About Filmed in Korea
Filmed in Korea is an independent guide to the real places where Korean dramas are filmed — written and maintained from South Korea by one editor, E Ho, rather than assembled automatically from other people's blog posts.
Who writes this site
I'm E Ho, and I run Filmed in Korea on my own. I live in South Korea, watch the shows I write about, and read the Korean-language sources — local news reports, city and provincial tourism announcements, and the location credits that production companies publish — that most English-language K-drama location posts are ultimately copied from, usually several translations removed from the original.
That is the entire reason this site exists. When an English article says a scene was shot "in Busan", the Korean source often names the exact neighbourhood, the bus stop and the day the crew was there. This site is my attempt to pass that detail on intact, in English, Korean and Japanese, so that a fan flying in from abroad can stand on the right street corner instead of a vaguely correct city.
How we check location claims
We use official tourism and local government material where available, then compare reporting and visitor records. A listed stop is not always a confirmed filming site: some are nearby places worth visiting, and the page should say when a scene remains unverified. Older pages are being updated as better sources become available.
- Identify the claim. We separate a documented filming location from a reported location or a nearby travel stop. If we cannot verify a specific scene, we say so.
- Show the evidence. We link to the relevant official page, report or place listing when we can, and distinguish a primary announcement from later articles repeating it. A source list is a way to inspect a claim, not a count of independent confirmations.
- Check the visit details. We use official visitor information and Korean mapping services to review addresses, hours and transport. These can change, so check the linked operator information before departure.
- Work out how you get there. Subway line and exit number, bus number, or the KTX route and journey time from Seoul. If a spot genuinely needs a car or a taxi, the page says that instead of pretending it's walkable.
- Add the warnings. Several filming locations are working schools, private homes, hospitals or fishing villages. Those pages carry explicit notes about viewing from outside only, and about sets that no longer exist. Telling you not to visit somewhere is part of the job.
What you will not find here
No drama stills or screenshots. Every image on this site is a freely-licensed photograph of the real place, credited on the photo credits page. Publicity images and screen captures belong to the broadcasters, so this site does not use them, even though they would make the pages prettier.
No invented locations. Some famous scenes were shot on sets that were struck after filming, or abroad. Where that is the case the page says the location cannot be visited, instead of sending you to a plausible-looking substitute.
Keeping pages current
Filming locations change constantly: cafés close, sets are dismantled, villages restrict access after too many visitors arrive, and admission prices go up. Every page carries a "last verified" date so you can see how fresh the information is, and pages are re-checked as new information comes in. New dramas are added while they are still airing, and their pages are updated as more locations are identified.
How the site stays free
Some outbound links — the ones labelled as tours, passes or bookings — are affiliate links. If you book through one, this site may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never decides what gets listed: every location here appears because it was genuinely used in a drama, and a place with no bookable tour attached is covered exactly the same way as one that has three. Full details are on the affiliate disclosure page.
Corrections and contact
If something here is wrong or out of date — a closed café, a changed address, a location credited to the wrong drama — I would genuinely like to know, and corrections are made quickly. The same address works for questions, permissions and partnership enquiries.
Email [email protected], or use the contact page.