Jagalchi Fish Market

Korea's largest seafood market.

Why go

Jagalchi is Korea's largest seafood market — pick your catch downstairs and have it prepared upstairs.

It's a lively, authentic slice of Busan's port life.

Rebuilt after the Korean War by the women vendors known as 'Jagalchi ajumma', the market grew into Korea's largest seafood hub and holds a big festival each October. The modern glass building on the waterfront has a rooftop terrace over the harbour.

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Good to know

• Go for lunch when it's freshest and busiest.
• Prices are often negotiable — agree before you order.
• Combine with Gukje Market and BIFF Square next door.
• Pick your seafood from the ground-floor tanks, then take it upstairs where a restaurant prepares it (a cooking charge applies) — agree the price first. It sits right beside Gukje Market and BIFF Square.

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