There is a time when Busan Citizens Park was Kamp Hialeah. Once was a racecourse, but after the Korean War, it became the official US army base. When agents from a US naval vessel Prescott landed in the port 8 after Japan lost the war, this race track reminded one of them of a racetrack near his hometown Florida. The name of the city was ‘Hialeah.’ Therefore it is said to be called Hialeah or that the hometown of the first commander stationed here was ‘Base Hialeah.’ Anyway, the official name is ‘Kamp Hialeah.’ The US army was closed in 2006, but it was newly born to be Busan Citizens Park in 2014.

Bujeon station is located in a somewhat indefinite position between Seomyeon and Yangjeong. If you take a route to Yangjeong intersection, not to Bujeon Market, you can see Song Sang Hyeon Plaza. The place was nothing other than a small lawn and a flower garden with a brusque statue. so many children confused the statue with the statue of general Jeong Bal in Choryang. Some children even believed both of the statues were general Lee Sun Shin’s. General Lee Sun Shin is in seoul. It is general Jeong Bal and magistrate Song Sang Hyeon who are in Busan. He is a scholar from the mid-Joseon dynasty who lost the battle at the onset of the Japanese Invasion of Korea, but he never surrendered and was murdered by Japanese military. Be proud of him, every student in liberal arts. The spirit of liberal arts is not inferior to that of students in physical education or military academy.

Song Sang Hyeon Plaza, once stood alone in the center of the too broad intersection as if it intended to show what standing alone is, is now completely changed after the 2 years of reconstruction. There are not many parks in the center of roads with an outdoor performance hall and cafes. Considering the broaden lawn plaza to accommodate a huge festival, an urban jazz party would be good for the place.

Getting out of Song Sang Hyeon Plaza, it is now the time to go to Busan Citizens Park. The park is located in where the mentioned Kamp Hialeah was. You can search the internet for the BEST 12 spots of Busan Citizens Park to take a thorough look. Let’s walk the five wooden road with five different types of trees first. Ginkgo, zelkova, flowering cherry, pine, and silver magnolia trees. They are widely used for street trees, too. There is Bujeon Brook near the flowering cherry tree walk. The 40,000m² of lawn plaza shines brightly even at night, differently from other parks that get dark. The ‘Forest of Memory’ is a forest with about 90 plane trees that have existed since Kamp Hialeah period. Imagine. This forest has staying here before you were born, or even when the Japanese got excited to gamble on horses in the racetrack. It also has 25m-high sky blue water fall and a maze garden. A maze is the place to take anybody to the Wonderland. The Culture and Art Zone, remodeled from the lodges the US army used, has 5 craft shops, 2 small performance halls, and 2 exhibition halls. The best ting about the facilities is that there’s no boundary for anybody in this park. No barriers or obstacles. Wheelchairs can go everywhere, making it safe for the disabled, elderly, and children to enjoy the place. Every building has a slope way, too.

You can get to Busan The Park by No. 63, 54, and 83-1 bus. Seongjigok Zoo has changed into an animal theme park. It is located in Choeup Seongjigok Amusement Park. A zoo is a dream of every child or a perfect place for dating. In the movie , Joje goes to a zoo to see a tiger when she meets a boyfriend. Cotton candy, an animal-looking hair band, and camera. You are ready for the zoo. You can drop by Busan Citizens Park, or visit The Park in the morning and move to Citizens Park and Song Sang Hyeon Plaza.

Returning to Seomyeon from Choeup by bus and coming into food alley beside Seomyeon Avenue 1 brings you to foodstuffs to full your mouth. The alley is full of food such as poark and rice soup, traditional fried chicken, and the unique hot red Tteok-bokki of Busan. When you drop by the shopping center lining on the street and Seomyeon Specialized Street for digestion, you can reach the coffee street full of pretty coffee shops. Coffee beans roasted by a barista and a cup of Latte with milky foam. Your day is full of something unique that you can not see in ordinary days. The park, zoo, and food alley. It is Busan that you can look around all these courses in a day. Bravo.