin Market cafe where brass coins buy side dishes from the stalls into a lunchbox. It is what most visitors to the market actually come for.
Language
— Seoul Tourism Organization Archive (Seoul Tourism Archive, KOGL Type 1)
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Place information
- Korean name
- 통인시장 도시락카페
- Nearest station
- Gyeongbokgung Station (경복궁역, Line 3) (Exit 2)
- Opening hours
- Mon·Wed~Fri 11:00–15:00 Sat·Sun 11:00–16:00
- Closed
- Every Tue
Accessibility and facilities
Exchanging for the brass tokens also gets you a black plastic tray; you carry it around the market and fill it. The tokens are usable at participating stores only.
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Tongin Market
Plan around the lunchbox cafe rather than the market: it closes on Tuesdays and stops selling tokens well before the market itself shuts.
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A national museum inside Gyeongbokgung's walls, at the south-west corner. It holds what the buildings alone cannot show — royal seals, the court protocol records, palanquins, the water clock. Saturdays and the last Wednesday of each month are the only nights it stays open to 21:00.
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A former presidential compound behind Gyeongbokgung. Check the official presidential website before planning a visit because public access can change with government use.
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