A fantasy trip into a fairy tale, Songwol-dong, Incheon

Incheon is the third city in Korea to open a port. Its center is Jung-gu, which embraces Incheon Port. At the time of the opening of the port, Songwol-dong, Jung-gu, which belonged to each country’s concession, was a wealthy village where mainly Germans lived. The prosperous Songwol-dong gradually declined in the 1970s. This is because young people left for newly developed cities around Incheon and Seoul. The residential environment improvement project of the Jung-gu Office has breathed new vitality into Songwol-dong, where only old buildings and elderly people remain. The residential environment improvement project, which started in 2013, has completely transformed Songwol-dong into Donghwa Village over a period of about two years. Donghwa Village in Songwol-dong, which reached its second heyday after the opening of the port, was born that way. Chinatown, which introduced jajangmyeon for the first time in Korea, Incheon Art Platform, which attracted attention again as a filming location for the drama , and Open Port Long Street, which preserves the appearance of Incheon at the time of the opening of the port, are places not to be missed on a trip to Jung-gu, Incheon.

Inquiries: Incheon Metropolitan City Jung-gu Office Tourism Promotion Office 032)760-6492