INCHEON STREET SHOPPING PARADISE <BUPYEONG Station>
-The best gathering place for 20's and foreigners
Guwol-dong and the front area of Bupyeong subway station are the representative downtown in Incheon. In Bupyeong, there are so many shops, restaurants, pubs, and very large scale underground shopping mall. Especially when you go shopping at the underground shopping mall, you might get lost because it's really huge, so Incheon citizens also get lost there. During the day you can see a lot of 10's-20's shopping there and at night, you can see mainly 20's gather there for drinking alcohol and coffee with their friends. And Bupyeong is the place where foreigners living in Incheon gather.
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<Bupyeong Station>
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<Bupyeong underground shopping mall>
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Jay's Ratings
Shopping: ★ ★ ★ ★ (Good for road shop shopping)
Meals: ★ ★ ★ ★ (A variety of restaurants are available)
Drinking : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Very various pubs)
Price: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Underground shopping mall is very cheap)
Diversity: ★ ★ ★ ★(no large shopping malls, but a variety of shops)
Accommodation: ★ ★ ★ ★ (Lots of cheap and clean motels)
Accessibility: ★ ★ ★(Connected to the metro station but underground shopping mall is very complex)
Accessibility: ★ ★ ★(Connected to the metro station but underground shopping mall is very complex)
Point
- The biggest area for street shopping in Incheon
- A large underground shopping mall with reasonable price
- So many cafes, restaurants and pubs
- The place where young people gather and drink until dawn
- Three multiplex cinemas (Lotte Cinema, CGV)
- Many major food chains
- Clubs for Young People (Gayo top ten)
- Connected to Seoul Subway Line 1 and Incheon subway line 1
- Close from Seoul
- Pubs for foreigners (Woodstock, Goose Goose)
People who might like here (recommended)
- Who want shopping street
- Who want cheap shopping
- Who need to go to Seoul
- Who want to visit the place crowded with young people
- Who want to go to the clubs in Incheon
- Who want to meet foreigners living in Incheon
- Who wants to taste a variety of Korean food
- Who wants to go to a traditional market in Korea
- Who want cheap and clean accommodation
People who might hate this place (not recommended)
- Who want department store shopping
- Who don't like a complex street structure
- Who often get lost
- Who do not like a crowded place
- Who want a quiet atmosphere
- Who want to go to the historical attractions
- Who want to go to natural attractions
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<Bupyeong Market>
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<Bupyeong Culture Street>
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"Today, I'm going to Bupyeong to drink~!!"
How to get there
- Subway: Seoul Subway Line 1 <Bupyeong> station, or Incheon Subway Line 1 <Bupyeong> Station
Main attractions
Shopping
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<Bupyeong underground shopping>
One of the three largest underground shopping mall in Korea. Many products are very cheap, and it's like a maze.
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<Culture Street>
Brands stores such as NIKE Levi's and Newbalance, restaurants, pubs are available.
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<Lotte Department Store>
One of the Korea's major department stores, but the scale is very small.
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<Bupyeong station building>
Lotte Mart, electronics stores, clothing brand Uniqlo and so on.
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Restaurant & Cafe & Pubs & Clubs
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<CAMPYA>
Very spicy ribs offers charcoal BBQ pork, mushrooms and even seafood like shrimp and shellfish.
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<Hanshin-Pocha>
This bar is famous for its delicious dishes(especially hot food) and also known as a place young guys hit on girls sitting around. So it's going to be interesting and exotic to foreigners.
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<Zipsin hot rib>
It's a hot delicious Korean ribs. You can choose the level of hot ribs.
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<Gayo Top Ten>
The best club for Incheon young people in 20s and 30s where you can enjoy the song in 1990s.
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<Woodstock>
A small pub foreigners living in Incheon gather. The size is very small, and the owner is good at English.
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<Gayo Top Ten>
The best club for Incheon young people in 20s and 30s where you can enjoy the song in 1990s.
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<Lotte Cinema>
Multiplex cinema located in Bupyeon station and culture street.
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<Olive Young>
Beauty, cosmetics, and foods
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<Bupeong Motel Village>
Cheap and clean motel facilities are available.
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<Incheon CGV>
The latest multiplex cinema in Bupyeong.
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Restroom
- It's difficult to find restroom in the underground shopping mall and on the culture street. So you'd better use the restroom at the metro station and it's free of charge.
- Almost every stores on the street has restroom.
- Bupyeong station area is huge but it's not easy to use toilets, so use the toilets in the metro station and in the store.
Luggage deposit
-Luggage coin lockers in the Incheon subway stations are available
Where you can sit and relax
- It's hard to find a chair or bench in Bupyeong area, so you'd better go to the cafes and restaurants to rest.
- Culture Street bench (difficult to find)
- Ticket office in the theaters
Jay's Tips
- When you return to the Bupyeong station during underground shopping, you'd better go up to the ground because of the complex structure of the underground shopping mall.
- During the day, a variety of ages gather there, but at night, this place changes for young people to drink.
- Korean bars are usually open from 5 pm to 4 am, so you can drink until dawn.
- Korean bars are usually open from 5 pm to 4 am, so you can drink until dawn.
- It could be difficult to find the place you want to go unless you use the google map or my posting on my blog.
- The price of underground shopping stores is very cheap and if you talk to the owner, you might get a discount.
- Since Bupyeong Lotte department store is very small, it is good to go to Guwol-dong or other areas for department store shopping.
- When you find a product you like, you'd better buy it immediately, cause it might be hard to find that shop again.
- When you get lost, all you need to do is find the Bupyeong station.
"You might get lost.."
Useful Korean Expression
(If you can't speak Korean, show these sentences to Korean people)
- Where is the Bupyeong station?
= 부평역은 어디인가요?
- Where is the Lotte department store?
= 부평 롯데백화점은 어디인가요?
- Where is the culture street?
= 문화의 거리는 어디인가요?
- Discount please.
= 깎아주세요.
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