The lanes between Seongsu and Ttukseom stations where Seoul's handmade shoe workshops still are, with a showroom where you can watch and order.
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성수동 수제화거리 (seong·su·dong su·je·hwa·geo·ri) is the reason Seongsu looks the way it does. Visit Seoul says about 70 percent of the country's handmade shoe makers are concentrated here, with design, production and sales in one district, and that the workshops take orders for shoes made to your foot. The city's own article calls it the biggest handmade shoe area in Korea.
The district office runs a showroom for it, the 성수 수제화 희망플랫폼 (hui·mang·peul·laet·pom) at 아차산로 53: pop-up stores and a showroom for local makers on the first floor, a leather-craft classroom on the second, and shoe-making programmes. Seoul's Oraegage list of old shops includes the street under the name of 유홍식, the city's handmade shoe master number one, and the JS슈즈디자인연구소 workshop that made Psy's shoes.
Visit Seoul puts the street 111 metres from Seongsu station exit 1. The 희망플랫폼 showroom is five minutes straight on from Ttukseom station exit 4. Ask a workshop whether they take 맞춤 (mat·chum), made to order.
Can you make them to order?
Let me measure your feet.
Tip The 희망플랫폼 showroom at 아차산로 53 is the easy way in: local makers' shoes on the ground floor and craft classes upstairs.
checked Nov 4, 2026
동네 Neighborhoods · 길성수동Seongsu-dongThe old shoe-factory district east of the river, now the place brands open first and close fast. Seongsu station on line 2 for the shops, Seoul Forest station for the park.장소 Places · 길연무장길Yeonmujang-gilThe main shopping street of Seongsu, from Seongsu station towards the river, where the flagships and pop-ups line up.장소 Places · 길뚝도시장Ttukdo MarketA traditional market from 1962 on the quiet side of Seongsu, 139 stalls and a food alley, fifteen minutes on foot from the station.제품 Products · 멋한복han·bokKorean dress. Rented by the hour around the palaces; the new cuts are made for walking and photographs.
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