If you’ve ever visited Seoul, you’ve probably already gone through renting the traditional Korean dress of hanbok and entering the Gyeongbokgung Palace for free. The experience of being dressed up, getting your hair done, and wandering through the palace grounds feeling like you’re in a K-drama is an unmissable one. Now you can bring this main character energy to Hong Kong with the brand-new hanbok rental experience at the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) Hong Kong.
Every Friday and Saturday, the KCC in Hong Kong will offer a diverse range of hanbok styles for both adults and children, so the whole family can wander the streets of Central and Sheung Wan in traditional Korean attire. Similar to how it’s done in South Korea, there will be plenty of accessories to choose from, changing rooms and lockers to store your belongings so you don’t have to worry about walking around with belongings that don’t match the vibe, as well as staff on hand to assist in putting on the jeogori, chima, and baji properly.
What makes things even better is that this hanbok experience will be free for the first two weeks of December. All that’s needed is a deposit, and participants can wear beautiful hanbok sets around town for two hours, in either morning or afternoon sessions. Each participant will also receive a complimentary voucher to use the Snapio photo booth in the KCC, so you can come away with Korean-style photo strips while dressed in the hanbok. The deposit is $500 per hanbok set, while the normal rental fee after the free period ends costs $50 per set for two hours, inclusive of two pieces of accessories.
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