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The Incheon day: Chinatown, jajangmyeon, the market and the harbour. Timed from the gangway and back. On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.

5 hr door to door7 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: Ken Eckert / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
The Incheon day: Chinatown, jajangmyeon, the market and the harbour
Room to spare
1 hr
On a 6-hour stop that leaves 1 hr spare — the full hour this site recommends, and then some.
What it costs
taxi ~₩12,000–15,000 each way
Transport spend: taxi ~₩12,000–15,000 each way. Museum ₩1,000, lunch ~₩10,000.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi to Chinatown (~25 min)

    Or the city shuttle to the Gaehangjang area

    What you will see here →
  2. +0:30
    Chinatown gate, the settlement stairs and Jayu Park

    The stairs mark the old Chinese–Japanese boundary

    What you will see here →
  3. +1:15
    The Jajangmyeon Museum

    Closed Mondays

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 최광모 / CC0
  4. +2:00
    Jajangmyeon lunch

    Sinseung Banjeom, or any of the street

    What you will see here →
  5. +3:00
    Sinpo Market for dakgangjeong

    10 minutes on foot; buy a box for the ship

    What you will see here →
    Photo: hyun chun kim / CC0
  6. +3:50
    Taxi back to the terminal

    ~25 min

  7. +4:20
    Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Incheon, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Korean Emigration History Museum
Korean Emigration History MuseumPhoto: Garam / Attribution
Bukchon Hanok Village
Bukchon Hanok VillagePhoto: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Wolmido & the Sea Train
Wolmido & the Sea TrainPhoto: Trainholic / CC BY-SA 4.0
Seoul: Gyeongbokgung & Bukchon
Seoul: Gyeongbokgung & BukchonPhoto: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0
Songdo Central Park
Songdo Central ParkPhoto: José Carioca / CC BY-SA 4.0
Bindaetteok at Gwangjang Market
Bindaetteok at Gwangjang MarketPhoto: Rystheguy / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Incheon

The rainy-day IncheonA wet day · ~4.5hWet weather — a museum, a covered market and a noodle lunchSongdo, close in2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — the only sights near the terminalOne Seoul cluster8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls only — the palace and Bukchon, nothing else
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