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Wonseo-dong is a small neighborhood located east of Bukchon and adjacent to the stone walls of Changdeokgung Palace.

It is a neighborhood mainly made up of villas and private houses, but since it is a neighborhood next to a palace wall, it is quiet and not developed in a chaotic manner, so it feels like healing when I go out to play every now and then. Although it is close to Bukchon, there are not many tourists, which is good.

I went there around this time last year, but I walked around Gyeongbokgung Palace, came out to the Blue House, and walked around Bukchon, so I didn't take many pictures because I was exhausted.

This is the scenery you always see when you cross from Bukchon to Wonseo-dong. It's a famous photo spot, so anyone who's passed by this place will know.

It was called the Roh Moo-hyun Citizen Center, and it was under construction at the time. Aside from the political overtones, the design itself seems novel.

A design that somehow makes you want to slide down

A gate connected to Changdeokgung Palace. If you take a tour, you can see it from inside. It is said that in the past, court ladies left through this gate because they could not end their lives inside the palace.

There are also some unusual buildings like this. It was probably built like that to preserve the building that was there from long ago.

Including that building, there are many buildings with simple and pretty designs.

There is a tendency to overuse black brick these days, but there seems to be no material better than this for creating a neat exterior.

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We took great care to create a small park(?) like this at the corner of the neighborhood.

It would be nice to live there if there was a pine forest like that behind the house.

The fence seems to be nicely made too.

In the innermost part of Wonseo-dong is the outer three gates of Sinseonwonjeon at Changdeokgung Palace. During the Japanese colonial period, the portraits of past kings from the Seonwonjeon Hall of Gwolnaegaksa Temple were moved here, but during the Korean War, they were moved to Busan, and after that... the ending that everyone knows...

Next to Oesammun, there is a waterway coming out of Changdeokgung Palace. It is said that it was a laundry site in Wonseo-dong.

The water comes from the mountains, so it’s so cool that it makes your hands tingle.

Cheese cats are so cute haha

On the way to Jungang High School

There are many pretty alleys.

Central High School. I didn't look around because it was late, but all three buildings are designated as historic schools. There was a high school teacher who worked here, and he said it was hot in the summer because the air conditioner didn't work well.

On the way back to downtown. I think I saw it in an article earlier, but Jongno-gu seems to be good at packaging.

On the way down, there is Mr. Kim Seong-su's old house. There is a stone pagoda across from it, and it is said that it was moved from Gameunsa Temple in Icheon and was recently moved back to a cafe in Samcheong-dong.

This photo was taken in 2017, but there is a theory that this pagoda is a fake pagoda imitating an old pagoda.

On the way down, we stopped at Agari Bungeo Bakery. I think I heard that this is the only one left in the country.

It was cool so I just took a picture. If something is made out of wood, I can't use it.

Everyone came down...

Finish with cold noodles