List of Souvenirs | Seoraksan National Park
I think I’m getting a little bit better about not hoarding every single thing I see, but also, Korean’s are pretty bad at merchandising souvenirs. Or maybe, Koreans have a different idea of a souvenir? The only souvenir shop (at least by my expectations) we found was at the top of the cable car. From afar, the shop looked as if it sold maybe just scarves and jewelry, but upon closer inspection I found a magnet, a postcard (as in the only postcard I saw in the entire park), and a DIY hanging wooden thing emblazoned with “Sorak.” Otherwise, the only places we saw that remotely resembled a gift shop were those that sold Buddhist items near the temple. The unfortunate thing is that there were quite a few really cute logos, graphics, and illustrations of Seoraksan that we saw used throughout the park on maps, signs, and billboards, but sadly not on tchotchkes.
2. Souvenir portrait taken at the Visitor Center. They had a huge photo booth section where you stood in front of a green screen, selected a background, paid ~$1, and then out came your photo. It also looked like you could dress up as a park ranger (though we never actually saw any uniformed park rangers).
3. parking passes
4. Ulsanbawi magnet
6. Cable car post card. I’m confused why they didn’t sell landscape postcards, considering how beautiful Seoraksan is. Maybe I missed them?
7. Hanging wooden cable car thing that we intend to use as an ornament. Coloring wooden trinkets is a popular DIY activity in Korea and the saleslady informed us that we could decorate/color this on our own. What I’m confused about is what do Koreans normally do with these things? I don’t think it was intended as an ornament.
