Songwol-dong Fairy Tale Village (송월동 동화마을)
- Homepage www.icjg.go.kr
Songwol-dong was named for its view of the moon between the pine forest. The opening of Incheon Port in 1883 led to the start of many foreigners coming into the area for settlement, and it turned into a rich village. However, young people gradually moved out, leaving the village in a state of stagnation. As such, a renovation project was brought about to improve the development of the village by decorating with murals and sculptures of classic fairy tales.
- Address : Songwol-dong 3(sam)-ga, Jung-gu, Incheon
※ Presentation Information
- Information and Guides
+82-32-764-7494
- Parking
Available
- Day Off
N/A (Open all year round)
- Operating Hours
Open 24 hr
- Admission Fees
Free
◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox
⊙ Mandabok (만다복)
- Homepage
https://blog.naver.com/mandabok
This restaurant offers baengnyeon jjajang (meaning “hundred-year jjajang”), a traditional style of hayan jjajang, or old-fashioned black bean sauce noodles. The dish features noodles topped with a soy sauce-based sauce along with pork, seafood, and vegetables.
⊙ Incheon Jayu Park (자유공원 (인천))
- Homepage
www.icjg.go.kr
Jayu Park is the first Western-style park in Korea, built five years after the opening of Incheon Port. The location is perfect for a nice stroll as it is located high above sea level with spacious areas and a thick forest. At top of the park is the Korea-U.S.A. Centennial Monument built in 1982 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the treaty of peace, commerce and navigation between Korean and the US. Within the park, visitors can enjoy a small zoo, a pagoda, benches and other rest areas. A statue of General MacArthur stands in the park as a memorial of the general's feat of Operation Chromite during the Korean War. Every April, a cherry blossom festival is held as the cherry blossoms fill the park, attracting many visitors. The panoramic view of the city is breathtaking with nightscape especially popular for couples. There are many attractions nearby for visitors to enjoy food and history.
⊙ Fairy Tale Village Dolphin Pizza (동화마을 돌고래피자)
Fairy Tale Village Dolphin Pizza is famous for its signature dish, Dolphin Pizza. It takes inspiration from the street food classic, bungeoppang (fish-shaped bun with red bean filling), but with a twist: it's filled with pizza ingredients instead. This innovative and portable street food is created by pouring flour batter into a dolphin-shaped baking frame and then stuffing it with pizza fillings. Additionally, the menu offers a variety of other fillings, including bulgogi, corn cheese, steak, cream, and red beans, catering to a wide range of tastes.
⊙ Gonghwachun (공화춘)
- Homepage
www.gonghwachun.co.kr
Gonghwachun, one of the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, opened in 1905 and is famous as the birthplace of jjajangmyeon. The original Gonghwachun building is currently used as Jjajangmyeon Museum, and the current Gonghwachun main branch operates in a building that was founded in 2004. Among the various menus, Gonghwachun Jjajangmyeon is a must-try. This signature menu serves the noodles and the black bean sauce separately. The sauce contains a various ingredients cut in large bite-sized pieces, making it even more delicious. It also offers various course menu options, including lunch, couple, and family courses.
⊙ Simnihyang (십리향)
Simnihyang is a Chinese restaurant in Incheon Chinatown, renowned for its specialty in hwadeok mandu (oven-baked mandu). The restaurant's name suggests that the aroma of its mandu spreads up to 10 Ri (approximately 4 km, pronounced 'simni' in Korean) away. Its signature dish, hwadeok mandu, consists of mandus filled with pork, vegetables, and seasoning, baked in an oven at temperatures above 350 degrees. This preparation ensures the mandu is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Additionally, the restaurant offers various other fillings, including sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and red beans.
⊙ Jemulpo Club (제물포구락부)
- Homepage
jemulpoclub.org
- Tel
+82-32-765-0261
Jemulpo Club, also called Jeumulpo Gurakbu, was established in 1901 to be used as the venue for foreigners such as American, English, German, French, Russian and a small minority of Chinese and Japanese all living in Incheon to build up friendships before opening the port. The two-story brick building was comprised of a library room, pool table, tennis court and others facilities.
The site was used as Incheon Museum from 1953 to 1990 and Incheon Cultural Center from 1990 to 2006. In 2007, the name was changed to Jemulpo Gurabu, imphasizing the Japanese pronunciation of "club." It now offers a site for experiencing modern culture interactions.
⊙ Sinseung Banjeom (신승반점)
- Homepage
http://ss-chinese.com/
This restaurant, run by the granddaughter of Gonghwachun’s founder Woo Hee-gwang, is best known for its signature yuni-jjajang—a sweet, savory sauce made with minced meat and vegetables, served separately from the noodles, similar to ganjjajang, and topped with a sunny-side-up fried egg. Other popular dishes include the chewy chapssal tangsuyuk (deep-fried pork in a sweet rice batter with sweet and sour sauce) and the samseon haemul nurungjitang (a three-delicacy sizzling rice soup with seafood).4
⊙ Daechang Banjeom (대창반점)
Daechang Banjeom is a Korean Chinese restaurant nestled in Chinatown, Incheon. The restaurant has built a dedicated base of regulars among both locals and tourists since it opened in the 1980s. It is famed for its samseonjjamppong (three-delicacy spicy seafood noodle soup), which headlines its menu. Other crowd favorites include jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and gunmandu (pan-fried Mandu). Notably, it's located near tourist attractions such as the Jajangmyeon Museum and Incheon Modern Museum.
⊙ Jjajangmyeon Museum (짜장면박물관)
- Homepage
ijcf.or.kr
Jjajangmyeon Museum is built in the former building of Gonghwachun, the official birthplace of jjajangmyeon, a food people of all ages love. Gonghwachun operated in this old-fashioned brick building until 1983, and the building was renovated as Jjajangmyeon Museum. It is the first jjajangmyeon-themed museum in Korea and consists of six permanent exhibition rooms and one special exhibition room. Visitors can see the birth and transformation of jjajangmyeon at a glance and the different types and recipes of jjajangmyeon. The special exhibition room presents exhibitions on a variety of topics every year. The reproduction of Gonghwachun’s original reception room and kitchen as well as the exhibition of how the metal delivery box changed over the years are also interesting.
This work was created by the Korea Tourism Organization for 25 years and opened as the first type of public Nuri. You can download it for free from the Korea Tourism Organization, https://kto.visitkorea.or.kr/eng.kto
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