- AddressGupo Market Road, Buk-gu, Busan
- Operating8:00am- 8:00pm
- Busno. 33, 110, 124, 126, 133, 148-1, 160 → Get off at Gupo Market
- SubwayLine 2 Deokcheon Station (Exit 3) → Walk for 5 minutes
The 400-year-old Gupo Market is as huge and well-known as its history. It is a traditional market and a cultural tourism market representing Busan beyond Buk-gu.
As a place where various products have been gathered since the Joseon Dynasty, Gupo Market was originally a 5-day market and was converted into a permanent market in 1972. The 5-day market is still held every 3rd and 8th of the month, with 1,500 stores opening. Gupo Market is friendly and generous in particular, and it is fun to haggle over prices as a unique feature of the conventional market.
Inside Gupo Market
Mukja Alley
Mukja Alley, which is filled with the market's representative food, attracts many tourists with Gupo's signature Gupo noodles, marketplace soup with top-quality hot soup, chewy pork feet, soft porridge and hand tofu, and crispy crunchy fried dishes.
Herbal Alley
Lined with about 20 shops, this alley is famous for selling all kinds of medicinal herbs that attract customers from all over the place. Even if you don't need medicinal herbs, just walking around the alley to see the herbs that are familiar yet unfamiliar can change your mood. You can especially buy herbal products that are safe and can be trusted as the countries of origin are meticulously managed. Both taste and enjoyment are secured, right?
Seafood Alley
Gupo is famous for its seafood as it is along Nakdong River. There is a seafood alley inside the Gupo Market, and the display of freshly caught fish in a basket and fresh raw fish served on the spot is just one of the uniquely fun, interesting sights in Gupo Market that cannot be missed. Since not only fish but also various kinds of seafood are available, you can enjoy clean, fresh seafood to sate your appetite.