The last time I was in Busan, I wasn’t able to explore Seomyeon. While making my itinerary, I made sure to not miss it this time around!
For me after going to Seomyeon, it feels like Hongdae less the busking.
How to go to Seomyeon area (going down at Lotte Department Store) :
face the street opposite the beachkeep on walking straightas soon as you approach the roundaboutyou will be heading towards the leftand you’ll continue to turn leftand just keep on walking straightuntil you reach the first cornerthen you will turn leftand keep on walking straight untilyou reach the end of the streetyou will cross the roadto reach the bus stop (that gas station has been there since 2018 so you can mark that as your landmark for the bus stop)heading there, you’ll be riding bus 141which is about 25 stops awaythis was my view as soon as i got downand Lotte Department Store was behind meHi, Jin💜
During that time, there wasn’t an area where we could cross the street. The street was under renovation so we had to go under to cross the department store.
don’t worry, you won’t get lost if you have to walk underground as well as there are plenty of signsthat will lead you to the department storewe headed straight to the food court because we were originally here to eat at JJ’s Lobster Bar againbut unfortunately, the restaurant closed down already.. so we decided to eat here instead since this was our “second dinner” beforemy mom and I chose the same thing
After having our lunch at Lotte Department Store, we did not go around anymore. Mom and I decided to head out to explore the place.
during this time, I relied on Naver maps to find the ‘heart’ of the area (where most of the shops are located)this was the exit where we came out from
we stumbled upon Daiso and of coursemy mom had to go inside😂after going around Daiso, we finally found the “heart” (LOL) of Samyeonthere are different shops heremay it be an international brandor their local storeswe decided to grab a coffee as we were walking because we were both sooo sleepywhile we were randomly walking away from the centerI suddenly saw Dream’s poster so I told my mom “hey can we head over there, it looks like a music store”o m g ?? I accidentally discovered a Power Station branchI was so excited!!!my OT10 heart💚I was happy to see a lucky draw machine in real life lol💚since I still don’t have a digipack, I bought one to remember my trip here! I pulled TY and Markie!so glad I was able to catch them play 2 Baddies MV!we wandered around the area more and came across this diner I read about this but I didn’t go in, maybe next time!
My mom and I were getting hungry from walking around so we tried to find where we can have dinner.
I was supposed to take her to a beer pub but it was a bit far. We were really hungry already so we walked around the area trying to find restaurants. Both of us decided to dine at 1984 Napoli.
I usually download Mango Plate before flying to Korea for restaurants! (my friend was the one who told me about the app)it was mostly cafes and fast food so when I saw this restaurant, my mom and I both agreed on having dinner here
I think if there are a lot of people, you have to do reservations via this machinebut since there was no one yet when we arrived, we didn’t have to do the online reservation
we chose what to order on the screen beside our tableit was a good choice to eat here bec it was SO GOODI LOVE HOW THEIR TOMATOES WERE SO HUGE AND JUICY???the pizza was placed like this so they were able to keep the warmthsoooo good 😠I want to come back to try their carbonara!!!
all photos were taken using an iPhone 13 Pro Max / Fujifilm X-T20 18-55 mm