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If you walk past Heunginjimun around 11 at night, the first thing you notice is the bags. Hundreds of them. Black, navy, faded red, stacked in waist-high piles right on the sidewalk and along the curb. Each pile has a small yellow sign poking out of it with a city name written in marker: 순천 (Suncheon), 구미 (Gumi), 천안 (Cheonan). These are not someone's lost luggage. They are tomorrow's inventory for clothing shops scattered across the country, and they are about to be loaded into vans that will drive through the night.

These days in Korea, more and more people are enjoying visiting cute lifestyle and stationery shops (called “So-Poom shops” in Korea). From charming stationery and journaling supplies to aesthetic home décor items, these shops offer so many things to see in one place that you can easily lose track of time while browsing.

The thing about cafes in Seoul right now is that the bag on the seat next to you tells you more than the drink in front of you. A canvas tote, a paperback in Korean, AirPods in the front pocket, and somewhere in there, almost always, a tumbler. Usually steel. Usually a little dented. Often the same one its owner has been carrying since 2022.

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The Hangang River in summer is already a circus. People ordering fried chicken to a GPS pin on the grass. A guy cooking ramyeon from a vending machine while his friends argue about which bridge has the best sunset. Couples on rented mats pretending they did not also bring a portable speaker.

Sources : https://pokemonkorea.co.kr/MegaFesta2026

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