Jeju Island - Jeju Glass Castle and Hyeop-jae beach

Jeju Glass Castle

Jeju Glass Castle

Entrance fee: I think it is 9000 won. Free parking available.
Direction: Search for Jeju Glass Castle in GPS.

Everything here is about glass from the moment we step into the entrance. The whole place is a large park like the Love Land with sculptures of various interesting items made of glass. They also have glass all over the world from different countries. Other than sculptures there are also activities where you can make your own glass such as blowing, lamp working,and glass bottle crafts. One of the impressive glass sculpture is the Jack and the Beanstalk in the entrance where the sculpture starts from the ground up to the high ceiling. Then there education about the origin and methods of making glass, glass wallpaper, mirror maze, world renowned glass artists, jewelry tunnel, ring of eternal promise, magic mirror room, glass musical instruments, glass toilets, etc etc. Most of them are sculptures so it is a good place to take pictures.

Glass beanstalk from the ground right up to the ceiling.

Glass garden. Trees and flowers all made from glass.

Glass made by a famous Italian glass artist. I dont know who that guy is but I think he is famous in the glass world.

There is also the Jeju Glass guardian instead of the Stone Guardian.

Glass temple sculpture.

Hyeop-jae beach

Hyeop-jae beach. I think the mountain in the background is Hallasan.

Hyeopjae Beach (협재해수욕장) is located on the west side of Hanrim-eup, and is part of Hanrim Park. The beautiful white color of the sand comes from the large amounts of crushed seashells that have been mixed in with the sand. The long seashore stretches for 9 km and has cobalt colored seawater and evergreen forests scattered around the vicinity, making the scenery very beautiful. Just off the beach is Biyangdo Island. The white sandy beach is about 20 meters long, and the water is 1.2 meters deep with no sudden drops. In the evergreen groves, there are plenty of convenient facilities and campgrounds for visitors to use.
Hanrim Park nearby, provides interesting tour sites such as a subtropical arboretum, Hyeopjaegul Cave, and Ssangyonggul Cave. The seashore to the southwest of Hyeopjae Beach connects to another beach called Geumreung Beach, and both beaches combined are also called Hyeopjae Beach. From any beach on Jejudo Island, you can always see Mt. Hallasan. It is a great place for a relaxing family vacation.


Entrance fee: Free with free parking.
Direction: Search Hyeopjae beach with GPS or use the address 2497-1 Hyeopjae-ri, Hallim-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do.

We were out of ideas where to go in Jeju on our last day and decided to visit one of the beaches. There is a Korean version of the little mermaid statue here so no need to go to Denmark to see the little mermaid. The waters are very clear in this beach. I didnt spend much time on the beach itself since I can go to the beach anytime in Penang but the most interesting aspect of the beach is that the beach compose of the beach and also the lava rocks with some very bright green moss growing on it. On the lava rocks, there are small ponds where the water is so clear you can see right to the bottom.

Korean little mermaid. Looks very lonely. Not a good picture. If you notice the big rock together with the mermaid, there is a big hole in the rock where you can go inside and take picture together with the mermaid. The black rocks at the background are the lava rocks together with the beach which makes it special.

The stones are piled up from big to small on the rocks. They also sell this kind of rocks in some souvenir shops in Jeju. So clever. Just pick rocks from the beach and sell them lol.

All the stones are pile up from big to small. Cannot see very clearly in this picture. Not sure who pile up all the rocks but he must be very free. The rocks are not glue together or anything and I can just kick everything down. I wonder why nobody do that and leave it as it is hmm..

Can see the black lava rocks and the bright green moss and the beach all coming together in this beach.

If you have free time, then can consider visiting this beach for its uniqueness.