Ihwa Mural Village

This hillside neighborhood near Naksan Park became one of Seoul's best-known public-art walks when artists transformed walls, stairways, fences, and small urban details into a patchwork of murals and installations. The mood is varied rather than monumental: whimsical illustrations, bright stair compositions, trompe-l'oeil touches, and works that use the slope of the village as part of the design. Its history is tied to urban revitalization in a residential daldongnae, or 'moon village.' That context gives the place both charm and tension: it is not an art park built from scratch, but a lived-in neighborhood reshaped by cultural policy, tourism, and local change. The local flavor comes from steep lanes, rooftops, old houses, and city views that make the art feel woven into daily life.

49 Naksan 4-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea