The Historian · Hayoon · Seoul
Insadong
Behind the souvenir stalls, this was the dealers' street where scrolls, celadon and old books changed hands. I walk you past the tourism to the real trade.
The old street of antique dealers, brush shops and tea houses that grew from a Joseon government district — Seoul's traditional-culture spine, for better and worse.
— Hayoon, The Historian
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