[photo from visitseoul.net]

Nagwon Instrument Arcade has traditionally been Korea's largest collection of music stores and is very close to Insa-dong. The second and third floors of the Nagwon building has a few hundred music stores clustered together. Wind instruments, string instruments, percussion, pianos, electric instruments, amps, speakers, karaoke machines, audio equipment, and other music equipment can be found there. Countless people are there to sell or repair instruments for beginners and experts alike.

A few hundred musical instrument stores in a cluster

The second and third floors of the Nagwon building has a few hundred music stores clustered together. There are stores that sell only one type of instrument like pianos or guitars, and there are stores that are equipped with all kinds of instruments. The types of customers vary from young students to professional musicians. Customers from all over chat with store owners, and it's not uncommon to see spontaneous performances arise in the stores.