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18 places across Japan and South Korea
Seongsu-dong
Shoe factories turned into flagship stores and pop-ups.
Common Ground
Two hundred shipping containers stacked into a mall.
Starfield Library, COEX
Thirteen-metre bookshelves in the middle of a shopping mall.
Bosu-dong Book Street
An alley of second-hand bookshops since the war.
Insadong & Ssamziegil
A spiral of craft shops off the antiques street.
Myeongdong Shopping Street
Skincare, street food carts, and a great deal of noise.
Hongdae Walking Street
Buskers every twenty metres, from eight until late.
Gyeongui Line Book Street
A linear park of glass book pavilions on the old track bed.
Garosu-gil
A ginkgo-lined street of flagships and side lanes.
Apgujeong Rodeo
Old money, new labels, and a lot of resale.
Gwangjang Market Vintage Floor
Upstairs from the food, a floor of secondhand clothing.
Yeonmujang-gil
The street where Korean brands test their ideas.
Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun
A bookshop with a hundred-seat table you may sit at all day.
Millimeter Milligram Hannam
Five floors of Korean design objects.
Itaewon Antique Furniture Street
Six hundred metres of imported antiques.
Dongdaemun Night Shopping
Fashion malls that open at eight in the evening.
Ttukseom Bridge Flea Market
A weekend market held in the shade of the flyover.
Jeonju Hanji Workshops
Mulberry paper, made here for a thousand years.