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Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area in
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. Nampo-dong is in
Jung District ("Central District") in the southern center of the city, bordering the city river on the north side. Served by two bridges connecting
Yeongdo District
Yeongdo District is a ''Subdivisions of South Korea, gu'' in Busan, South Korea. The ''gu'' itself is limited to Yeong-do (''Yeong Island'') located on the south edge of central Busan. It attained the status of ''gu'' in 1957.
The Korea Maritim ...
to the south, Nampo-dong is also accessible by
Nampo Station subway. The area mainly consists of a long north-to-south street with a large walking area with shops, cafes, restaurants, and statues or other seasonal or permanent exhibits. Side streets also have numerous camera shops, and heading south the streets turn into
Kangtong Market ("Tin-can Market") and
Gukje Market
Gukje Market or Nampodong International Market is a market in Sinchang-dong, Jung District, Busan, South Korea. It opens from 9:30am to 7:30pm.
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, with foreign goods and street food, as well as
Jagalchi Market
Jagalchi Fish Market is a fish market in the neighborhood of Nampo-dong in Jung-gu, and Chungmu-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, South Korea. The market is located on the edge of Nampo Port (남포항), Busan. It is considered to be the largest fish marke ...
, with fresh seafood for sale or dining as the streets approach the harbor. On the north end of Nampo-dong is the new
Lotte Department Store
Lotte Department Store () is a Korean retail company established in 1979, and headquartered in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Lotte Department Store offers retail consumer goods and services and is one out of 8 business units of Lotte ...
. On the west side a narrow elevator leads up to
Yongdusan Park
Yongdusan Park is a park located in Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea. The 120-meter-high Busan Tower is located here.
Yongdu means "dragon's head" and "san" means "mountain". The name is an allusion to the similarity of the mountain park, which is sa ...
with its tower. Nampo Station also has an extensive series of underground shops.
Nampo-dong tends to attract a cosmopolitan crowd of Japanese tourists, Russians, and westerners. As the area has restricted car access and is in a choke-point between the two halves of the city and Yeongdo Island to the south, parking is a continuing difficulty, though the area is easily walkable and reachable by bus or subway.
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Jung District, Busan
Neighbourhoods in Busan