Linneaâs Garden
"General stores" in Korea usually refer to shops that carry a wide variety of miscellaneous goods, often literally whatever the owner wishes to sell, typically located in a small town. And for that, you may easily lose track of time after you walk into these venues. In the past two years or so, lots of new general stores have made its introduction, but unfortunately, most of them seem to sell similar products mostly imported from mainland China. For all those that are tired of these factory made props and looking for a one-of-a-kind general store, Linneaâs Garden might be the answer.
Just as I was about to get really tired of âgeneral store-crawl,â Linneaâs Garden came to me and took my heart with every single one of its unique and rare little things. Each and every piece seems like it has its own story, and the warm ambiance of the store instantly melts your cold city-soul as if youâre deep in the woods visiting a little friendly witchâs secret house.
Quietly hidden in the back alley of Mangwon Dong, Linneaâs Garden is full of all kinds of cute little items; placemats, coasters, forks, teacups, snowballs, finger puppets, ornaments, etc. Linneaâs selection is unique and rather intriguingâit may have you wonder,âHow did he/she get this? From where?â The answer is "all over the world"âthrough the ownerâs acquaintances living in France, Japan, Tibet, China, Taiwan. With the selection, you can obviously tell the ownerâs love for witches, animals, and glass pieces. The enormous br