Finding quiet at Yri Cafe in Sangsu, a bookish artists’ hideout (이리카페)
Yri Cafe in Sangsu feels like a gentle refuge: wood-warm, book-lined, and quietly alive with people writing, reading, and making. It’s a longtime local favorite with a creative soul—famous enough to have appeared on Infinite Challenge, yet still the kind of place where you can slip into a window seat and breathe. I left calmer than I arrived, which is my gold standard for a great cafe.