탑리, Tap-ri is a small farming village located somewhere in the eastern inland of the peninsula. 탑 Tap means stupa or pagoda in Buddhism. In the center of the village, 5 story pagoda which is over 1000 years old stands on a small hill, looking down on the village.
An edible oil shop can be found in the nearby traditional market. Something is written on the windows of the front door as follows: 참기름 Sesame, 뜰기름 perilla, 식용유 edible vegetable oil and 간장 soy sauce. Many shops around it were renovated and rebuilt, but it seems like that this oil shop has not been changed since being opened first. The signboard says Tap-ri sesame oil shop. Two machines in front of the shop are expeller on the left and roaster. Two wooden chairs on the left look like the same ones that have been used by primary school students about 30 years before.
