Shopping in Incheon

Incheon, South Korea (Ganghwa Island, Songhae-myeon)

This family workshop on Ganghwa Island has hand-cut and woven wanggol rush grass into hwamunseok floor mats since 1981, a craft the government has recognized with a 6th-industry certification linking its own cultivation, weaving and education programs. Beyond traditional patterned mats with butterfly and phoenix motifs, the shop weaves the same rush fiber into coasters, table runners and cushions.

Best for Hand-woven rush mats and traditional wanggol crafts

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Incheon, South Korea (Ganghwa Island, Ganghwa-eup)

Soonmoomg makes kimchi from soonmu, the purple-topped turnip that grows almost exclusively in Ganghwa's soil, producing both a dry-salted version and a brined water kimchi under artisan Kim Gyeong-suk's product line. The company is registered and based in Ganghwa-eup, packing and shipping its turnip, yeolmu and oi sobagi kimchi directly.

Best for Ganghwa turnip (soonmu) kimchi

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Incheon / South Korea

The Nine Fruits in Incheon creates handmade porcelain jewellery in unique designs crafted by hand.

Best for Porcelain jewellery made by the maker

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