Rakkojae Andong
Suunjapbang Heritage Dining
Reservations & Inquiries: +82 10-8860-3410 (Advance reservation required)
Korea's First Hanok Hotel · Since 2003
Beneath the tiled eaves,
Beneath the tiled eaves,
a stay in older time
Rakkojae (樂古齋) means to delight in what is old. A night in a 130-year-old tiled house in Bukchon, Seoul, or among the thatched roofs of Hahoe, Andong.
Rakkojae Hanok Hotels
Rak, Ko, Jae — delight, the old, a house.
Rak, Ko, Jae — delight, the old, a house.
To find joy in an old house.
Since creating Korea’s first heritage-house travel programme in 1994, we have done one thing only: restore hanok and put them back to use.
For some thirty years we have worked by taking away rather than adding.
Until the light through the lattice crosses the daecheong floor and reaches the courtyard,
there is nothing at all our guests need to do.
- 1994
- Korea’s first heritage-house travel programme
- 2003
- Rakkojae Seoul, in the former Jindan Society hanok in Gahoe-dong
- 2024
- Rakkojae Hahoe, the first hanok hotel in Hahoe Village
Emptiness is the view | 檐 · 窓 · 廳
樂
Three things that make a hanok
/ Eaves 檐 /
Where the curve ends, the angle of rain and light is decided.
The shade beneath cools the summer and lets the winter sun reach into the room.
/ Lattice 窓 /
A grid of verticals and horizontals, and over it a single layer of hanji.
Filtered light becomes the temperature of the room; the noise outside drops a step.
/ Daecheong 廳 /
Not a place to sit, but a place to stay.
Most of the day passes in the empty space left between the courtyard and the rooms.
The Stay
Things to do while you stay
All are reserved for house guests
and can be arranged at the front desk at no extra charge.
