When Life Gives You Tangerines Filming Locations in Jeju: The Real Places (and the Village That Was a Set), by a Local
If you cried through When Life Gives You Tangerines and now want to stand where Ae-sun and Gwan-sik stood, this is the honest guide: which places are really on Jeju, which ones were a film set on the mainland, and how to see the real ones in two days. I live on the west side of the island, ten minutes from the Hallim harbour that appears in the later episodes. Last checked October 2026. Quick answer: The 1950s–60s fishing village of Dodong-ri, where most of the drama happens, was a purpose-built set in Andong on the mainland — and it has been dismantled. You can't visit it. What you can visit are the real Jeju locations used for the coast, the oreum hills, the harbours and the city scenes: Gimnyeong beach, Seongsan Ilchulbong, Seopjikoji, Hallim Port and fish market, Hyeopjae, the Haemaji coast road at Hado, Jejumok Gwana, Gunsan Oreum, Songaksan and a handful of others. They cluster in three areas — north-east, Jeju City, and west — which makes a two-day loop easy. Seon...