Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Shinsegae Centum City

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Haeundae-gu
Location: Shinsegae Centum City [map]
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Shinsegae Centum City is the world's largest department store, surpassing Macy's in New York City. It was built on the former lands of Suyeong Airport, which was previously the main airport for Busan, and also contains an ice skating rink. It also serves as the flagship store of the Shinsegae department store chain.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Haeundae Beach

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Haeundae-gu
Location: Haeundae Beach [map]
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Haeundae Beach has a reputation as South Korea's best beach and contains 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) of coastline, facing the Tsushima Strait and Sea of Japan. It is the most popular beach in the country and is home to the Busan Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the country. In the summertime, this beach is one of the most crowded in the world, with thousands of people visiting daily (and as many as 800,000 people daily during peak season). The beach holds the Guinness World Record (set in 2008) for most parasols on a beach, with 7,937.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Busan skyline

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Suyeong-gu
Location: Busan, from Gwangalli Beach [map]
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Busan is the second largest metropolis in South Korea, after Seoul. It is the South Korea's largest port and the fifth largest port in the world, and serves as South Korea's major shipping gateway to Japan. During the Korean War, it was one of the only two major cities (along with Daegu) to remain in South Korean control throughout the war, and also served as South Korea's temporary capital at one time.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: BEXCO

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Haeundae-gu
Location: BEXCO [map]
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BEXCO is a large convention center in Busan, across the street from Centum City. It hosted the 2005 APEC summit and is home to Korea's largest convention hall.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Busan International Ferry Terminal

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Jung-gu
Location: Busan International Ferry Terminal [map]
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The Busan International Ferry Terminal is South Korea's main gateway to Japan, as well as an important port connecting to China and Russia. It carries cargo from those countries, as well as passengers (mostly towards Japan's Tsushima and Fukuoka). Its major international passenger route connects Busan to Japan's Hakata Port International Terminal in Fukuoka.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Busan Subway

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Jung-gu
Location: Busan Station [map]
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The Busan Subway is the second largest system of its kind in South Korea and serves Busan, the second largest city in South Korea, and connects to nearby cities Yangsan and Gimhae.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Busan Chinatown

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Jung-gu
Location: Chinatown [map]
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Busan's Chinatown is part of the city's foreigners' shopping district, and was designed particularly for its Chinese, Russian and Japanese population. Being a port city, it is more centered around non-English audiences (in contrast to the foreigners' district in Seoul, Itaewon).

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Busan Station

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: South Korea
Province: Busan Metropolitan City
District: Jung-gu
Location: Busan Station [map]
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Busan Station is the southernmost major transportation terminus in South Korea, and serves as the rail gateway to Seoul from adjacent countries like Japan and China. It is the southern terminus of a KTX bullet train line and is close to the Busan International Ferry Terminal, which connects the Korean peninsula to Japan.