Tongyeong Live Fish Market

The first day was half gone by the time the bus had arrived in Tongyeong. Nevertheless, there were plenty of things to see and do! We picked up some supplies from the Emart across from the bus station and hailed a cab. It took us to the ferry terminal on the other side of town where we quickly found our lodgings and unloaded. The first attraction we hit was the Tongyeong Live Fish Market.

Markets! There is something absolutely enchanting about them. The Tongyeong Live Fish Market is one of the most exciting and entertaining markets I've been to. The fish in this market are caught locally and trucked in. Most of the customers seemed to be locals, looking for the freshest fish available.

The ladies selling the fish in the market know their craft! Calling out prices in a friendly manner, they didn't give me a hard time for taking all these pictures or for these videos either.

These fish were flopping about before this lady grabbed them and started cracking off their heads!! She continues to finish off the rest of the fish in a similar fashion after she is done with this one. The whole basket only takes a few minutes for her to de-scale/de-skin and to clean. 

Here is a map of Tongyeong. Everything we visited around the ferry was within a short walk of each other, though you will need to take a taxi back and forth to the bus station.

View Tongyeong in a larger map