Travel to Korea: Tongyoung Dongpirang Town

Tongyoung Donpirang Town is small town called Monmartre Hill of Korea.
In addition, Tongyoung is called Naples of the Orient.

This place was poor hillside village with citizen's grief of living.

Name of Town 'Dongpirang' means 'bluff of east'.

Altough Dongpirang town is located on the hill and there are small houses every alley like as maze, charming mural paints welcome tourists from entrance.

A few years ago, this place was scheduled to be torn down and it is hard to find town entrance.

So, local artists feel sorry for this situation and they started to painting a mural.

At that time, demolition plan is canceled and this place is so famous that it is designated art town. From then on, many tourists visit here to see mural paints.

Wing mural paint is the most popular in this town.
Standing in front of paint, you feel that I am like an angel!
I love this paint! :D

There are many character paintings in there. these are so unique and cute! kkk

Wow, so cute:)
Pororo painting is likely to be children's favorite!

There is a popular singer Busker busker character painting! so nice:)

If you look down at Dongpirang Town , You can see whole view of Tongyoung harbor.

Special Food in Tongyoung

If you visit Tongyoung, there are some food that you can't pass up.
I strongly recommend, Let's see!

Tongyoung Honey Bread

Just seeing this picture, it makes my mouth water :)

This food is kind of bread with adzuki-bean filling.

It is very sweet and have a chewy texture.

It is said that people love it very much men and women of all ages.

Bbaettaegi porridge

Dried sweet potato is called bbaettaegi.
it is cooked as a porridge.
I also wonder flavor of this food. kkk
It is real delicacy, you can eat only in Tongyoung!

Location

Dongpirang Town / Taepyeong-dong, Tongyoung-si