The world within Seoul
Seoul is the heart of Korean politics, culture and arts, and is rapidly becoming a cosmopolitan (전 세계적인) city. It is a city of fast-paced change with people coming from all over the world. Seoul is also increasingly promoting (활성화시키다; v. promote) itself to the outside world. This is why the city of Seoul is so mesmerizing. (매혹시키는, 매력적인)
Dongbuichon-dong / Japan
Also called "Little Tokyo, " Dongbuichon-dong is a part of Seoul where Japanese people settled after the normalization (정상화) of Korea-Japan relations in 1965.
Today, some 5,000 Japanese residents live in the area, including Japanese Embassy (대사관) staff. Walking through the streets you will see many shops selling Japanese-style products and Japanese is spoken almost everywhere, including banks, supermarkets, laundrettes (세탁소; laundromat) beauty salons.
Monomart (www.monomart.co.kr) is a store which directly imports everything from seasoning, frozen goods, beer, miso, ramen, chocolates, biscuits to organic juices from Japan.
Mitani (02-797-4060) is a traditional Japanese udong restaurant whose owner was first dispatched (파견된) from a firm to Korea but decided to settle down.
Little Tokyo can be found turning left after walking two blocks from Exit 4 of Line 4 Icheon Station....
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The world within Seoul
