By Car:

Tong Myeong Bul-weon is located on the road which runs between the Busan Cultural Center and the U.N. Cemetery.  Heading away from the U.N. Memorial with the U.N. Cemetery on your left and the Cultural Center on your right, go five traffic lights past the Cemetery until you reach the Yong-dang Rotary, an impressive web of some seven roads.

Stay on the road you are on and head up the hill toward Yong-ho Dong, making a dog leg to the right and left again. As soon as you pass under the colorful temple arch, get ready to turn left into the Tong Myeong Bul-weon compound.  Once inside the compound, turn left again and park near the bell tower, i.e., on the side furthest from the main building.

By Taxi: If you're new to the country and not yet comfortable with the bus system, any taxi driver should be able to take you directly to this well-known temple.  Ask for Yong-dang Dong -- Tong Myeong Bul-weon by name (an approximate pronunciation is "Young Dawng Dong -- Doe(ng)-myung  Burr-un") -- or show the driver the map above.

By Bus:

From the Nam-p'o Dong shopping district or from Busan Station, Tong Myeong Bul-weon is about a forty minute ride on the 34 or the 134 bus in good traffic.  From Nam-p'o Dong, board the 34 or 134 bus on the far north end of the street that runs by the Ch'a-gal-chi Fish Market.  From Busan Station, board the 34 or 134 bus at the bus stop just up from Wendy's. From the Seo-myeon shopping district it's again about a forty minute ride in good traffic on the 25, the 68 or the 93 bus.

The 25 / 68 / 93 bus stop in Seo-myeon is a little tricky to find -- standing at the front doors of Lotte World, turn right (toward the big globe with the two racoons) and cross that little street.  Go past the lingerie shop to the next street and turn right.  The 25 / 68 / 93 bus stop is about 50 yards or so down that street. Another bus which serves the Tong Myeong Bul-weon area is the 78 bus from the Tong-nae Spa area.

From any of the above-mentioned busses (25; 68; 93; 78 or 34 / 134) you should disembark about four stops after the UN Cemetery and the Busan Cultural Center -- that is, get off the bus at the first stop right after the big five-way intersection (the "Yong-dang Rotary") which comes after the Han-shin Mun-hwa Town Apartment stop; about two or three minutes from the U.N. Cemetery. From this point, cross the street, bear left a bit and follow the road uphill.  You'll be headed in the direction of Tong Myeong Junior College (often spelled "Dongmyong") and Yong-ho Dong although there are no street signs to tell you this.

There is a local #9 bus (yellow bus stop sign) which goes directly to Tong Myeong Bul-weon from this point, but it is very irregular and unless it is raining, the walk really isn't that bad. As you approach the main gate of Tong Myeong Junior College (there's a traffic signal and a crosswalk light here) take a dog leg to the right and then to the left (flashing yellow light) and keep going up the hill.  You'll soon see the massive Tong Myeong Bul-weon arch spanning the road.  The entrance to Tong Myeong Bul-weon lies just beyond the gate on the  left-hand side of the road.