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Gyeongju, a City Guide

A capital that never moved for a thousand years.

 
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Gyeongju, a City Guide

A capital that never moved for a thousand years.

Silla ruled from here from 57 BCE to 935 CE and never once moved the capital. What is left of that above ground, what the city eats now, and how to get around it without a car.

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PDF, A4, 35 pages
Chapters
5 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01A city that never moved for a thousand years
  2. 02What there is to see
  3. 03What there is to eat
  4. 04What kind of city it is
  5. 05Getting there, getting around
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Cover of Busan, a City Guide Busan, a City Guide — sample page 1, straight out of the PDFBusan, a City Guide — sample page 2, straight out of the PDF
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Busan, a City Guide

The port city, read from the water out.

Korea’s second city in three parts — the old center where it began, the eastern beaches from Haeundae to Oryukdo, and the western side: Yeongdo, Gamcheon, Songdo. What to eat, what the city is like out of season, and the tour routes that join the three.

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PDF, A4, 41 pages
Chapters
7 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01A port opened twice, and 1,023 days
  2. 02The old center — where Busan began
  3. 03The eastern sea — from Haeundae to Oryukdo
  4. 04The western sea — Yeongdo, Gamcheon, Songdo
  5. 05What to eat
  6. 06What kind of city — temples, film, and the seasons
  7. 07Getting there and getting around
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Cover of Suwon, a City Guide Suwon, a City Guide — sample page 1, straight out of the PDFSuwon, a City Guide — sample page 2, straight out of the PDF
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Suwon, a City Guide

A walled city a king built on purpose.

A king moved a whole town and walled it, and the wall is still there with apartments beside it. The four gates and what stands on them, the palace and the shrine inside, the alleys and the lake, and the dish the city is known for.

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PDF, A4, 36 pages
Chapters
6 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01A king moved the whole town
  2. 02What people eat here
  3. 03Where people spend time — alleys and a lake
  4. 04Getting there and getting around
  5. 05On the wall — four gates and what stands on it
  6. 06Inside the wall — the palace and the shrine
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Cover of Yeosu, a City Guide Yeosu, a City Guide — sample page 1, straight out of the PDFYeosu, a City Guide — sample page 2, straight out of the PDF
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Yeosu, a City Guide

Four hundred years of navy, and a night sea.

The navy kept its home port here for four hundred years; the city is known now for the sea after dark. The islands and the coastal path, what to eat by the water, and how to reach a city at the end of the line.

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PDF, A4, 32 pages
Chapters
5 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01For four hundred years, the base of the navy
  2. 02What you eat
  3. 03Where you rest — the Yeosu night sea
  4. 04How you get there and how you get about
  5. 05What you go to see
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Incheon, a City Guide

The gate people tore open.

Almost everyone who flies into Korea lands here and leaves without looking. The tidal range reaches 10 meters, which made this a bad sea for ships — so people cut a dock, hung a lock gate on it, and finally walled off the tidal flats and put an airport on top. Three gates, one city: the gun emplacements of Ganghwa, the port forced open in 1883, and the runway you arrived on.

Format
PDF, A4, 59 pages
Chapters
7 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01A Sea That Resisted Becoming a Gate
  2. 02The Oldest Gate — The Dolmens of Ganghwa (강화)
  3. 03The Gate They Bolted Shut — Ganghwa (강화)
  4. 04The Gate That Was Forced Open — Jemulpo (제물포)
  5. 05What You Eat
  6. 06The Gate of Today, and the Gate Still Closed
  7. 07Getting There, Getting Around
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Cover of Jeonju, a City Guide Jeonju, a City Guide — sample page 1, straight out of the PDFJeonju, a City Guide — sample page 2, straight out of the PDF
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Jeonju, a City Guide

The place where Joseon began.

Joseon named this city its own home ground, and the word is still hanging on the south gate and on the old guest house. Four national treasures inside a short walk, what to eat, and why the bibimbap here has a story nobody can finish.

Format
PDF, A4, 30 pages
Chapters
6 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01Joseon began here
  2. 02Inside Hanok Village — a royal portrait, a church, one signboard
  3. 03Outside the village — the gate, the school, the governor’s seat
  4. 04What there is to eat — bibimbap, and what we do not know
  5. 05What kind of city this is — sound, film, and a basin
  6. 06Getting there, getting around
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Cover of Yongin, a City Guide Yongin, a City Guide — sample page 1, straight out of the PDFYongin, a City Guide — sample page 2, straight out of the PDF
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Yongin, a City Guide

Known for the theme park. There is more.

The city most people only pass through on the way south, and what is in it besides the theme park — where half the name came from, the five-day market and its sundae, and what there is to see. Including an honest chapter on the dessert it does not have.

Format
PDF, A4, 35 pages
Chapters
5 chapters
Languages
English or Japanese + Korean edition
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. 01Half the name came from Cheoin
  2. 02What people eat — sundae (순대) and the five-day market
  3. 03There is no signature dessert
  4. 04Getting there and getting around
  5. 05What there is to see
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Cover of Jeju in Three Days, Eating Jeju in Three Days, Eating — sample page 1, straight out of the PDF
Itinerary by 민우 Minwoo

Jeju in Three Days, Eating

Two nights, three days, one appetite.

A worked itinerary of Jeju built around what Min-woo actually ate — every stop with its own map, opening hours checked, and the walk between them timed.

Format
PDF, A4, 52 pages
Days
3 days, 17 stops
Languages
English or Japanese
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. DAY 1A stew in front of the sea, then the coast road
  2. DAY 2West for the day, back with the sunset
  3. DAY 3One more before you go home
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Cover of Gapyeong in Three Days, Namiseom and Water Sports Gapyeong in Three Days, Namiseom and Water Sports — sample page 1, straight out of the PDF
Itinerary by 수정 Soo-jung

Gapyeong in Three Days, Namiseom and Water Sports

An hour from Seoul, and a night on the island.

Two nights in Gapyeong — across the river by zip wire into Namiseom, a night on the island after the last boat leaves, and a full day of water sports on the river. Every stop carries its address and what we paid, and the map is drawn from OpenStreetMap.

Format
PDF, A4, 36 pages
Days
3 days, 14 stops
Languages
English or Japanese
Edition
2026.08

What is inside

  1. DAY 1A zip wire, dakgalbi, and a night on Namiseom
  2. DAY 2Leaving Namiseom, then water sports
  3. DAY 3Eat slowly, then head back
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