South Korea Day 3 Agencies

Monday Sept. 9^th was the day we were going to look for agencies of our favorite artists because most tourist places were closed on Monday. Our first stop was Gangnam because it was on the way so we had to stop and take pictures. Then we were off to find C-Jes Entertainment (JYJ) but the only found information we found online wasn’t very clear so we wondered Yeoksam until the numbers started matching up with the address. When we finally found the building we weren’t the only fans that took pictures in front of the building a few other fans were there too. Next was Keyeast Entertainment (Kim Hyun Joong) which only had an address and the correct subway exit in Samseong but between all the agencies we visited they were the furthest away from each other. We used our guessing skills with the help of Lana’s iphone and estimated if we were going the right direction or not. Eventually we found the building but this agency was located on a certain floor of the building but luckily they had the logo on the building unlike C-Jes who had the whole building. I would compare finding agencies in Korea to when people go to California and go on the starline tours.

Next we headed to Apgujeong Rodeo to find JYP Entertainment because that is what my starting point directions that I found were from to go to FNC Entertainment (Cnblue) but it was still not very clear. So Lana downloaded google maps, which was really helpful in Korea because we then found the agencies better than if we were guessing. On the way to finding FNC we ran into Cube Entertainment which meant we were going in the right direction. Once we found FNC the next and final agency we wanted to find was Hook Entertainment (Lee Seung Gi) which turned out to be closer than we expected, it was right around the block from FNC. Those three were relatively close to each other which was interesting because they each had different addresses.

Then I wanted to find Grill5Taco specifically the one that Donghae from Super Junior just opened and also we had really been missing eating Mexican food. Turned out to be located at the same subway stop we were just at but just out a different exit then we used google maps which turned out to be very useful and it led us right there. Once we got to Grill5Taco I was unsure if the menu was going to be in English but luckily it was half in English and half in Korean and I ordered chicken taco’s but they were not like the Mexican food that I am used to but they were still very good. When we were sitting and eating our taco’s an older lady from behind the counter who was dressed really nice left she gave us a polite nod as she left and we returned the nod. We found out later that it turned out it was Donghae’s mom so as we didn’t see any celebrity sightings we came close as we saw a mom. 

Then we were off to Cheongdam-dong to take pictures but since we didn’t have anything specific to see we got back on the subway to Myeongdong to buy more souvenirs. Once in Myeongdong we went to the Myeongdong Cathedral which is famous in S. Korea and was also in the drama You’re Beautiful. Also when we were in Myeongdong we had tickets to see Nanta which is a musical theater that uses cooking utensils to make music which was really awesome to see and I wanted to go again but had no time. After Nanta I was so tired from climbing 6 to 8 flights of stairs every subway stop that I wanted to sleep and be rested enough for a full day Tuesday.