【Shopping in Korea】Enjoy Shopping and Food at Youngpoong Books & Kyobo Books at Gwanghwamun and Jongkak!

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There's one thing that you must do in Korea! ><

It's SHOPPING!

So today, we'll find out about special shopping places in Korea

It's Youngpoong Books and Kyobo Books in Korea!

Koreans love shopping in Youngpoong and Kyobo because you can enjoy shopping, reading, and eating all at the same spot!

So let's have a look at Kyobo and Youngpoong Books in Korea!

1. Korea Shopping Spot, Kyobo Books

Korea's Kyobo Books is the largest bookstore in Korea!><

The main store is in Gwanghwamun Station.

It's made of one floor.

Korea Kyobo Books is operated under its belief that 'people make books, and books make people.

So there's a lot of seats available in the store for you to enjoy reading!

You can just sit down and read even if you don't purchase any books!

Also, Kyobo Books Korea isn't just a bookstore where you read and buy books!

You can think of it as a multi-culture complex!

Christmas is near, so Kyobo Books has in stock many kinds of winter postcards!

While visiting the place, I also found these Christmas Wood Decoration Cards!

It's a nice souvenir to give to friends and family after your trip in Korea as a New Year's gift!

The first place to introduce you at Korea Kyobo is Hot Tracks!

Hot Tracks is where you have the most items to buy!

Let's have a look at what Hot Tracks of Kyobo Books has in store for us!

The Marymond items that we introduced to you earlier is also available here!

Marymond is a good company that helps the comfort women!

This is my favourite notebook! > <

Although I came to Korea to review this bookstore...

I'm just falling in love with these products...

Inside this, you can put in cosmetics or women's products, etc.

MARYMOND's makeup bag is very convenient to bring around!

Pretty pretty, right? ^^

Kyobo Books also has MARYMOND mobile phone cases! > <

But only for iPhones... And I happen to use a Galaxy phone...

Then I bought two of these, MARYMOND's eco bags! > <

Beautiful! !! !!

There are many designs and the price is at 12,000 won, which is really great

For 12,000 won, you can buy beautiful eco bags and help the comfort women! Really a good product!

MARYMOND also has passport covers!

If you go out with your passport ~

How about buying a passport cover with this beautiful pattern? ^^

Beautiful key rings and badges! > <

I can't resist this...

I couldn't help it... I had to buy a badge! So beautiful!

Then there are these beautiful postcards and gift bags at Kyobo Books!

These traditional postcards with the concept of Hanbok and Hanok!

It's authentic Korean! > <

Only 3,000 won for a beautiful postcard like this!

So I bought different kinds of Hanbok postcards to bring home ... haha ~

Hehe ... I also recommend you to buy some of these Hanbok postcards!

There are also Hanbok stickers in Kyobo! ^^

This hanbok sticker is also suitable as a souvenir! ><

I like Hanbok and Hanok very much.

So I bought another hahaha ~

Do you know the Jetoy Choo Choo brand?

A product based on this cute cat! ^^

Many people (including editors) think that this is a brand from Japan,

But this is actually a Korean brand!

There are many cat products wearing Hanbok here! > <

Looking at the cute cat wearing hanbok, this one is really a must buy, right? ... > <

Bags, card holders, small notebooks, etc ... there are many different products!

These are also good souvenirs! Hahaha ~

Then there are a lot of cute KAKAO FRIENDS merchandises here! > <

I'm personally in love with this RYAN notebook...

Oh yes I'm i love... It's so cute...

In addition to KAKAO FRIENDS products, there are also LINE FRIENDS products! > <

LINE FRIENDS products are also sold at Kyobo,

Mainly tourism related supplies!

So these are actually very practical items!

Like this travel case,

It seems that you can put more things than in a suitcase! Hahaha ~

You can better organise your stuff!

Apart from KAKAO FRIENDS and LINE FRIENDS products,

there are also many other stationery products here!

This is a yearly diary.

You can simply jot down everyday things and it looks great!

You can write a diary for 2 days on one page ... haha ~

Recommend to friends who like to write a short diary!

This is an album where you can organize your photos.

Beautifully designed, right?

Polaroid photos with beautiful memories with your beloved!

It seems to be a good collection here> <

If you look carefully at the Kyobo Books,

You will also see this beautiful notebook ^^

Many girls in Korea like this beautiful notebook.

So there are really many people who come to Korea Kyobo to buy notebooks!

And for those who don’t like fancy notebooks and want to buy more simple notebooks!

This is the area for you!

I have a lot of these pens with cute characters on it!

Look at those ballpoint pens!

It's so cute! !! ㅠㅠ

These are postcards featuring the attractions of Korea!

Won’t it be great to buy a few and give them to friends? > <

Well, you've just had a tour of Kyobo Books!

The commercial quality of the Kyobo is really good.

You really want to buy when you come here.

If you want to buy Korean travel souvenirs, this place is perfect! ^^

Also, in Kyobo, there's a Korean restaurant named h'_Kitchen!

So you can help yourselves to some food after shopping!

Surely shopping around in this place can make you hungry right?

Well this is the place for you!

There's also a juice cafe here called JOE & THE JUICE! Perfect!

Well if you're thirsty, now you know where to go!

There's also a place where you can get DVDs and musci albums!

Wanna One, BTS, Exo, BTOB, etc...!

If you're a KPOP fan, pay a visit to the DVD shop!

Also there's a shop where you can buy digital products! It's called Digital Code!

Tech geeks will find paradise here!><

You've got smart phone gloves here in good prices too!

Apart from what I've just shown you, there's plenty of things to buy here at Kyobo Books!

And not only that, it's a place for shopping, culture, food all in one!

If you leave Korea without visiting Kyobo to buy souvenirs, you might regret it tremendously!

So if you come to Korea,

Please! Pay a visit and you won't regret!

2. Korea Shopping Spot, Youngpoong Books

Korea Youngpoong Books is the second largest bookstore after Kyobo!

Like Kyobo Books, it has a lot of books, stationery, digital items, products and food! Another multi cultural complex!

The main store of Youngpoong Books is at Jonggak Station!

Unlike Kyobo, Youngpoong books is consisted of various stories!

The 1st floor in the underground is mostly books, and the second floor underground is the shopping corner!

Like Kyobo, Youngpoong Books also has a lot of seats for you to read!

Yes, you can read without buying the books!

On the 1st floor underground, there's a lot of phone cases and other phone accessories in the digital store!

If you want phone cases, this is definitely a place worth your attention!

All the items here are authentic!

Here too, you've got a lot of cards celebrating winter and X-mas!

Not only X-mas cards, you've got many traditional Korean postcards!!

I recommend you not to miss these cuties!

Here also, you;ve got the Christmas Wood Decoration Cards!

Good souvenir for your friends to itnroduce them to Korea after your journey!

Also here on the 1st floor below zero, you've got a very famous diary brand in Korea! The Moleskine!

Moleskine diaries have thin paper, so it's really thin and light!

Gongcha is also waiting for you on this floor!

So you can go here to quench your thirst!

Personally, I love Gongcha...♥

Now let's go one floor below!

As soon as you arrive here, you can see this collection of CDs, LPs, and DVDs!

The good thing here is that you can buy LPs that you can't buy at Kyobo!

And of course, this floor is also filled with cuties!

The overreacting bunnies that are now hot in Korea are here too!

Jake's Adventure Time, which is a hot item all around the world is here also!><

Can't miss the Korean characters of Kakao Friends, can we?

Moomin's so cute too... I love you Moomin...

So as you can see, you've got all these adorable character products here at Youngpoong!><

And at Youngpoong Books, you've got Morning Glory also!

Perfect to get some stationery supplies!

And here, the diaries come in real variety!><

Korea Youngpoong has quite a few diaries that are in English rather than in Korean!

So well they're not bad for foreign people to use!

Diffusers are also available.

The scents were really great personally!

When you come here, it's really a good souvenir!

Bags are also in sale!

Pretty neat daily bags, travel bags, any kind of bags!

The travel bags are really convenient for arranging your suitcase!

There's also these kitchen items and pouches!

Well I'm really overwhelmed with so many good choices here!

Watsons, where you can buy cosmetics is here too!

It's really vast, this place.

So after a nice stroll here, you really get hungry!

Han's Deli is where you should go in times like this!

Han's Deli is a western food restaurant!

If you don't feel western food, you also have School Food!

It has fusion Korean snacks, so it's great for foreigners too!

And behold Youngpoong Books also has Starbucks!

Great isn't it! Youngpoong Books truly is a multi-complex!

And lastly for the manga geeks!

You've got a spot where you can pick up these manga characters!><

Great souvenirs right?

Here too, you've got plenty of other stuff to buy apart from what we've seen today!

Shopping, culture, food, all at once!

It's not what you want to miss when you're in Korea!

You should, you must visit Youngpoong when you come to Korea!

Where else are you gonna get souvenirs?!