Sexy Sillim

From the Wikipedia for Sillim-dong:

A few years ago, the neighborhood was suddenly flooded with talking bars, massage parlors and other (sex-related) shops," said a student who asked to remain anonymous, having lived in the area from 2000-2007.

He explained that Shillim-dong is now known by many as a place to enjoy easy and cheap sexual entertainment and that some even come from far away to visit the neighborhood for such reasons.

And so it was decided that we should go to Sillim Station looking for evidence of sexy things. Why not? We didn't have anything better to do on Saturday afternoon.

After deciding to take a more scenic 35 minute bus ride rather than a boring 25 minute subway ride we arrived at Sillim Station. The first sexy thing we were interested in finding was a decent lunch, and although the area is famous for it's sundae (blood sausage), we opted for TGI Fridays instead. Can't deny that chicken burger looks pretty foxy.


Satisfied, we headed up some side streets off the main drag, which is where all seedy things happen. Sure enough, the area has quite a few more night clubs, love motels and sexy looking norebangs than your typical Korean neighborhood... though not more than I've seen in other places. All of the norebangs we saw seemed to be the sexy type (the one in the top photo says it offers 24-hour Thai massages...), with seductive ladies on the store signs. I've read about these karaoke places where young girls will "sing" along with you, which is maybe the service being offered here.

Next, we walked by a tomato-themed real estate office. And you know what that means.

A dollar store at the end of the road offered some pretty kinky merchandise , such as this Hello Jiny organizer.

Who knows what goes on at the JUICY hairshop. This area was starting to make me feel dirty, but luckily there was a mall on the corner.

Just look at the obscenity on display in the Renaissance Shopping Mall! Harlot mannequins brazenly on display in an area where easily-tainted children and weak-hearted old ladies shop. The harassment didn't end there, either. After buying some boots from a shoe store, the guy working there shouted "I love you!" after we made our purchase. Was he coming onto us? Is this why Mel was given service-uh insoles??

The overwhelming sexuality in Sillim was starting to get to us, so we decided to head home. A cold shower and a solid 3 or 4 hours of watching Oprah/North Korea documentaries helped to erase the sins of our afternoon.

Editors note: There is nothing really especially sexy or interesting in Sillim. If you go there you will be bored and forced to take pictures of tomato-themed real estate agencies. Travel at your own risk.