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A dinner reservation, a new Korean label or a particular DJ can each be a good reason to spend a few days in Seoul. EDIT27 follows those interests through the city’s restaurants, fashion, art and music. Our Seoul stories take a closer look at hanok dining rooms, late-night food and department stores with ambitions well beyond shopping. Alongside travel guides and neighbourhood features, we examine the places attracting attention and what they actually offer once you arrive.

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The Hanwoo Rooms: Seven Seoul Restaurants

The Hanwoo Rooms: Seven Seoul Restaurants

A private door and a 1++ label leave most of the important questions unanswered. Across seven Seoul restaurants, the distinction lies in who buys the animal, who knows how to use it, and what the rest of dinner is for.

Seoul’s Most Beautiful Hanok Restaurant

Seoul’s Most Beautiful Hanok Restaurant

A relocated pavilion, a house altered by glass, a new restaurant beside a palace wall. Eight Seoul addresses reveal how much a hanok can contribute to dinner—and where its appearance begins to do too much of the work.

Tokyo’s Best Counter Dinners: Four Ginza Picks

Tokyo’s Best Counter Dinners: Four Ginza Picks

Four Ginza counter dinners chosen for their cooking: Kondo, Hakkoku, Shinohara and Bird Land, with critical context and current booking details. A carrot cut fine, rice with an edge, citrus with a little bitterness. At four Ginza counters, the most persuasive reason to sit close is still the dinner.

Seoul’s Department Stores Worth Visiting Without Shopping

Seoul’s Department Stores Worth Visiting Without Shopping

Which Seoul department stores deserve your time for architecture, Korean food, gardens and art? An exact guide to the floors, prices and public-access rules. A former bank, a planted atrium, a Korean lunch and a garden with a closing time. The parts of Seoul’s department stores worth knowing when buying things is not the point.

Seoul After Midnight: Before You Go Bac

Seoul After Midnight: Before You Go Bac

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Seoul After 10 PM: Fashion, Food and Three Late Tables

Seoul After 10 PM: Fashion, Food and Three Late Tables

A designer remembers the pork bones. A retailer follows a friend’s advice. A clothing business eats before the night market. Three Seoul restaurants suggest that the most useful thing to know about a desirable table may still be what to order.

Beyond Seoul: Yeongyang’s Dark Sky | EDIT27

Beyond Seoul: Yeongyang’s Dark Sky | EDIT27

In Yeongyang, the stars are only the beginning of the view. A public observatory and the people around it reveal the care—and compromises—that keep the night available.