Incheon Gaehang Nurigil

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Incheon Gaehang Nurigil is a walking route through the area where modern cultural elements and international influences first flowed into Korea after Incheon opened its port in 1883. As foreign trade expanded following the opening, concessions were opened for Japan, China, and other foreign powers in what is now Incheon Metropolitan City. Modern facilities such as Korea’s first Western-style park, banks, and hotels were built. Walking along Incheon Gaehang Nurigil, visitors can encounter a wide range of modern-era cultural heritage, such as the boundary steps separating the former Chinese and Japanese and to Western-style buildings constructed during the port-opening period. The route brings together Incheon’s past and present through sites such as the Incheon Open Port Museum, which displays modern-era artifacts introduced to Korea through Incheon some 130 years ago; the Incheon Art Platform, former warehouses once used to store goods at Incheon Port that have been reborn as a cultural and arts space; Chinatown, where local Chinese residents found community; and the Jajangmyeon Museum, which is housed in the former building of Gonghwachun, Korea’s first Chinese restaurant.