Alright this Kim Soo Hyun + Jun Ji Hyun drama, My love from the Stars 별에서온그대 has been really popular these days and it is currently airing in Korea!
As always, I was attracted to a particular scene in the drama and I went mad trying to find the filming location.
(It took me two unsuccessful nights of searching through key words in google images. I found it on a Instagram hashtag eventually.)
The location was featured at the end of episode 6 & the start of episode 7 where the second lead brought the girl to an amusement park, just to ride the Ferris wheel.
No it was not as pretty as the one on Wolmi-do but the round and colourful carriage attracted me.
Also, the backdrop of the castle was memorable too.
Img Cr: http://forums2.popcornfor2.com/index.php?showtopic=64856&st=5040
Where is this beautiful place located?
Address: 68 Tongdo 7-Gil, Habuk-myeon, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
It is located between Yangsan and Ulsan (Southwest of Seoul) and it is very inaccessible. From the only korean website: http://www.fantasia.co.kr/main.htm, it seems like they are only catering to the local korean market for now. However, thanks to google translate, I manage to navigate rather decently on the website.
There are public buses to this place from Busan, Ulsan and Yangsan:
| Transportation |  |
Departure | |
Arrivals | |
Allocation time | |
Time | |
Remarks |
| Long-distance non-stop (three won) | Busan Bus Terminal (Nopo-dong) | Sinpyeong (Tongdosa) | 20 minutes | 40 minutes | Finish the walk 10-20 minutes |
| Ulsan Intercity Bus Terminal (Samsan) | Sinpyeong (Tongdosa) | 5th (one day) | 40 minutes | ||
| Yangsan my bus (number 12) | Myeongryundong metro station | Sinpyeong (Tongdosa) | 10 minutes | 80 minutes | |
| Yangsan my bus (63) | Eonyang Intercity Bus Terminal | Sinpyeong (Tongdosa) | 10 minutes | 40 minutes | |
| Yangsan my bus (67 times) | Dreaming of the subway station | Sinpyeong (Tongdosa) | 14th (one day) | 80 minutes |
They have also done a feature of the drama in their website:
It is only 26,000W for an adult ticket. A really reasonable price compared to Everland and Lotte World. They have rides that looks really exciting and thrilling but there are kiddy rides as well.
I also chanced upon this interesting sky bike too. I really want to try such a ride some day.
FYI: They were in a green cabin.
Beautiful place 🙂
Not very certain that I will visit this place in future due to its inaccessibility but who knows? I might just make it happen somehow =p