Seoul: Street-art in Naksan

The end of the semester is drawing near, and things have become pretty busy lately. However, as this is my last semester in Korea I decided to join my Indonesian friend Maya for a short daytrip to Seoul this week to get a bit of a changed in my environment from the usual days at school.

We had decided to go to a place called Naksan park, and ironically this park can be found in the Hyehwa area where I also stayed during my first weeks in Korea. It was strange to be back there again!

Anyway, Naksan is in fact also the name of the mountain where the park is situated (the -san comes of course from the Chinese character 山), and the Nak-part is apparently abbreviated from the Korean word for camel (nakta - 낙타). I guess the mountain might resemble the hump of a camel..?

The park is famous for its street-art, and I have added some of the pictures we took there!

Street-art: A man walking his dog

View from the top of the Naksan Park/Mountain

View from the top of the Naksan Park/Mountain

A pavilion on Mt. Naksan

Street-art: A korean (?) boy playing with toys and an African boy carrying stones. I really like the societal critic in this one..

Street-art: Maya posing in front of an imaginary city

Street-art: Discover your secret angel wings at Naksan.. :p

Street-art: A painting man

Street-art: Thumb's up!

Street-art: Flower stairs

Construction work and street-art

Street-art: 안녕!

Street-art: shhh..

Street-art: A cute frog

Street-art: puppies! <3

Street-art that utilize some electric boxes

Street-art: dog in the window

Street-art: 이제 정말 만나야 할때!

Creative street-art..!

Street-art: A guy painting a rainbow.. Love Maya's expression :p

colorful street-art

Street-art: Mother and child

Street-art: More colors!!

The area of the park is pretty easy to find. It is just a short walk away from the Hyehwa metro, and as the park is relatively famous. Please refer to the map below for further details^^

낙산공원

산2-10 Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea ‎

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Anette came to Japan as an exchange student in 2010, met the love of her life and got stuck. From her base in Tokyo she writes about her experiences as a full-time worker in Tokyo and about her travels in Japan and abroad. She's a free-spirited adventurer who enjoys both the great outdoors and her urban lifestyle.