This past June, the family and I went to South Korea for ten days. One of our favorite hot spots was the amazing Totoman Toy Museum in Insadong.
Tucked into a second story spot on the main drag, Totoman is easy to miss. Costing 1000 won for admittance, the “museum” is really one large room, crammed with endless toys from the 50s through today, many from Japan. There’s no really rhyme or reason to the organization, which is part of what makes it so compelling. Every nook has more to see, with things piled on top of one another, generations of toys lumped together.
Of course, we had some personal favorites. Who doesn’t love a child with a machine gun?
There were plenty of treasures to buy and we stocked up on stickers, wall art, and small notebooks.
I did get a little obsessed with the collection of rubber stamps.
Of course, our favorites were the Japanese toys–and Tintin just loved Ultraman.
