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Jeongdongjin Station🎬 Sandglass

A train station right on the beach.

Jeongdongjin Station

정동진역 · Gangneung, Gangwon-do

A tiny station with the beach right behind the platform, made famous by the 1995 TV drama "Sandglass". Koreans take the night train here to watch the New Year's sunrise.

Seen in🎬 Sandglass (1995)
Say it in Korean해돋이 haedoji · sunrise
Local tipArrive before dawn and watch the sun come up over the East Sea from the platform.
Getting thereDirect trains from Seoul stop at Jeongdongjin Station.
📍 See it on the map Naver Map Directions

Photo: Showtime2027 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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