First of all, park at the entrance of Jang-san is a perfect place to spend time before or after you go to the mountain. There you can enjoy various exercises such as roller-skating, riding a bike, and playing badminton. There is a large lake in the park, so If you don’t feel like doing exercises, you can just walk slowly along the hiking course around the lake, or look at some gold fish in the water. It is a perfect place to relax comfortably.

Second, you can feel the beauty of a Korean temple, Jang-san-sa. When you walk about 10-15 minutes along the main road from the entrance of Jang-san, you’ll encounter a forked road. One fork is a way to a waterfall, the other is a way to Jang-san-sa. In Pok-po-sa, you can enjoy the quietness and peace that you’ll never find in a city life. You can see priests of the temple, and moreover you can participate in bowing to a beautiful Buddha statue. For those who want to have a more fun in this temple, here’s a tip. On the 8th of April of lunar calendar, which is Buddha’s birthday, you’ll have spicy and delicious Bibimbab, one of Korean traditional food, for free. At night you can walk along the road with beautiful, round shaped, and variously colored(pink, blue, etc.) lanterns hanging on both sides. Although we can find temples anywhere, I definitely believe Jang-san-sa is a special place for you.

Last, you can see a fearless waterfall. In summer, people can swim in the cool water beneath the waterfall. In autumn, when you would like to be alone, sitting on a rough textured bench and watching the deep blue water will be a terrific idea. It is a wonderful place for those who seek the real nature of the mountain.

Jang-san is open 24 hours a day, and anytime will be fine to visit except after midnight since it might be dangerous. So you had better not go there then. If you take subway and get off at Jang-san Station, all you have to do is go straight toward the mountain. It’ll take 20 minutes to walk, so you could take taxi, if you want to, since there is no bus line going straight to Jang-san. Again, It’s an absolutely beautiful place. So you can’t miss this wonderful opportunity of having a look around the incredible creation of mother nature.

Yura Hwang

다대포 beach is one of the beaches that has everything at the same time. First, this beach has a mountain beside the beach were you can go for a walk, take fresh air, and also to enjoy the beautiful nature, too. This mountain is called 몰운대 mountain. They named like this because in Korean it means that this mountain gets foggy everytime it rains. It’s hard to see a thing because it gets blurry all day. Besides the fog, it’s hardly to see something. Once when you are there, it will feel like a haunted forrest. It’s kind of scary, too. You can hear birds singing, but it will be a little scary when you stay alone in the dark. That’s why they named it like that. But the bad thing is that you can’t enter this mountain after 7 O’clock, because it gets dark and you might get lost. And the other thing is that there’s a small army watching of anyone who goes in. The army is there to protect the nation, too. So we are safe, and we don’t have to worry about any trobles that happens to this mountain. This mountain will stay forever in this beautiful beach.

The other reason is that many tourists come to see the beautiful site of this beach. Even many photographers from other regions comes to take pictures of this beautiful beach. Even I wanted to take a picture myself. It will be a good place to go with your lover because it’s so romantic there. The ocean is so wide and blue. Also the color of the sand is golden yellow and when you step on it, feels so soft that you might want to walk on barefoot. This ocean is famous for its sun setting. Most people come at the end of the year to see the sun setting. The people says that the sun setting of the last day of the year might give a luck for the next year. So a lot of people(mostly Korean), comes and prays for their wishes.

And for the last, the food there is very delicious. You can enjoy various types of food. One of the best of the food there is called 해물칼국수(white sea food noodles). This food has sea food like; shrimps, shells, fish. This food its not spicy hot, it’s a cooked food, its hot. And the smell is so good that you might want to faint. The special thing about this food is that the noodles are made by hand. So the noodles are more delicious and gummy. This noodle tastes very good and you will fall in love with its flavor. There’s a lot of small restaurants near the beach where you can eat this food. And the other food is the famous “raw fish”, who all the people eats when they come to any ocean areas. You can eat cheaper and fresh in Pusan.

In conclusion, the good thing about all this three things above that I mentioned before, is that they’re in a same place. So you can enjoy by not going or walking too much from the beach. All the thing that you have to do is to enjoy yourselves. This place is very easy to get to. It’s on the opposite side of 해우대. You can take the bus number 98 from 서면(SeoMyun) and come to the last stop. So you have plenty of time to rest in the bus. It takes about 45minutes to get to 다대포 beach. If you want to go by subway, You have you transfer to another bus. And that will take more money, so it’s not a good idea. And about the food, the “white sea food noodles” costs like about 3.000wons for each person, bur it’s served in a big bowl so you can eat all together. That bowl is all combines for the amount of people who’s going to eat, so has to serve yourselves. Try to visit this beach and have a great time and a beautiful remembrance.

Shelly

If you are a moviegoer, visit the cinema street PIFF Square in the Theater District first. Every autumn, the Pusan International Film Festival, Asia’s best film festival, is held with various events in PIFF square. The Theater District is filled with lots of theaters and different kinds of films including many unusual exotic films are played in there during festival. Many movie stars and famous directors also visit Nampodong during this period, so the whole street is always crowded with people and their excitement. At night, the street lights up with splendid neon signs and the deep hum of a thousand voices is never ended. The bottom of PIFF Square are many hand printings of celebrities whose achievements in movie industry are great. Don’t miss the chance to visit this paradise of film and festival.

Nothing is more important than food on travel. Many kinds of fantastic foods are prepared in Nampodong. There is an alley called the “Original Bossam & Jokbal Alley”. The light and chewy meat of jokbal (boiled pig’s feet) is unforgettable for one who has sampled it once . The soft meat wrapped up with lettuce leaves together with oysters or pickled fish will be very savory. Another food alley called ‘Muk ja gol mok” is filled with food stands selling Dukbookki or Buchimge (Korean style hot cake). When you enter this ally, the tasty and sweet smell and look will attract you to taste them. Especially fried bean curd soup is the most distinct and famous of them. It is a kind of soup containing fried bean curd filled with ground meet. It tastes like O-deng (boiled fish paste) and Oo-dong(Japanese noodle) but has even thicker and rich flavor. In Nampodong, you need not worry about choosing food, all you have to do is just go food alley and taste the fantastic food.

The Jagalchi Seafood Market is must-visit place to visitors who like seafood and foreigners who want to feel Korean folks culture. This is the nation-famous seafood market, representing Pusan. It is always bustling with the vivid accents of tough Gyeongsang-do ajimae (female vendors), the sounds of splashing fish and shoppers’ bargaining. Hole market gives off strong fishy smell of water and savory smell of seafood and the sights of vigorous and joyful people may inspire you. It’s the very atmosphere of our neighbors and working classes in Korea and you may feel what means being alive. Located near sea of Pusan, the Jagalchi Seafood Market offers most fresh seafood in Korea. You can not only buy them for very cheap price but also eat the fresh seafood offhandedly. But just sightseeing around The Jagalchi Seafood Market gave you enough enjoyment.

In conclusion, Napodong is the place where people of every age, every class, and every country coexist and can enjoy together. The excitement and passion of cinema street PIFF Square in the Theater District and fantastic food and traditional culture of folks are always prepared in Nampodong. You can get to Nampo-dong by taking an airport limousine or bus No. 310 or take Subway Line No. 1 and get off at Nampo-dong or Jagalchi (Exit 1). It takes two and half hours from Seoul to Pusan by KTX and about 10 to 20 minutes from Pusan Station to Nampodong. All facilities in Nampodong are available almost 24 hours, and you shold reserve tickets in advance if you want to see movies during festival and all tickets costs 5000won during the period.

Kim Jung Hee