Noryangjin : Academy street in Seoul
3. Noryangjin
Noryangjin, as its name suggests, was the main point of transportation for ships that used to come from Chemulpo. So, there is now ‘Noryangjin fish market’ in Noryangjin. Today we will look at Noryangjin. But the fish market is not the only thing to see in Noryangjin. The reason why Noryangjin is so famous is that there are many private educational institutes. Let's look at two aspects of Noryangjin.
(1) The Noryangjin fish market
The Noryangjin fish market is the largest wholesale market for seafood in Seoul. It mainly handles seafood and seafood imported from various places. In some stores, you can also eat seafood such as sashimi and sushi directly. If you like aquatic products, it would be nice to go around there.
(2) Noryangjin private educational institutes street
The reason why Noryangjin is so famous is because of the Noryangjin private educational institutes street. This is where you can prepare for examinations in a wide range of fields including public officials, police, and firefighters, starting from university entrance examinations. There are so many different institutes.
In addition, the Gosiwon Village is formed. And there is a cafe, a reading room, and a study room. If you visit Noryangjin, you will easily see people wearing training wear and bags. They are candidates preparing for the exam.
In fact, the more interesting thing about Noryangjin is that the food price of the area is very cheap due to the nature of the area where many students who do not have a lot of money live. You can see markets cheaper than Super-markets, and restaurant's food prices are the lowest in Seoul. There are many places that are cheaper than MacDonald's Big Mac. There are many foods that can be eaten lightly on the street. Typically, there is a CupBob(Cup-rice). There is also a Cupbob street in Noryangjin, so you can try cups of various flavors.
But Noryangjin is not a good place to study. There are a lot of recreation rooms, PC rooms, karaoke rooms, bars and so on. If you walk around Noryangjin at night, the restaurants are full, there is no place in bars, and karaoke sometimes has to wait for an hour. Especially Friday night is the worst part. If you do not have enough strength, you may get caught up in revelry culture, and you may be wasting your study for a few years. So there are so many sad happenings in the Noryangjin. When they live in the Noryangjin and enjoy the full freedom without any nagging of their parents, they may be wasting their study for a few years...
If you want to go to Noryangjin, you can get off at Noryangjin Station on Seoul Subway Line 1 or you can get off at Noryangjin Station on Seoul Subway Line 9.