underground shopping

Bupyeong Station, Incheon: Inside Korea’s Largest Underground Shopping Arcade

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Large station building with a shopping mall, cinema, and supermarket above the platforms

Bupyeong Station Incheon sits above a shopping arcade so large that getting lost in it is not a beginner’s mistake — it is the normal experience, including for people who have used it for years. The numbers explain why. In 2014 the arcade was officially certified as having the most shops inside a single underground … Read more

Juan Station, Incheon: A Local’s Guide to the Food Alley & Underground Arcade

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Covered train platform with passengers walking beneath a blue overhead sign showing platform numbers and destinations

Most first-time visitors to Korea see the same polished places: the shopping streets of Seoul, a palace or two, maybe a day trip to Busan. But the Korea that locals actually live in looks different — and you find it in ordinary neighborhoods that never make the guidebooks. As someone based in Incheon, let me … Read more