Incheon Chinatown인천 차이나타운

At a glance

Chinatown took shape after Incheon's port opened in 1883 and the area was made an extraterritorial zone for Qing China in 1884. For more than 120 years ethnic Chinese families have kept their customs alive in its red-painted lanes; shops that once sold goods imported from China have mostly become Chinese restaurants, many run by the second and third generation. Come hungry: besides jajangmyeon, which was first made here, look for white jajang, lamb skewers, hollow gonggal-ppang bread and oven-baked dumplings.

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Incheon Chinatown · 4 tours & tickets

1. KlookRail bike, Gwangmyeong Cave, Chinatown & Fairy Tale Village tourA day tour with a stop in Incheon Chinatown and the neighboring Fairy Tale Village, plus a rail bike ride, Gwangmyeong Cave and seagull feeding.Book
2. KKdayIncheon day tour: luge, rail bike, Wolmido & ChinatownA day tour from Seoul with a luge ride, a rail bike, Wolmido and Incheon Chinatown.Book
3. GetYourGuideIncheon walk-and-eat tour with a localA guided food-and-history walk that starts at Songdo Central Park and goes via Sinpo Market, the Open Port street, Chinatown, Songwol-dong and Wolmi Park, ending at Wolmido.Book
4. GetYourGuideIncheon highlights tour: luge, rail bike & ferryA day trip of about 10 hours from Seoul: the Ganghwa luge (ride ticket not included), a coastal rail bike, a seagull-feeding ferry, and time in Chinatown and Wolmido.Book

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Tips

• 01
  Songwol-dong Fairy Tale Village is right next door, so you can see both in one walk.
• 02
  Try jajangmyeon where it was born, then snack on gonggal-ppang or oven-baked dumplings from the street stalls.

Nearby

Songwol-dong Fairy Tale VillageAn Incheon neighborhood near Incheon Station decorated with fairy-tale themes, right next to Chinatown.Incheon Open Port StreetThe streets of Incheon's 1880s treaty-port quarter, with the Qing–Japan boundary stairs, Western-style buildings and museums.Wolmido IslandIncheon's seaside promenade of cafés and raw-fish restaurants, with a culture street laid out in 1989 for performances and events.Yeongjong Seaside Rail BikeA rail bike along the shore of Seaside Park on Yeongjongdo, with sea views stretching from Wolmido to Incheon Bridge.