Gyeongdong Market

Seoul's premier traditional herbal medicine and medicinal ingredient market, operating since the 1960s and still the go-to destination for hanbang (Korean traditional medicine) supplies, dried herbs, roots, and health tonics. The sensory experience of walking through hundreds of stalls piled with ginseng, mushrooms, and exotic dried goods is unlike anywhere else in the city. It's not a tourist attraction per se — vendors are busy professionals — so approach respectfully.

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