This is a listicle of my recommended haunts & finds over the course of my travels

cafes, restaurants, matjip / museums, books & design /walks sights & sounds

updated aug, 2026

cafes, restaurants & matjip

cafe 01 / seoul
cafe 02 / seoul
cafe 03 / gangneung
cafe 04 / sokcho
cafe 05 / gwangju

Cafe Jin Jung Sung

카페진정성 광주편 (navermap)

restaurant 01 / seoul
restaurant 02 / seoul
restaurant 03 / seoul
restaurant 04 / gwangju
restaurant 05 / busan

Anmok

안목 (navermap)

matjip 01 / seoul
matjip 02 / seoul
matjip 03 / gangneung
matjip 04 / sokcho

Choi Illsun’s Jjampong Sundubu

최일순 짬뽕순두부(navermap)

Gamjabau

감자바우 (navermap)

matjip 05 / busan

Badamaru

바다마루전복죽 (navermap)

Daeo Bookstore

대오서점 (navermap) — oldest bookstore in Seoul, also made famous by BTS’RM

Book & Rest Cafe

북앤레스트 (navermap)

The Ambrosia

델피노 더엠브로시아 (navermap)

Cafe Toenmaru

카페 툇마루 (navermap)

Yu Yuan

유유안 (navermap)

Born & Bred

본앤브레드 신관 (navermap)

Hannal

한날한식 (navermap)

Ilwol Katsu

일월카츠 계동점 (navermap)

Sandubujib

산두부집 (navermap)

Kalguksu Sujebi

칼국수수제비가 (navermap)

Visual lore: museums, books & design

“You are no longer the same after experiencing art.” - Milton Glaser
places where i find inspiration, joy in watching people interacting with art and design or buying ~aesthetic things~, just because.

museum 01 / seoul
museum 02 / seoul
museum 03 / seoul
museum 04 / seoul

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

동대문디자인플라자 (navermap)

Leeum Museum

리움미술관 (navermap)

museum 05 / seoul

Daegu Art Museum

대구미술관 (navermap)

museum 05 / sokcho

Museum X

아르떼뮤지엄 강릉(navermap)

books 05 / sokcho

Moonwoodang

문우당서림 (navermap)

books 05 / sokcho

Moonwoodang

문우당서림 (navermap)

museum 06 / gwangju
museum 07 / gwangju
museum 03 / gangneung
museum 04 / gangneung

Arte Museum

아르떼뮤지엄 강릉(navermap)

Haslla Museum

하슬라미술관 (navermap)

books 01 / seoul
books 02 / seoul
books 03 / paju
books 04 / gwangju

Paju Book City

지혜의숲 (navermap)

Dongmyeong Bookstore

동명책방 꽃이피다 (navermap)

shop 01 / seoul
shop 02 / seoul
books 03 / paju
books 04 / gwangju

Point of view

POINT of VIEW SEOUL (navermap)

Dongmyeong Bookstore

동명책방 꽃이피다 (navermap)

K Museum of Contemporary Art

K현대미술관 (navermap)

D Museum

디뮤지엄 (navermap)

5.18 Archives

5.18민주화운동기록관 (navermap)

National Asian Culture Center

국립아시아문화전당 (navermap)

0fr Seoul

0fr Seoul (navermap)

The Book Society

더북소사이어티 (navermap)

Recorder Factory

리코더팩토리 (navermap)

Object

오브젝트 서교점 (navermap)

Slow days: Walks on the beach, places to read, catching sunrises & sunsets

walk 01 / seoul
walk 02 / seoul
walk 03 / seoul
walk 04 / seoul
walk 05 / seoul

Samcheongak

삼청각 (navermap)

Cheonggye Stream

청계천 (navermap)

Banpo Bridge

반포대교달빛무지개분수 (navermap)

walk 05 / seoul

Museum X

아르떼뮤지엄 강릉(navermap)

walk 01 / seoul
walk 02 / seoul
walk 03 / seoul
walk 04 / seoul

Samcheongak

삼청각 (navermap)

Cheonggye Stream

청계천 (navermap)

Samseong Haemaji Park

삼성 해맞이 공원(navermap)

Naksan Fortress
Wall Trail

흥인지문공원 (navermap)

Samseong Haemaji Park

삼성 해맞이 공원(navermap)

Naksan Fortress
Wall Trail

흥인지문공원 (navermap)