It often rained during the summer in Korea. In July 2009 it poured for six days straight in Suwon, where I was then living. It poured all over Korea. It was the typhoon season and floating umbrellas dotted the streets like stars in the sky; if you looked closely at them you could make out constellations.

It’s all there, but digging is absolutely required. Peel back the outer layers of the market and you can find discarded jewels, hidden gems. Opening daily around 10 a.m., but hitting fever pitch just after lunch, the Goblin Market is an ideal beginning to an all-day (and night) adventure in Seoul.