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Seoul to host character game event at Mount Nam
A promotional poster for the "Game Challenge with Haechi and Soul Friends!" event / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government
By Jhoo Dong-chan
Seoul will host an outdoor game event at Mount Nam — one of the capital's most popular recreational spaces — this Saturday, centered on the city's official mascot characters and promoting the ecological value of the urban mountain.
The event, titled "Game Challenge with Haechi and Soul Friends!", will take place June 21 near the octagonal pavilion at the summit of Mount Nam and is open to all visitors free of charge.
Haechi is Seoul's mythical guardian mascot, and the Soul Friends are a group of companion characters associated with the four cardinal guardian deities of traditional Korean cosmology — Jujak (Vermilion Bird), Baekho (White Tiger), Cheongnyong (Blue Dragon) and Hyeonmu (Black Tortoise).
The event is part of the city's ongoing Sustainable Namsan project and is designed to help visitors engage with the mountain's ecosystem in an interactive, lighthearted way.
Participants can pick up a stamp card at the information desk and try four themed mini games, one per character: a shooting game targeting invasive species, a jigsaw puzzle, a trail etiquette game and a water-flow challenge.
Visitors who complete all four games receive a prize draw ticket. Prizes include custom-designed Seoul character merchandise — including keycaps, sticker packs and phone grips — produced under the Sustainable Namsan theme.
Those who follow the event's official SNS account (@namsan_gondola_official) will receive a fan as a bonus gift.
Further details and pre-event information are available on the official account.
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.