Around Insadong and Gyeongbokgung there is a law mandating that signage must use the Korean language. Here’s what “The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” looks like spelled out phonetically in Korean.
Around Insadong and Gyeongbokgung there is a law mandating that signage must use the Korean language. Here’s what “The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” looks like spelled out phonetically in Korean.
2 comments
Chris says:
Mar 3, 2010
For what? In order to preserve the traditional-ness of the area? Because the coffee bean and tea leaf was definitely a part of the Sejong Dynasty.
admin says:
Mar 3, 2010
Haha. Exactly… Claire told me that the Starbucks at Insadong almost got closed down for refusing. Korea won that fight I guess, given that it’s now Su-ta bucksoo.
I always thought it was just to make tourists happier.