© Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market

Address:       674 Nodeul-ro, Noryangjin 1(il)-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul

Location:      Near Yeouido area (Noryangjin Station, Line 1, 9)

Scale:           40,450m² (435,400ft², 48,378yd²),

Biz. Hrs:        24hrs, depends on stores

Web:             http://www.susansijang.co.kr/nsis/miw/en/intro

Review:

The largest fish market in Seoul, located in Noryangjin-dong, Dongjak-gu, close to Yeouido area geographically.

Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market (shortly, Noryangjin Fish Market) deals with seafood and marine products from various places in Korea. Also, you can eat various seafood as sashimi and sushi at some stores in the market.

This fishery market has its independent stores, and they autonomically deals seafood sent directly from all over the country. It mainly handles and sells fish species and shellfish such as live fish, fresh fish, and seafood.

© Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market
 

If you are looking for an exciting and special experience, head to the market early in the morning to watch the fish auctions. The auction is very bustling and energetic.

The daily auction starts from 01:00 am for shellfish, 1:30 am for fresh fish and 3 am for live fish. There is no auction on Sunday, New Year’s Day, 3days of Lunar New Year’s Holiday, and 3 days of Korean Thanks Giving Holiday.

The market building is a modern landmark building with 2 basement floors and 6 ground floors. Consumers can enjoy shopping and looking around the market on 1st and 2nd floors. There are many restaurants ready on 2nd Floor to slice any fish bought at the market into sashimi (raw fish) for their customers. 3rd and 4th floors are parking area. From 4th to 6th floors are office area. B1 and B2 are floors for facilities. Visitors can easily reach the market building because it is conveniently connected to the subway station (Norayngjin Station, Line 1 & 9).

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In fact, the market had been notorious for ripping consumers and tourists off. However, nowadays, it is changing to fixed-price system and cheating behavior is disappearing.

P.S. This market has also been known as the place, where Conan O’Brien buy small octopus ‘Samuel’.

This Posting was last updated on Jan. 27, 2019. Information may differ from now.

Tag: Traditional Market, Fisheries Market, Yeouido, Myeongdong