Day trip to Maisan

It was the 1 May and we were taking another day trip, this time to Maisan.

Maisan, literally "horse-ear mountain", is a mountain to the east of Jeonju. From far, you see two peaks raising from a flat plains and they looked like horse ears, hence the name.
Beside its geologically interesting feature, it is home to an unusual temple -- Tapsa, and that was were I was headed.

The Maisan has two peaks that are shaped like horse ears.

Getting there

Based on information found on the internet, there is a direct bus from Jeonju to Maisan's southern car park from a bus stop outside the Jeonju railway station.

We made our way to the train station and dropped by the Tourist Information center. The staff there spoke English and we were given a slip of paper with details about the transport to Maisan.

The bus schedule posted on the bus stop facing Jeonju Railway Station. The destination is Tapsa, not Maisan.

This is the small slip of transport information to Maisan I got from the Tourist Information booth outside the Railway Station.

We waited at the bus stop for the 9:40 bus. The bus was late and arrived about 9:50. It was a mini bus that turned in from Baekje-daero. The bus did not have a number. Its sign said Tapsa in Hangul, which is the famous temple in Maisan. T-money is accepted, but you need to tell the driver your destination first and wait for the driver to key in your fare before tapping. I told the driver "Tapsa" and was charged 3050 won on my T-money card. (I think the fare is 3100won, but if you use T-money, you get a 50won discount).

One hour later, we were at the southern carpark of Maisan.

There is an park entrance fee of 3000 won and only cash is accepted.

We passed by a stall selling red bean pastry and got some to snack on. But I was disappointed as these were no way close to what I had in Jogyesa in Seoul before. It wasn't cheap either: 10 pieces for 4000 won (it's essentially the same as those fish shape pastries that are sold at 3 pieces for 1000 won in Seoul).

I thought these would make a nice snack but was sorely disappointed. I had better ones in Seoul before. 10 pieces for 4000 won.

There is a temple just beyond the entrance, but most people are here to visit Tapsa and gave the temple a miss.

There is a statue of Maitreya Buddha in front of the temple

Temple near the southern entrance of the park

Sauces fermenting in the shade of a tree.

It was basically a walk in park from the southern car park to Tapsa. There were a lot of people probably because it was a public holiday.

The trail passed by a small lake. You can see the 2 "ears" in the distance.

Tapsa 塔寺

And then we were at Tapsa.

Tapsa is not a big temple. Its temple halls are small and there are no big Buddha statues. Nonetheless, it is an impressive temple, due to its location under an overhanging cliff and the pagodas stacked from stones within its temple grounds.
The stone pagodas are what gave the temple its name: Tapsa literally means Pagoda Temple (塔寺).

It is quite a beautiful and unusual temple.

I was thoroughly amazed when I realized that the stone pagodas are really just stacked stones -- there is no cement or binder to hold the stones together. You can see through the gaps between the stones.

It's amazing the pillars are still standing after so long. I wondered if any of the pillars had been toppled by tourists before.

I saw a few tourist wondering at the pillars and softly pushing them to see if they sway.

Cute statues under the cliff

A giant vine that grew on the walls of the cliff. It looks dead, but is actually alive.

The main shrine hall (Hall of the Great Hero 大雄宝殿) is small, but beautifully adorned.

The two biggest stone pagodas/stupas representing heaven and earth.

The small temple is sandwiched in a narrow valley between the two peaks.

There is a natural fountain. I saw people drinking from it.

There were many small statues nestling in crevices on the cliff wall.

Eunsusa (Silver Water Temple 银水寺) 

There is another temple Eunsusa just behind Tapsa. I found this a beautiful temple too. It is not as crowded since most people just passed it on their way to Tapsa from the northern car park.

Eunsusa (Silver Water Temple 银水寺) is at the base of the two peaks of Maisan. Here's you can see the two peaks clearly. There is an ancient pear tree in the ground.

There are also a few telescopes for you to observe the geological features on the cliffs of Maisan.

Watch out for a signboard that explained the geological features as well as an interesting phenominon that happens during winter: if you place a basin of water out here, you will get an icicle growing skyward.  There is supposedly no scientific explanation for it. I found one through Google: https://seabrookeleckie.com/2008/02/04/icicles-in-reverse/

Eunsusa and one of the "horse ears" peak behind it.

The Hall of Infinite Light. Here you can see the gap between the two peaks of Maisan. The trail between the temple and the northern carpark passes through the gap.

Sauces fermenting under the sun in Eunsusa

The cliff face is full of holes that are result of weathering. This is known as "tafoni" (or honeycomb weathering) and is supposedly the most well formed tafoni in the world.

Heading back

After Eunsusa, we were ready to head back. It had been a walk through mostly flat terrain coming from the southern car park so I wasn't quite expecting to be going upward.

What I found out later was that the path between the northern car park and Tapsa cuts through the "mountain pass" or the trough between the two peaks of Maisan. The southern car park was also on higher grounds compared with the northern carpark. If you are coming from the northern carpark, it actually involved quite a bit of climb.

At the pass, there is a rest area and an interesting feature that shows the watershed point. There is also a trail up one of the peak but we didn't go up.

A feature showing the water shed point at the mountain pass between the two peaks of Maisan.

Now, my partner who does not work out much was suffering from muscle ache from the previous day's hike. So it was difficult going down the stairs.  Luckily, just a short distance down from the pass, we saw a sign about a tram service. We checked it out and indeed there was a tram service.
We paid 3000won each for the trip down the mountain to the northern carpark.

There is a bus stop next to the tram station for buses to Jinan (there were a few bus stop within the large compound). I took a look at the schedule posted at the bus station.
It was 13:45 and we had just missed bus. So we planned to catch the 14:40 bus and get some lunch in the mean time.

The tram road leading to the trail up the mountain pass. The tram station on the right. Many people took the tram instead of walking up. the green shelter behind the tram station is one of the bus stop for buses to Jinan

The bus schedule posted inside the bus stop. The bus runs almost hourly, except for 9am and 3pm. I was careless and thought the bus leaves at 40 min past the hour.

Lunch was dolsot sanchae bibimbap with deonjang jiggae again (9000won a set). I was starting to get sick of bibimbap...

When we get back to the bus stop at 14:35, I suddenly realized I had read the schedule wrongly! The bus departed at 14:30, not 14:40! 14:40 was the expected arrival time at Jinan!

There was no bus scheduled at 15:30. The next one was 16:30!

I wasn't prepared to wait for 2 hours. So we went to the Information center and an English speaking staff helped us called a cab. It arrived within 5 minutes. Jinan is actually very near. The cab ride only took 5 minutes and cost us 4000won. It wasn't expensive since a bus ride would cost 1300 won each anyway. That saved us two hours of waiting time. From my estimate, it would be possible to walk to the Jinan bus terminal within 30 min.

On hindsight, it might have been better to walk back to the southern carpark and catch the 14:05 bus to Jinan instead.

From Jinan, there were frequent buses back to Jeonju (3700 won). We boarded a bus within 10 mins  and one hour later, we were back at Jeonju Inter City Bus Terminal.

We rested for a while in the hotel and then went back to the Veteran restaurant in Hanok village for dinner.

Maisan in the distance, seen from the bus on the way back to Jeonju

Day trip to Daedunsan

On the second day in Jeonju, we took a day trip to Daedunsan.

The Diamond Cloud Bridge in Daedunsan

The mountain is in the Daedunsan Provincial Park north of Jeonju. There is a direct bus to the park from Jeonju Inter City Bus Terminal with limited schedule (06:40, 09:40, 14:20, 15:50).

The bus schedule from the Jeonju Inter City Bus Terminal. The last row is the timing for Daedunsan. Note that the 09:00 is no longer available.

We took the 0940 bus. The ticket was 6400 won each. The bus journey was roughly 1 hour 15 min and it stopped at the park’s bus terminal.

The bus schedule posted on the door of Daedunsan bus terminal. We ended up taking the 16:13 bus bound for Gunsan instead. 

At the bus terminal, I checked the bus schedule for the return trip. The next timing was 13:00 but it would be a mad rush to get up and come back down to catch the 13:00 bus as it was already 11:00.

While I was looking at the schedule, the bus driver got down the bus to go to the washroom and he pointed at 17:10 to me. So it would appear that’s the only option if we want to take our time exploring the mountain. In the end, that that was not to be! But more about that later.

Map of the mountain

There was no entrance fee to the park. There was a row of Korean food restaurant along the road that leads up the park.

One of the shops that line the road at the park entrance. All the restaurants were selling some kind of tempura made with some kind of leaves and root. I later found out that the the yellow colored one was ginseng tempura!

It was too early to have lunch. So we bought some snacks at the CU convenient store to snack on top of the mountain instead.

The cable car tickets costs 6500 won one way and 9500 won round trip. It only run 3 times per hour (every 00, 20, 40 minutes). So it would really be a mad rush to get back down to catch the 13:00 bus back to Jeonju. It only took a few minutes to reach the top.

When we reach the top, there was a sign that said that on busy days, it is necessary to exchange for a scheduled ticket back down. As we were there on a Monday, it was pretty quiet, so that was unnecessary.

the trip up the mountain

the cable car station

Notice telling people to exchange for a time-reserved ticket for the return trip on busy days.

There are several "trick eye" type of murals around the base cable car station.

The main attractions in Daedunsan are the suspension bridge that hangs between 2 peaks and a rickety stairs that goes up a steep cliff.

The cable car station was just below the start of the Diamond Cloud Bridge (金剛雲橋 Geumgang Gureumdari Bridge) and we were at the bridge after a short flight of stairs.

The trail to the bridge is one way only. You are supposed to cross the bridge and come back down on a separate trail. This make sense to keep the human traffic going when it is crowded.

Honestly, I was a little disappointed when I saw the bridge. It was shorter than what I had imagined. But it’s still exhilarating once I stepped onto it. The bridge is quite stable. It does shake a little when the wind is strong and there is people stomping on it. I thought it was quite fun, but not my partner who found it rather scary.

The good thing about visiting on a weekday is that we practically had the whole place to ourselves. We could take our time taking pictures and going back and forth the bridge. Yes, I know it's supposed to be one way, but the Koreans were doing it too...

View of the Diamond Cloud Bridge from the top of Three Fairies Stairs

The next stop after crossing the bridge is the Three Fairies Stairs (三仙階梯). It is a flight of step narrow stairs up the cliff. This one is definitely not for those afraid of heights. Once I got onto it, I had butterflies in my stomach. I could only grip the railing tightly and focus on going up the stairs. Some Koreans turned around in the middle of the stairs for photos but I did not dare to turn around at all.

Going up the Three Fairies Stairs

View of the Stairs from below

At the top of the Stairs

After the going up the stairs we trekked up to the Macheondae Peak (마천대) before slowly making our way down. I wanted to cross the bridge again before taking the cable car down and my partner reluctantly agreed.

The tower marking the peak of Daedunsan

The trees were blooming and it attracted lots of bees. I could hear the buzzing when i was standing below the tree.

It was only about 3pm plus when we got back to the base. We weren’t particularly hungry so we ordered a dolsot bibimbap set to share in one of the restaurants. After the meal we decided to head back to the bus terminal.

Dolsot sanchae bibimbap (mountain vegetables bibimbap in hot stone). The set comes with Doenjang Jiggae (meatless) and cost 10,000 won.

There was a cafe at the bus terminal and we decided we will have coffee there as we wait for the 5:10 pm bus. It was 4pm when we dropped in the cafe. The cafe appears to be owned by a couple and they hardly speak any English. The menu was all in Hangul. While I was struggling to make sense of the menu (I only managed to make out “Americano”), the lady boss produced an English menu for us to order from.

The bus terminal at Daedunsan. There is a cafe in the bus terminal. When we bought coffee there, the owner told us the 17:10 bus back to Jeonju was cancelled!

While the lady boss was making our drinks, the male boss asked “Jeonju? Five?” I told him yes. Then he started to cross his arms. It took me a while to realize that he was trying to tell me the 17:10 bus was cancelled!

I was quite confused as when I arrived, the bus driver had pointed at the 17:10 timing to me. I took it that it should be confirmed.

To be sure, the boss called the bus company to confirm. Yes, the 17:10 was cancelled. That was bad news! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to wait for the last bus at 18:25. What if that got cancelled too! Gasp!

Then the boss suggested Iksan. I recognized Iksan. It is a small city near Jeonju. There is a bus that heading to Iksan and Gunsan departing at 16:13.

Before we could deliberate further, the bus arrived. The male boss kindly came out and told the driver to take us to Iksan. He brought us the drinks we had ordered as the bus was departing.

The bus accepted T-money. But unlike the city buses in which you tap when you board and alight, you have to tell the driver of long distance inter city bus the destination. He would key in the fare before you tap as you board. No need to tap again when alighting. The fare to Iksan from Daedunsan was 7400 won.

On the way to Iksan, the bus had a brief stop at Samnye bus terminal (it just opened its door and then closed it!). Samnye is a small town north of Jeonju. If I had known before hand, I would have dropped off here and take a public bus into Jeonju. From what I could tell from Kakao Map, there were several services that goes to Jeonju. It would have been cheaper and faster to get to Samnye and change to a bus heading to Jeonju instead.

It was another 20 min from Samnye to Iksan. There were frequent buses from Iksan to Jeonju. We bought the tickets for the next bus (the fare was 2400 won if I remember correctly) and within 5 mins, we were on our way back to Jeonju. We actually boarded a long distance bus heading to Daegu but passing by Jeonju to pick up more passengers on the way.

It was almost 7pm when we arrived at Jeonju bus terminal. We were lucky we decided to drop in the cafe at the Daedunsan bus terminal. Otherwise we would be waiting for a long time…

We were tired after the long trip. We decide to just have dinner in one of the Korean restaurants at the bus terminal. I had Sundubu Jiggae while my friend had Donkatsu. The food was bleh…

We just headed back to the hotel for an early rest after dinner.

So the day turned out to be quite an adventure after all!

Dinner at Jeonju, May 2018

When I searched in Happy Cow for vegetarian restaurants in Jeonju, there were only 3 listings. The most conveniently located restaurant is Garobee Well Being Buffet that walking distance from the bus terminal.

I was planning on having a buffet lunch at Garobee before exploring Jeonju. Unfortunately it was closed on Sunday!

So when Sunday evening comes, I was at a loss of what to have for dinner. And then I remember I came across the Veteran restaurant on the internet.

Veteran Restaurant 베테랑분식

Veteran is a NOT a vegetarian restaurant.

What is famous here is Kalguksu, which is quite unlike what is served in most places.

The noodles are meatless, but it is very likely the broth is made with some fish or meat stock. If you are strict vegetarian, this is not suitable for you. For me, when I travel (especially to countries like Korea and Japan), I would generally settled for meatless food, and relax the restrictions on the sauces and broth as long as there isn't a strong or obvious meaty or fishy taste)

The restaurant has only 5 items on the menu:

1. Kalguksu - soft noodles in an eggy broth - 6500 won
2. Jjol Myeong - bibim style chewy noodles - 6000 won
3. Kong guksu - soft noodles in soy milk broth - 7000 won
4. Soba - Japanese soba noodles in a cold broth - 7000 won
5. Mandu - meat filled dumplings - 5000 won

We ordered a Kalguksu and a Jjol Myeong.

Kalguksu is what this restaurant is famous for. And rightly so!

The soft noodles has a great texture. But the winner is the broth. Generally kalguksu is served in a clear broth. Here, the noodles were served in a soup with eggs in it. It is topped with seaweed flakes and perilla seeds, with chilli powder sprinkled on it. It is a bowl of tasty noodles that has the making of a great comfort food.

It is slightly spicy due to the chilli powder. But I like spicy so I sprinkled more. It is also the first time I tried perilla seeds. It adds an interesting flavour to the noodles.

Jjol Myeong is a type of chewy noodles and it is made bibim style here. This is the most vegetarian safe dish here: it is a bowl of cold chewy noodles served with julienned cucumber, shredded cabbage, bean sprouts, gochujang (Korean chilli paste used in bibimbap), half a hard boiled egg and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. It is spicy and tasty. The problem was with the noodles -- they were too chewy, almost like chewing rubber bands... I would much prefer bibim noodles made with guksu noodles instead of jjol myeong.

The portions here are big. A bowl of kalguksu can be shared between two small eaters. Many couples were just sharing a bowl of kalguksu and an order of mandu.

It was a very enjoyable meal of noodles and my partner has only praises for the kalguksu. We came back again two days later and just ordered the kalguksu.

Jjol Myeong. Spicy and tasty but I found the noodles too chewy for my liking. I skipped the bowl of soup that came with it as there was a fishy taste to it.

Kalguksu. Soft noodles in a bowl of eggy broth served with seaweed flakes, perilla seeds and a dash of chilli powder. Mix up everything and tuck in!

Veteran Restaurant

The menu and price on the window. There are pictures of each item inside the restaurant.

Address:
베테랑분식 Veteran
84-10 Gyo-dong Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do,
Business hours: Daily 9am-9.30pm (closed on holidays)




This is the blog entry about the restaurant which I came across:
https://messywitchen.com/dining/south-korea/jeonju/veteran-jeonju-south-korea/

This is an old blog (dated 2014). The prices have since increased and the menu expanded with 2 more items. This is also the blog that introduced me to Grandma's Best.



Grandma's Best Desert Factory

We were stuffed from the 2 bowls of noodles from Veteran's. After walking around the Hanok village for a while, we decided we now have room for desert and we went looking for Grandma's Best (외할머니솜씨 (Oe Halmeoni Somssi).

This restaurant is in a small Hanok that is at edge of the touristy area. It took me a while to find it. It was almost empty when we got in so I thought maybe it wasn't as good it was made out to be. Nevertheless we went ahead and ordered a bowl of Patbingsu to share.

Shortly after we ordered, the restaurant filled up. It was quite well known after all.

And then we tasted the desert. Wow! It was delicious!

Bingsu is shaved milk ice that comes in many different flavours. It was quite a rage in Singapore when it was introduced a few years ago. There are many bingsu outlets in Singapore. I only tried it once or twice and didn't like it that much. Besides they are over priced in Singapore.

Patbingsu is bingsu served with adzuki beans (aka red beans). What I liked about the patbingsu here was the delicious combination of black sesame powder with adzuki beans. The rice cakes were very nice too -- soft and slightly chewy.

We both enjoyed the patbingsu very much and decided it was worth the 7000 won. Of course it is still expensive if you compare it with a bowl of SGD$2 ice kacang (~ 1600 won). But it's just not the same!

It worth giving it a try if you are in Jeonju.

A very tasty combination of adzuki beans and black sesame seed powder on shaved milk ice. The rice cakes were very nice too.

The restaurant is in a small hanok and the signboard is not big -- easily missed if you are not looking for it.

Address:
외할머니솜씨 (Oe Halmeoni Somssi) Grandma’s Best
113-4 Gyo-dong,
Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do

Trip to Jeonju, May 2018

It's been a while since I last blogged. I just came back from a holiday trip to South Korea.

As I have obtained valuable information for my trip from various blog, I decided to contribute by providing information in my blog.

For this last trip, I went to Jeonju and then Seoul. As I have been to Seoul several times, the fun part is really Jeonju.

Jeonju is still pretty much off the tourist maps. It is a major domestic tourist destination, but relatively few foreign tourists come to Jeonju.


Getting to Jeonju

Getting to Jeonju is pretty easy. There are frequent express buses between Seoul Express Bus Terminal at Gangnam and Jeonju. For convenience, I took a direct bus from Incheon airport.

My overnight flight from Singapore landed 6:10am at Incheon International Airport. After clearing immigration and getting our luggage, we head straight to the CU convenient store that is far right end of the Terminal 1 arrival hall.

This is the first stop to get a T-money card and to charge the card. I still had my card from previous trip but my friend needed a new one for himself. The card is important for getting around in public transport. It is also useful for buying stuff at convenience stores as you don’t have to deal with small change. I always use T-money to pay at the convenience stores and top up at the same time if necessary.

The inter city buses are just outside the arrival hall. I inquired at the ticket booths and was told there was a bus leaving in 10 min at 7:20am. We decided to skip breakfast and take the bus as we had some bread with us. There are apparently different bus companies with different fares and timings. The bus we took was run by Jeonbuk Express and the fare was 24,500 won. The journey took roughly 3 hours including a 15 minute stop, and the bus took us to the Jeonju Inter City Bus Terminal.


Gung Tourist Hotel

I had booked a hotel room at Gung Tourist Hotel that is located just behind the Inter City Bus Terminal. It was too early for check in so we just leave our luggage at the counter. I highly recommend this hotel. The room was very spacious and comfortable. There’s a mini fridge, microwave oven and a huge TV with many channels (including some English ones). The bathroom had a bath tub. I paid about SGD56 a night after taxes (without breakfast) and it’s good value for money. I sorely missed the spacious room when I checked into a more expensive and squeezy room in Seoul.

It is location near the bus terminal makes it convenient base for exploring the region. The Jeonju Express Bus Terminal is also very near, so it was easy to get to Seoul when we leave Jeonju.

Lunch


My first stop was Garobee Well Being buffet which is a short walk from the hotel. Unfortunately it was closed on Sundays (should have check Happy Cow for the hours before heading there!). So we went to the basement of the Lotte Department Store opposite the Garobee restaurant where I had a Vegetable Bibimbap. It was a set that came with tofu soup (sundubu jiggae) for 8000 won. I asked for the soup to be “chaesik” (vegetarian). I was told there is no meat (“gogi obseoyo”) but it still came with clams in it… Apparently Koreans do not consider seafood as “meat” (gogi) as this happened again at another restaurant.

Garobee is on the 2nd floor of the building just behind Lotte Departmental Store. Unfortunately it was closed on Sundays.

Vegetable bibimbap at one of the store in the basement floor of the Lotte Departmental Store. 8000 won for the rice bowl and another bowl of tofu stew (sundubu jiggae) not shown in the picture.

Hanok Railbike

Rail Bike

After lunch, we took a cab to Ajung Station (7200 won paid with T-money). Ajung is an old disused railway station, now converted into a rail bike facility. If you prefer to take a bus, number 102 goes there directly but is infrequent. Alternatively, take any bus to the Jeonju railway station and take the more frequent bus 100 which stops in front of Ajung Station.

The Jeonju Hanok Rail Bike is relatively new, just started a year ago. So it is not as well known as other railbike. (http://www.jeonju-railbike.kr/)

The fare was 20,000 won for 2 persons, 25,000 for 3, and 30,000 for 4. All the bikes are 4-riders, but you won’t have to share.

We were the only foreign tourists there. The rest were all Korean tourists. The operator spoke enough English to tell us to buckle up and how to use the brakes and off we go.

The terrain looked flat but it was actually sloping gently upwards, so it took a bit of effort. We passed by 2 tunnels and after maybe 2 km, we were turned back. Now it was sloping downwards and the bike was moving without much paddling.

Railbike is an uniquely Korean activity. But honestly, after paddling for a short while, it’s kind of boring. I am not likely to pay for this again.

From Ajung Station, we wanted to get back to hotel for a rest as we didn't sleep much on the flight. I checked Kakao Map and found that there is a bus 102 that goes to the Inter City Bus Terminal. Unfortunately we missed the bus and ended up waiting almost 1 hour for the next bus.

Getting around with Kakao Map


Kakao Map was the main app I used to get around. 

If you click on the bus stop, you can see the bus service numbers as well as the expected arrival time. The down side is that it doesn’t show scheduled time. Timing is available only after bus leaves the first station so it’s difficult to tell when’s the next bus arriving for infrequent services or if you are near the start of the service line.

What I found really useful is that I can see bus route on the map. I used it to see the if an arriving bus would pass by near my destination instead of waiting for a particular bus number.

I would highly recommend getting this app if you plan on taking buses in Korea. There is an English version available from Google Play.


Jeonju Hanok Village

After a rest in the hotel, we took bus 79 from a bus stop in front of the bus terminal to Hanok Village.

As it was Sunday, the area was crowded with people, probably with day trippers from other parts of Korea. The crowd was overwhelmingly Korean. There was a very festive mood in the village.

If you are here to see traditional houses, you might be disappointed. Most of the houses were converted into shops or restaurants. And the area is mostly flat, so you really do not see much of the old architecture. I found it more like a theme park.

It still nice to stroll around and just soak in the atmosphere.

There is plenty of street food too.

We had dinner at the Veteran restaurant and desert and Grandma's Best (see next blog entry)

From Hanok Village we walked to the Jaman Mural Village. We were tired and it was dark, so we just walked through the village. From there, we walked back to the village via Omokdae.

From the main road beside the Jeondong Cathedral, there are many buses back to the bus terminal. Bus 79 and 1000 are the most convenient as they stop directly in front of the terminal. However, instead of waiting for 79 or 1000, I just boarding an approaching bus that passed near the terminal along Girin-daero.

Compared with the Bukchon Hanok Village which is mainly residential, I found Jeonju Hanok Village over commercialized. It's still enjoyable though.

A narrow house further away from the tourists shops encountered on the way to Jaman Mural Village.

Fountain created with an old manual water pump

An Hanok converted in a desert restaurant. We had Patbingsu here.