The purpose of this study is to explore the temporal and spatial characteristics of changes of shop business types in Myeong-dong commercial district from 2008 until 2021. Based upon the online road view provided by two representative internet portal sites of Korea, this study constructed primary data of shop business type of all ground floor shops in Myeong-dong, and analyzed the characteristics of business type changes according to the global economic impacts like 2008’s global financial crisis and 2020 Covid-19 pandemic as well as regional economic influences like foreign tourists’ increase and competitiveness between shops. By disclosing the temporal and spatial characteristics of shop business types for last 13 years, this study have found the transformation of the regionality and identity of Myeong-dong, the most traditional and famous downtown shopping district in Seoul and Korea.