Getting bored of wandering around temples and palaces around Seoul? Ever wondered how University in South Korea works? Plus, have you heard a WOMEN-only university? Heads on to Ewha Womans University where located about the centre of the heart of Seoul. With a perfect location of access available, you will be stunned with the impressive architectures of buildings and churches as you walk through the main gate of Ewha Womans University.
A bit about Ewha.
As a matter of fact, the private university was founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong so that you can imagine how the buildings looks like โ splendid! Besides, it is the first founded university in South Korea. It is currently the worldโs largest female educational institute and one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea. You bet you want to visit see howโs the environment of a women-only best university in South Korea!
The name โEwhaโ, which means โPear Blossomsโ was bestowed by the Emperor Gojong the following year. Therefore image of pear blossom is incorporated in the schoolโs logo. Furthermore, the school began providing college courses in 1910, and professional courses for women in 1925. Not only that, the high school section now known as Ewha Girlsโ High School also located not further away from the courseโs buildings. There is also Ewha Womans University Museum that is opened in April 1935. It has a wide range of artifacts, ranging from paintings, ceramics, crafts, folk items. In addition, its main collection is the Korean National Treasure white porcelain, iron and grape jars.
This university also produced successful politicians and great scientists. It proves that it serves the best academics and curriculum. With the great performance of academics, comes with the excellent environment and also breath-taking view of around the colleges. Surely going to be a great way to remember your visit here.
The famous Ewha Campus Complex (ECC) is designed by world renowned architect, Dominique Perrault become one of the tourist attractions in the university. Not only that, there are a lot of TV-shows were also aired here, including Running Man. ECC is Koreaโs largest underground campus from basement 6 to 1st floor. It is famous for its unique and sophisticated faรงade. You can also find a wonderful kind of-park located on the ECC. For sure, it is beautiful during autumn and spring when the flowers bloom. Besides, ECC also equipped with cafรฉ shops and convenience store that can be useful for the students there.
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- Seoul Myeongdong Street โ A heaven for โShopaholicsโ
- Hongik University Street โ Must Visit Spot for Youngsters
The most interesting part, the Ewha Womans University Fashion Street
This district features a number of stalls lining the streets selling fashion items, such as clothing, shoes for ladies. Since the environment is mostly influenced by the population of female students, there are a lot of ladiesโ accessories offer. It offers a distinctive shopping experience, with all the fun of a shop-crawl from stall to stall and store to store along the narrow alleyways.
Walking down from Ewha Womans University subway station, to the main entrance of Ewha Womans University, and turning into an alley on the left, there are various street of stalls. Besides that, the alley on the right side of the main entrance to the university also contains many designer shops as well.
This street is a popular fashion destination for young women. Since it is comparably cheap!
A lot of tourists visited this place per year just to enjoy the cheaper price to shop rather than Myeondong, Hongdae or even Namdaemun. Indeed, you can find a lot of cute clothes, make ups, skin care items, socks and even there are a lot of coffee shops that you can hop off for a 5-min tea break!
Muslim Tourists finding foods? No Problem!
Special place for Muslim tourists, you can also find a Halal Chicken restaurant where you can enjoy eating various kinds of Korean-style of โChikinโ from the spicy ganjeong, to the classic original fried chicken. With a reasonable price, you can surely experience Korean-style fried chicken like you never grab anywhere else, in a Halal way.
This shop is located in the main alley of Ewha Womans University street, where it is located in between an alley where you can easily find since the restaurant was coloured blue. With the sign โYangpang Chickenโ (์ํก), surely you will not going to miss it.
If you are a Starbucks coffee lover, here are the chance to visit the first ever Starbucks coffee shop in South Korea, which also located along the main alley of Ewha Womans University street. It was first opened in 27 July 1999. Unlike other Starbucks coffee shop, you can feel different kind of vibes since the ambiance of the coffee shop is clearly different even if you see it from the outside.
With that, Ewha Womans University is definitely worth a visit that you donโt want to miss when you ever come to Korea!
