Seongsu: From a Neighborhood That Makes to One That Shows · 4
Print Shops and Repair Garages, Seongsu's Small Manufacturing
Ep. 4
FitTrip Editor · 2026.07.22
Remembering Seongsu only as the handmade shoe street means seeing only half of this neighborhood's industry. Throughout the alleys, small manufacturing such as print shops, auto repair garages, and various parts stores has settled in. These trades are less visible, but they show that Seongsu's identity is a semi-industrial zone gathering diverse small-scale manufacturing.
Remembering Seongsu only as the handmade shoe street means seeing only half of this neighborhood's industry.
The less visible trades
Throughout the alleys, small manufacturing such as print shops, auto repair garages, and various parts stores has settled in. These trades are less visible than the handmade shoe street, but they actually make up a considerable part of this neighborhood.
A gathering of diverse small-scale manufacturing
Seeing these trades together makes Seongsu's identity as a semi-industrial zone gathering diverse small-scale manufacturing clearer. Walk just one block outside the handmade shoe street and you meet a different face of this neighborhood.
FAQ
- Can visitors see the print shops or repair garages too?
- You can see the exteriors while walking the alley, but since these are real operating workshops, it is polite not to peer inside without permission.
- Why are these trades less known?
- It is presumed this is because, unlike the handmade shoe street, they are working-focused trades rather than storefronts for visitors, so they are introduced less in tourist content.
Checklist
- Walk the print shop and garage alleys outside the handmade shoe street too
- Do not peer into workshop interiors without permission
- Understand Seongsu as a gathering of many small manufacturers, not one trade
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