Kansong House
간송옛집
Historic house in Dobong-gu. Open 09:00–18:00, closed Mondays and Sundays. Plan about 30 minutes. 25 min walk from Bukhansan Ui Station.
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About
Information: Korea Tourism Organization (TourAPI)The 100-year-old traditional hanok Kansong House sits by the burial mound of Kansong Jeon Hyeong-pil (1906-1962), who played a significant role in preserving the cultural heritages of Korea during the Japanese colonial period. This house was orginally built by Kansong's adoptive father Jeon Myeong-gi (1870-1919) to us as a storage facilities for harvested agriculture from the northern Gyeonggi-do and Hwanghae. After his father's death, Kansong used the house as a ritual house for his father and often stayed here. Some damages were done to the house during the Korean War, and partial repair was made after his death.
Our guide
Kansong House is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so it needs a Tuesday-to-Saturday slot. Kansong House is a stop of its own: none of our other places is within a 15-minute walk.
Getting to Kansong House: about 2 h from Incheon Airport (AREX to Seoul Station, Line 4 to Suyu, then bus 1128) and about 1 h 20 from Gimpo. From Myeongdong 55 min, Seoul Station about 1 h, Hongik Univ. about 1 h 10, all via Suyu and bus 1128; from Gangnam about 1 h 20.
Staying near Kansong House: our lodging data records no hotels within 1.2 km of the house. By our estimate the closest area we suggest for a base is Gaori Station (29 min by the Ui–Sinseol Line and bus 1167), with 4 hotels within walking distance of the station.
Travel times are estimates from our transit model, Oct 2026.
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Within a 20-minute walk.
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