Sky Capsule

This guide to the Haeundae Sky Capsule in Busan opens with a puzzle: why does the slowest ride in the city end in a fishing village, Cheongsapo, that has never cared much about tourists? It traces the coastal track beneath your four-seat glass pod back to the Donghae Nambu line, a Japanese colonial-era railway finished in 1935 that carried ordinary passengers and freight past fishing hamlets for decades. You'll hear how the line went quiet in 2013 when Korea rerouted its trains inland, and what the city decided to build on top of the abandoned tracks instead. Watch for the two lighthouses, one red and one white, marking the harbor as you near the end.