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 Tea Tour Part 2 : Real Live Horses Invade Nampodong ! 
 Thu , 05 / 05 / 2011 - 18 : 06 - MattE 
 소화 방 | 
 보이차 | 
 다 행정 | 
 teashop | 
 이은수 도 에 공방 | 
 Pu ' er | 
 This weekend cultural groups from Japan , China and Korea are coming to Busan part of the Joseon Tongsinsa Busan Festival . It starts this Thursday May 5 th and goes until Sunday May 8 th . It is a festival commemorating the time during the Joeseon Dynasty when Japan , China and Korea were at peace with eachother and were trading heavily . During that time trade delegations from Seoul would travel down to Busan where they would embark by ship to Japan . 
 What they don ' t tell you is that there will be a parade reenacting that time when an embassador would embark with his delegation to Japan to trade . The parade will also include real live horses and will take place Saturday at 2 : 00 . At 2 there will be a few speeches and everyone in the parade will assemble in the park beneath Nampo tower . At 3 : 00 the parade will start , going down the hill and around a corner to proceed down the street past the Zen Buddhist temple heading towards the statuary , police station and roundabout . 
 It will be very crowded , most especially when the parade ends which will a good time to drop by one of the many teahouses along the parade route . ( at the bottom of this post I ' ve provided a tea map ) . 
 Here ' s the statue where the parade will pass . Up the street there ' s a great place for Korean teasets ( usually 30 , 000 - 40 , 000 won ) . Just go up this street passing between the Police station on your right and good Calvin Klein on your right . 
 Another way to go is one street in from that main street . The one with all the food stands . You ' ll pass behind the 2 F Chinese restaurant and behind the Zen Buddhist temple . Just after the temple on your left will be a women ' s underwear shop . Turn left at that shop . 
 From the main street you ' ll come to Cafe Pascucci and Shakers bar . Across from those two is a narrow alley with a few adjumas and sewing machines ( 4 sewing machines . .. there used to be more years before ) . Go down sewing machine alley to the underwear shop . Pass the underwear still going straight . 
 Heres the underwear shop on the left . Just walk under the umbrella keeping the undies on your left , empty grey building pictured here on your right . You ' ll suddenly pass several 2 nd hand clothing shops . Right next to the 2 nd hand clothes you ' ll find . .. 
 TAMINA ! ! The place where everything is always on sale . Tis the place for Korean teasets . One set comes with teapot , tea cooling bowl and several cups . Hands down the cheapest place in Busan for a proper Korean style teaset . 
 If hardware is not your thing there ' s a place that sells great floral teas in small packets : 5000 won per pack . It ' s also where I got a great Pu ' er tea / Boey cha . To get there start at the statue . With ABC mart to your back and the police station to your right go along with the traffic down the curvy street . Eventually you ' ll get to a 
 gate with two drug stores on either side . The gate says 만물 의 거리 or everything ' s street . Go through the gate up the street to near the end . 
 The trickly named 이은수 도 예공 방 or Lee Eun Soo pottery making place . They don ' t make pottery there but sell tea hardware and steepables . I bought a western style teaset there : teapot with mesh insert and teacups for 10 , 000 won ! There are still a few deals like that there ! ! She also sells flower and herbal teas as well as the classic Chinese Pu ' er tea . Just ask to see her Boey Cha if you like . Her flower teas sell for 5 , 000 won each . 
 Also in the area are two teahouses . One serves an excellent Pu ' er tea and another has the best green leaf tea to be had in Busan . 
 The best place for Pu ' er tea in Busan is right across from the Nampo hill escalator . At the foot of the escalator you ' ll see what is pictured here : Cafe Bene and a Nike shop . To the left of the Nike shop you ' ll see on the 2 nd floor a sign for a teashop / teahouse . 
 The sign is tea in Chinese with DaHengJung in Korean . It is a large teashop with 2 enterances on either street . They sell mostly Pu ' er tea / Boey Cha . It is THE place for a fine cup of Pu ' er and the store owner is quite knowledgeable . For ordering and what to do once you sit down there , just order 보이차 and see my earlier post on Boey cha here . 
 If green tea is your thing , well , then just head up the street . Go upstream ( towards the car traffic ) from the statue until you get to the Krispy Kreme donut shop . 
 Here you can see the donut shop above , on the extreme right hand corner of this photo is Seoul Katdoogi . Across the street from that you can see a rectangular green sign . It says " Green Tea House " in English letters on it . Just go on up the stairs to the left of the clothing shop .