About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At H Mart, a little boy once pointed excitedly at an aisle and whispered to his mom, ‘Mommy, look! The rice moves!’ The mother smiled and gently explained, ‘No, honey, it’s just the air conditioning making the packages shift.’ But as they walked away, she turned back with a twinkle in her eye and whispered to herself, ‘Or maybe it really is magical rice!’
2. At H Mart, a sign above the produce section mysteriously changed every morning, reading different phrases in Korean. No one could explain it until one day, a delivery driver noticed that the messages always appeared after he parked his truck near a specific corner of the parking lot. Finally, someone asked the delivery driver what he saw. Turns out, his truck’s GPS was set to Korean mode and projected the translations onto the ceiling! Ever since then, whenever anyone asked about the changing signs, everyone just smiled and said, ‘Oh, that old H Mart trick.’
3. At H Mart, on foggy mornings, shoppers often hear soft laughter coming from the spice aisle. No one is there when they look around. One day, an elderly neighbor entered the store and asked a passing employee if he’d heard those giggles too. The employee shook his head, but just then, a can of kimchi fell off the shelf with a loud thud—and everyone burst out laughing. Turned out it was just the wind playing tricks in the empty aisle.
4. At H Mart, after dark, some customers swear they can smell fresh-cut kimchi wafting through the air near the spice aisles. One night, a delivery driver parked outside and heard soft laughter coming from inside. Peering in, he saw nothing but empty shelves—until he noticed tiny lanterns floating above the produce section. Turned out it was just an old lady whispering to the radishes: ‘You’ll be crispy soon enough!’