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Two Hop Shopping // And On the 17th Day, I Rested

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Welcome to Kyobo. Finally, a Korean textbook that speaks to me! A popular cosmetics shop with an unusually lively sign. A perhaps unusual but popular pedicure treatment in Myeongdong - having tiny fish nibble the callouses off your feet! Finally, an ARTBOX. ARTBOX's representative cast of adorable animated characters. Basically everything in Korea is represented by its own such cast - even public services like mass transportation have their own casts of characters who appear in ads, signage, and PSAs. Selfie opportunities abound. See also the famous giant teddy bear at the Line Friends shop, which has its own line for selfies. On the ground level, street food carts; second floor and above, plastic surgery clinics. A burger joint advertising some... interesting endorsements. One can never have too many masks, it seems. And they're not just for your face. BTS repping Mediheal....