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· A three-way split is on the road past Sunseong Shelter and Information Center, with the left path leading to Muakjae Sky Bridge and the right to Inwangsan Urban Nature Park. The summit is at the end of the middle path, and the last section before the summit involves light rock climbing, so please be careful.
· Inwangsan is a rocky mountain so proper hiking gear is essential when climbing in winter.
A convenience store is next to Sunseong Shelter and Information Center. Benches line the path down from the summit to Changuimun Gate.
Donuimun Museum Village is a five-minute walk from Exit 4 of Seodaemun Station, Seoul Metro Line 5. Follow the road signs to Kangbuk Samsung Hospital.
Donuimun Gate was the main western entrance of Hanyang and whose name means “gate of strong righteousness.” Donuimun Museum is a historical and cultural space preserving artifacts and scenes from modern and contemporary Seoul, including the history of the city and traces left by those who lived here.
This facility was the residence of Kim Koo, president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and headquarters of this administration after its return from exile. Gyeonggyojang House hosted cabinet meetings and was the base of the Anti-trusteeship Campaign in the chaos that followed national liberation.
Composer Hong Lanpa, who wrote the Korean folk song, "Spring in My Hometown," lived his final years in this modern Western-style residence built by a German missionary in 1930. An epitaph and bust commemorating Hong are in front of the house. The place is open on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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