| Jagalchi Market | |
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This is the largest fish market in Korea. After the Korean War in the 1950s, women played important roles in this fish market. As a result, the marketers who make their livings here have come to possess a comfortable and pleasant nickname, ¡®Jagalchi ajimae (aunts)¡¯. The life of Busan citizens can truly be felt here. Jagalchi is famous |
| throughout the country for the peculiar local
accent of the Jagalchi women, fresh fish, and noisy deal making. Fish fresh from the sea are sold via brokers to retailers at the wharf, while street stalls abound with all kinds of sea products such as sea bream, flat fish, flounder, ear shell, sea squirt, cuttlefish, octopus, and so on. Usually at a price of 20,000 won to 60,000 won, two persons can taste deluxe raw fish with a beverage. Located on the seashore of the South Port at Nampo-dong, it is a visual and culinary treat. Nearby there are two other markets: a dried fish market also Shin Dong-A Fish Market. The subway stops here and Jagalchi is on many bus routes. |
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