Olive Young Gwangju Bongseon Branch [Tax Refund Shop](올리브영 광주봉선점)

Olive Young Gwangju Bongseon Branch [Tax Refund Shop](올리브영 광주봉선점)

– Homepage
www.oliveyoung.co.kr

Olive Young is a popular health and beauty store showcasing the latest K-beauty trends. It offers a wide selection of skincare, makeup, and health products at affordable prices, making it a favorite among international visitors.

– Address : 168, Bongseon-ro, Nam-gu, Gwangju

※ Presentation Information
– Fair Day
Monday – Sunday

– Information and Guides
062-674-8351

– Opening Hours
10:30~22:30

– Parking
Available

– Restroom
Available

– Items for Sale
Perfume / cosmetics, Miscellaneous goods, Ginseng / herbal medicines / health supplements, Food products

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ LEEKANGHA Art Museum (이강하미술관)

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– Homepage
lkh-artmuseum.com

The LEEKANGHA Art Museum, opened in 2018, offers a range of exhibitions, educational programs, and a research center. Visitors can explore the life and art world of Lee Kang-ha in different eras through various exhibitions and gain a deeper understanding of art with performances and educational programs. The museum aims to foster empathy and communication to enrich cultural knowledge by using diverse art-culture experience programs.  

⊙ Art Polygon Horanggassinamu (호랑가시나무 아트폴리곤)

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– Homepage
www.horang-c.com

Located in Yangnim-dong, Art Polygon Horanggasinamu  is a multi-purpose cultural space that hosts various programs such as exhibitions, lectures, and performances. In 2021, it was used as one of the venues for the Gwangju Biennale. The space was created by preserving and expanding the original structure of a missionary’s garage. Yangnim-dong is home to many modern historical cultural heritage sites and art galleries that connects the past and the present.

⊙ Obang Choi Heung-jong Memorial Hall (오방 최흥종 기념관)

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– Homepage
www.obangmuseum.or.kr

Obang Choi Heung-jong Memorial Hall is dedicated to Rev. Obang Choi Heung-jong who was also a Korean independence fighter and a social activist. His lifetime of sacrificing for others while improving the Gwangju neighborhood made him a true hero. Visitors to the memorial hall can deeply understand the life that Obang Choi Hueng-jong lead. 

⊙ Yangnim-dong Penguin Village Craft Street (양림동 펭귄마을공예거리)

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– Homepage
www.instagram.com/yanglim_craft_street

Yangnim-dong Penguin Village Craft Street is a narrow alleyway located behind the Yangnim-dong Community Center. The village, named because of the way the elderly residents appear to waddle like penguins, has become an exhibition space of life in the 70s and 80s. Villagers cleaned up empty houses that had been burnt down and left unattended in the past, brought discarded items, and began displaying them on the village walls. “Let’s be thankful for living at that time” was engraved on the village wall. It also has historical culture, such as the House of Choe Seunghyo, the House of Missionary Uilsa, and Owen Memorial Hall. The Penguin Jumak in the middle of the village was the residents’ gathering place, selling small but necessary items. Various workshops, such as leather workshops, textile workshops, and carpentry workshops, are located on Craft Street, so you can purchase pretty crafts or experience upcycling crafts with a retro vibe in which the historical and the modern coexist.

⊙ Yangnim Art Center (양림미술관)

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– Homepage
blog.naver.com/yangrimart

Yangnim Art Center takes its name from its location in Yangnim-dong, the center of modern history and culture. Designed in hanok style, the building features exhibition rooms on each floor, offering both artists and visitors a creative space to connect and immerse themselves in the art.

⊙ Lee Jang-woo’s House (이장우 가옥)

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– Homepage
https://tour.gwangju.go.kr

Designated the first Gwangju Folk Material on March 20, 1989, Lee Jang-woo’s House is an upper-class, tile-roofed house with a gate, storeroom, servants’ quarters, detached building, and main building. The building is estimated to have been constructed in 1899 and is overall a sturdy example of Korean architecture, well-preserved in its original state. The L-shaped main hall of the historic building is rather large and consists of (left to right) a wooden verandah, a small room, a hall, the main room, a kitchen, and another small room. The room doors are double doors with a sliding door on the inside and a hinged door on the outside. The hall also has partitions that can be hung up as necessary.

◎ Travel information to meet Hallyu’s charm – movie “Meet the In-Laws”
This hanok served as Hyeon-joon’s (played by Song Sae-byeok) family home in Jeolla-do in the movie “Meet the In-Laws.” With its well-preserved architecture and traditional Korean garden, it captures the elegance and charm of early modern Korea.