In the search for things to do indoors amid the summer heat, Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea is taking its excursions program indoors. Wandering through central Seoul's Myeong-dong, Hoehyeon-dong and Namdaemun Market, longtime member Jun Shin will lead participants to three museums in the area, as well as other indoor destinations plus a few other points of interest along the way — and refreshments afterward for those willing to stick around. The walk begins in Hoehyeon-dong with a visit to a 400-year-old ginkgo tree, before visiting the Woori Bank Museum and Money Box Gallery. After, the group will go through Hoehyeon Underground Shopping Center and enter Shinsegae Department Store. The group will go to the historic department store's rooftop garden, where Shin will explain the Japanese origins of the building's surroundings, which were developed during imperial Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea. After that, Shin will lead the way to the Korea Postage Stamp Museum, and then to the nearby Myeong-dong Market, where there is a small Chinatown surrounding the Chinese Embassy. The fina