For many people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Pohang is the steel company ‘POSCO’ and the ‘Hands of Coexistence’ standing at Homigot Square. Of course, these two places are famous, but Pohang also has many tourist attractions. Today, we will recommend ’10 best places to visit in Pohang’ that people who are planning to travel to Pohang are curious about. I would like to inform you that the Pohang travel areas introduced below are my personal thoughts and that I have selected and introduced 10 Pohang tourist attractions provided by the Korea Tourism Organization that are visited by many tourists.
Top 10 places to visit in Pohang
1, Guryongpo Japanese House Street
Source: Korea Tourism Organization
Guryongpo Japanese House Street, known as a charming place on a rainy day, is where Japanese people came to Joseon and lived after the ‘North Korea-Japan Trade March’ signed between Joseon and Japan in 1983. The area where only a few houses remained as ‘Japanese House Street’ was renovated by the city of Pohang into Japanese-style houses. It is a place created as a street. The Japanese house ‘Furusatoya’, which was used as a restaurant at the time, has been preserved in its original form and is now operated as a tea house. You can taste a variety of Japanese teas and try on a yukata, a traditional Japanese costume. There is also Simsang Elementary School, where Japanese students studied at the time, and a model mailbox made in the 1900s. The scenery seen from the steps of the park provides a panoramic view of the fishing village, and it was awarded the Korea Landscape Award because it clearly shows the lifestyles of the common people.
Location of Guryongpo Japanese House Street
153-1 Guryongpo-gil, Guryongpo-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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2, Sabang Memorial Park
Sabang Park, with its scenic view of the sea, opened in Odo-ri, Heunghae-eup, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do on November 7, 2007 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of modern erosion control projects in Korea. The Odori area is known as a representative area where 3.6 million people annually reforested a total area of 4,500 hectares in a short period of time under the direction of former President Park Chung-hee in 1975, thereby successfully completing the erosion control project. The erosion control project is an important project that protects the lives and property of the people by preventing and recovering from various disasters caused by the movement of soil and gravel by hydraulic and wind power. Here, there are three exhibition halls that collect the history of the history of sandbang mining technology and various materials, the Sabang Exhibition Memorial Hall with a multi-purpose video room, an outdoor sandbang facility that reproduces the actual construction site as a model, and a cultural relics exhibition that displays stone chamber tombs and stone tombs from the Three Kingdoms period. It consists of facilities. Visiting hours are from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, and admission is free.
Sabang Memorial Park location
1712 Haean-ro, Heunghae-eup, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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3, Guryongpo Port
Guryongpo Port, located on the road from Homigot in Pohang to Gampo, was established as a port by building a wharf and building a breakwater in 1923 during the Japanese colonial period. Currently, it has facilities of approximately 600m for the northern breakwater, 400m for the southern breakwater, and 600m for a water dock, and has a loading and unloading capacity of 334,000 tons. Guryongpo Modern Culture and History Street is right nearby, where you can see traditional Japanese houses, and Guryongpo Market is also nearby, making it a travel destination where you can enjoy the friendly atmosphere and delicious food of the local market. There are many places here that sell gwamegi, a specialty product, and it is known as the largest snow crab producing area in the country, so you can taste high-quality gwamegi and fresh snow crab.
Guryongpo Port location
222-1 Homi-ro, Guryongpo-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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4, Jangilli Complex Fishing Park
Janggilli Complex Fishing Park, known as a famous fishing spot in Pohang, is also a famous place for sunrise. It is also a great tourist destination as it has a Borit Stone Bridge with a beautiful view of the sea and scenery and various observation spots. There is a ‘Boritdol’ at the very end of the Boritdol Bridge, which has a total length of 170m, and there is a legend that it was possible to cross the Borit Pass because there was a lot of seaweed around the Boritdol. There are various raw fish restaurants, pensions, and marine pensions around the Janggilli Complex Fishing Park, and there are plenty of things to enjoy, making it a popular attraction for many tourists.
Location of Janggili Bokhan Fishing Park
4376-28, Donghaean-ro, Guryongpo-eup, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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5, Deokdong Culture Village
Deokdong Village, located in Gibuk-myeon, Buk-gu, Pohang City, was designated as the country’s 15th cultural village in 1992 and an environmentally friendly village in 2011. This place was formed during the Japanese invasions of Korea, when the civil servant Jeong Mun-bu returned to Jeonju after the war and gave all his property to his granddaughter-in-law, Seuidang Lee Kang. This place has well-preserved old houses boasting beautiful nature and classical beauty. In particular, the pine forest between the village’s clear reservoir and valley was selected for the 7th National Beautiful Forest Award, and is home to a variety of old trees, including 200-year-old ginkgo trees and 160-year-old juniper trees. At the Deokdong Folk Exhibition Hall, which preserves and displays relics passed down from generation to generation, you can see Dok (Science Complex), one of only two preserved in Korea.
Deokdong Culture Village location
Odeok-ri, Gibuk-myeon, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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6, Deoksu Park
Deoksu Park, a good place to view cherry blossoms, is located on Sudosan Mountain in some areas of Deoksu, Wuchang, Jungang, and Yongheung-dong in Buk-gu, Pohang. It consists of recreational facilities, exercise facilities (strength training center, multi-purpose playground, gateball court), acupressure path, temple, shrine, observatory, etc., as well as green space. Deoksu Park is loved by local residents as a place for sports, exercise, and leisure, and is also a must-visit place for tourists visiting Sudosan Mountain. The Loyalty Tower to commemorate the Korean War veterans and the cultural merit monument ‘Song of Old Pohang Citizens’ of Lee Myeong-seok, who devoted his life to the development of red clay culture, are installed.
Deoksu Park location
Deoksu-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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7, Pohang Ship Experience Center
The Pohang Ship Experience Center opened on Pohang Citizen’s Day on June 12, 2010. The Pohang is a ship with the same resources as the Cheonan, which was sunk by a North Korean submarine military and police off Baengnyeong Island in the West Sea on March 26, 2010. It is the main 1,200-ton class corvette of the Korean Navy that was honorably retired after completing its mission of protecting the country’s territorial waters for nearly 30 years. . Due to the special relationship that brought about many exchanges with Pohang City during her commissioning period, after her retirement, Dongbin Inner Port was opened to the public as a space to raise security awareness and experience shipboard barracks.
Location of Pohang Experience Center
205 Canal-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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8, Yeongildae Beach
Yeongildae Beach is a beach with a white sand beach of 123,000 pyeong, 1.750m long, 40~70m wide, and the largest on the East Coast. In addition, along with nearby Songdo Beach, it is famous as a representative beach in Pohang and is a suitable place for a family vacation. It is located in the city center, so there is no major inconvenience due to the convenience and accommodations within Pohang city, and it is a tourist attraction where you can taste fresh raw fish due to the abundance of seafood.
Yeongildae Beach location
95 Haean-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Duho-dong)
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9, Jukdo Market
Pohang Jukdo Market is a traditional market located in downtown Pohang and forming the central commercial district of Pohang. It is the largest market on the East Coast, and has a fish market and a grain market, selling a variety of products such as marine products and agricultural products. In particular, the fish market is visited by many residents and tourists as it offers a variety of marine products such as gwamegi, raw fish, and whale meat, which are Pohang’s specialties. There is a large public parking lot behind the market, making it a great place to visit without burden.
Pohang Jukdo Market location
13 Jukdo Market 13-gil, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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10, Bogyeongsa Temple 12 Waterfall (Sangsaeng Waterfall)
The 12 Waterfalls, a great place to take pictures, are rare in the world and are a tourist attraction crowded with vacationers in the middle of summer. About 1.5km from Bogyeongsa Temple, the first waterfall, Ssangsaengpok (5m high), is located, and the most famous waterfalls are the 6th waterfall, Gwaneumpok, and the 7th waterfall, Yeonsanpok. Gwanreum Falls is a two-stream waterfall with a height of 72m. There is a Gwaneum Cave about 10 pyeong wide on the rock wall, and the total width is 30m high, and the rock wall is called Haksodae. The valley here is not that steep, so even children can climb it.
Location of Bogyeongsa Temple’s 12 waterfalls
Song Ramen, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
This concludes my recommendation of 10 places worth visiting in Pohang. In addition to the places I told you about, there are many travel attractions in Pohang. If you would like to know more travel attractions, please visit the Korea Tourism Organization website and check out the recommended tourist attractions.