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Disclosure: This post contains Creatrip affiliate links. If you book through them, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. How this site makes money . SEVENTEEN's Seungkwan grew up in Jeju and has been the island's tourism ambassador since November 2024. In October 2026 the Jeju government released "Bukas", a vlog of him staying in a small village on Jeju's far west coast, the sunset side of the island where I live. This guide covers what he did there, how you can book the same village stay, what else is nearby, plus the other K-pop and K-star spots on the island and how to catch K-pop live. Last checked 1 November 2026. Quick answer: Seungkwan (Boo Seung-kwan) of SEVENTEEN is from Jeju and has been the island's official tourism ambassador since November 2024. In "Bukas" , short for "Boo Seungkwan's Jeju Kareum Stay", released on 15 October 2026 on the Jeju provincial government's YouTube channel with English subtit...

Season 2 of Netflix's Culinary Class Wars sent queues to restaurants all over Korea, and four of its chefs have places in Jeju. Two of them are in Aewol, my home district. I haven't eaten at all four, so this is a guide, not a review: what each place serves, what it costs, when it opens and how to actually get a table, taken from the restaurants' own booking pages and recent visitor reports. Prices and hours change, so confirm before you go. Last checked 1 November 2026. Quick answer: The four Culinary Class Wars Season 2 chefs with restaurants in Jeju are Song Hoon (Crown Pig, black pork, inland Aewol), Jung Ho-young (Udon Kaden, udon, Gyorae), Kim Tae-woo (Dongkyung Bapsang, eel rice bowls, Hagwi in Aewol) and Bae Jae-hoon (Sushi Sakaba Kappo Aki, sushi bar, Jeju City). Easiest to fit in: Kappo Aki , 10 minutes from the airport (evenings only, closed Sundays). Hardest tables: Dongkyung Bapsang (walk-in queue only) and Udon Kaden (long weekend waits, closed Tues...

Sogil-ri is the village next to mine. For two seasons of Hyori's Homestay (효리네 민박, JTBC, 2017–18) the whole country watched Lee Hyori and Lee Sang-soon make breakfast for strangers in a wooden house up a lane here, and people have been driving up that lane ever since. This is the local version of the Hyori trail: what the house is now, how to actually get in, and the Aewol and Hallim places from the show that are worth your time. Last checked October 2026. Quick answer: Hyori's house from the show is now Sogil Byeolha (소길별하) , a Jeju local-brand shop and small café in the couple's former home. Open 12:00–17:00, closed Wednesdays (occasionally other days), entry by Naver reservation in timed slots — walk-ins only if a slot has space. Address: 34-37 Sogil-nam-gil, Aewol-eup. Hyori and Sang-soon no longer live there. The rest of the trail — Geum Oreum, Saebyeol Oreum, Gwakji beach, the Handam coast walk — is all within 20 minutes. The house from Hyori's Homestay ...

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...

A new, free art exhibition dedicated to BTS and Chinese actor Zhang Linghe opens on Jeju's west coast this November, in a gallery-café I drive past every week. Here's what it is, where it is, and how to fit it into a west-side day. Exhibition details from the gallery's own announcement; the café photos and visit notes are mine. Quick answer: "Beautiful Jeju × Beautiful Asia Stars: Zhang Linghe × BTS" is a special exhibition by artist Hyun Song at Kleinblue Gallery in Hangyeong-myeon, north-west Jeju. It runs 20 November 2026 – 20 February 2027 on the gallery's second floor, free admission , and is organised with the Jeju Tourism Association. A private opening is on 30 December 2026 (invitation only). Official poster: Zhang Linghe × BTS, Kleinblue Gallery, 20 Nov 2026 – 20 Feb 2027. Free admission on the second floor. What the exhibition is Kleinblue Gallery describes it as "a love letter to the beautiful stars who light up Asia, sent from t...