Adorned with beautiful gingko trees, the 1-kilometer street of Sinsa Dong Garosu-gil (tree-lined street) is one of the most popular areas for both locals and tourists in Gangnam, Seoul.
Garosu-gil housed art galleries in the 1980s and small shops in 1990s. In the past decade, modern shops popped up and many are run by young generations who studied overseas, bringing western styles to create a unique and cool area for dating, hanging out with friends, and tourists to visit.
The long stretch of gingko trees is the signature look of Sinsa Dong Garosu-gil. It turns all yellow in autumn and lush green in spring and summer. 新沙洞林蔭道兩旁種滿銀杏樹，春夏綠葉成蔭，秋天會轉黃色，十分美麗。This time, the street is filled with Korean flag side-by-side with other countries. Korea and China are friends. So is with Hong Kong as you see from the featured photo. 這次來到，看到林蔭道兩旁都掛起韓國國旗和其他國家的旗幟。相信是表示國際友好。There is a mix of local designer shops with international brands on the street. 路上有本地設計的時裝店和國際品店。There are also many side streets and alleys where more shops, restaurants and cafes are hidden. 大道兩旁沿路走旁邊都有小路可以穿插，當中有很多特色商店、餐廳、咖啡室。This bar & restaurant in the alley looks very nice. 這家在小街的酒吧餐廳就很別緻。Burger. Very American. 漢堡包小店。非常「美國」。These alleys with interesting boutiques and shops look a bit like the Soho area in New York. 這些小路和特色商店有點像美國紐約的 Soho 區。La Palette is a European style clothing and accessories shop. Its Cup Cake line adopts horse and Buckingham landmark design into its products. La Palette 是歐洲風格的時裝精品店。其中「紙杯蛋糕」品牌更採用駿馬和英國白金漢宮為主題設計產品。The shops are very nice. Many of them have their own entire building. 林蔭道上的商店很多都擁有獨立的建築物，外型設計都很好看。This Jaju is a flagship store, show-casing various home deco, bedding, kids and party goods. 這間 JAJU 是旗艦店，有三層樓陳列各種家居產品。General items and stationery are on the ground floor. 地面主要售賣一般常用小家品和文具。Bedding section on the upper floor. 樓上有寢室用品。Kids section. Clothes and tablewares are made in Korea! 小童部。重點是衣服和餐具都是韓國製造！This is the biggest Skin Food shop I’ve seen in Korea. 這間是我在韓國見過最大的Skin Food 店。There’s a decorated color-matching car parked on the side street. Great advertising. 門口停架襯色有造型的車，廣告效果非常好。The Line Friends flagship store and cafe is the highlight of Garosu-gil. 林蔭道上的 Line Friends 旗艦店有咖啡室，是大景點！6 Seconds is a designer clothing and accessories shop. 「6 秒」是本地設計時裝和精品店。Korean clothing brand SPAO also has its own building. This one is bigger than the one in Myeongdong. 韓國品牌 SPAO 時裝店，這間店比明洞的還要大。Parsons is fashion store. Parsons 時裝店。In addition to fashion stores, dessert and coffee shops are everywhere, too. 除了時裝和化妝品外，這裏到處都有咖啡室和甜品店。Attaching to a fashion shop, a florist and a beer counter, Pancake Epidemic Seoul has nice patio with outdoor seating. 這家 Pancake Epidemic 咖啡室是連著一間有時裝、花店和啤酒的商店一起的，林蔭道上有不少時裝店都有咖啡室。這裏最好的是有戶外座位。Youk Shim Won is a local artist studied traditional Korean painting and has developed her own line of accusers and clothing products. There’s also a cafe in the shop. 陸心媛是韓國藝術家，主修傳統韓國美術，她設計的時裝和精品都有個人風格，專門店內也設有咖啡室。There are lots of interesting coffee shops in the back street of Sinsa Dong Garosu-gil. This Cafe C27 is the one that I would try next time. 新沙洞林蔭道旁邊的小街充滿驚喜，特色咖啡室很多，這間 C27 造型最吸引，下次一定要試試。
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