Jagalchi Market (부산 자갈치시장)

Published 2016-05-04 Updated 2024-01-05 View 139109

We provide various information such as the website, contact information, usage information, and location (map) of Busan Jung-gu, Jagalchi Market (부산 자갈치시장) using public data of Korea Tourism Organization.

Jagalchi Market, located on the seaside road in Busan's Jung-gu, is Korea's largest seafood market, selling both live and dried fish. After the Korean War, the market solidified itself as a fish market. Most of the people who sell fish are women, so the vendors here are called Jagalchi Ajumma, "ajumma" meaning middle-aged or married woman in Korean.

This market represents Busan and is famous throughout the country. Visitors can eat fresh raw fish right at the market. Even nowadays visitors can see women selling mackerel, sea squirts (ascidians) and other seafoods on wooden boxes along the road outside of the market and along the shore.