Yangsan

Yangsan (양산시) is a town to the west north of Busan in South Gyeongsang.

Understand

Yangsan is a new residential town for the larger city of Busan. It has an expanding population about 360,000.

Get in

Yangsan station is a terminus of the Busan subway line 2.

There are inter-city buses from Ulsan, Changwon, Gyeongju and other cities.

Get around

• By Bus. There are many buses in Yangsan. But, term between each buses is not short. So, we can take the Bus for traveling center of Yangsan like Tower of Yangsan (updated Sep 2024)
• By Subway There is a subway line 2 which is comes from Busan.

See

Tongdosa temple

• 1 Tongdosa Temple (통도사). Buddhist temple stay and museum. One of seven Korean mountain monasteries inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018. (updated Aug 2024)
• 2 Yangsan Tower (양산타워), 264-1 Gangbyeon-ro, Dong-myeon, Yangsan, ☏ +82 55-367-9026. 10AM-10PM. Great views of the local area. (updated Jan 2017)
• 3 EDEN BELLY (에덴밸리 리조트). Here is the only ski-center in Gyeongsangdo. (updated Jan 2017)

Do

Typical Korean style apartment blocks await you

• SKI You can enjoy Ski or Snowboard in EDEN BELLY. But, It is just available in winter.

Buy

• Pyeongsan Bookstore (평산책방), 17 Pyeongsanmaeul 1-gil, Habuk-myeon, Yangsan-si (양산시 하북면 평산마을 1길 17), ☏ +82 55-366-2301. 10:00-18:00 (March-October), 10:00-17:00 (November-February), closed on Monday. A bookstore established by former president Moon Jae-in in a remote countryside. (updated Jun 2024)

Eat

• Park ManSeok pig soup (박만석 돼지곰탕) Here is one of the best restaurant in Yangsan. It got blue-ribbon which is a symbol of delicious restaurant. So, people visit here from Busan, Ulsan etc.

Go next

• Busan on the metro to the south
• Ulsan is close to the east