Bupyeong Kkangtong Market is a food market in Nampo And Jagalchi, Busan.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Come hungry after half past seven when the carts roll out; work one lap before committing.
Address: 48 Bupyeong 1-gil, Jung-gu, Busan
Jagalchi Market is Korea's largest fish market, born from Busan's wartime waterfront, where you pick live seafood downstairs and eat it upstairs.
Tip: Buy on the ground floor, then pay a sitting fee at the second-floor hoe rooms to have it cut and served.
Gukje Market grew out of postwar Busan and still runs as a maze of stalls, its food alleys ladling bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap.
Tip: Head for the food alley crossroads where the ajummas share bench seating; point-and-order works fine.
Haeundae Traditional Market packs one covered lane behind Busan's busiest beach with tteokbokki counters, grilled hagfish and gukbap kitchens.
Tip: Walk the full lane before choosing; the famous tteokbokki queue moves faster than it looks.
Millak Raw Fish Town stacks hoe vendors at the end of Gwangalli Beach in Busan; buy your sliced fish downstairs and eat it upstairs facing the bridge.
Tip: Get a takeaway hoe box and eat on the beach wall; upstairs rooms charge a table fee instead.
Jagalchi Market is Korea's largest fish market, born from Busan's wartime waterfront, where you pick live seafood downstairs and eat it upstairs.
Tip: Buy on the ground floor, then pay a sitting fee at the second-floor hoe rooms to have it cut and served.
Gukje Market grew out of postwar Busan and still runs as a maze of stalls, its food alleys ladling bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap.
Tip: Head for the food alley crossroads where the ajummas share bench seating; point-and-order works fine.
