KOREA THROUGH THE SCREEN · POHANG 01
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
갯마을 차차차
Choose the Gongjin rhythm you want to join for a day.
Gongjin is fictional, but its everyday engine is not. Cheongha’s market and the hill above the coast turn errands, neighbors and a weathered boat into a believable community.
- TIME
- 3–4 hours
- AREA
- Pohang
MARKET OR HILL
START WITH WHAT STAYED WITH YOU
Did Gongjin feel like a market or a lookout?
Join Cheongha on a real market day, or climb to the boat and let the coast widen the story.
Before you commit to this route
- Start
- Pohang Station (포항역) → Cheongha Traditional Market
From your accommodation or the hub below, check the current route to the first place. A place pin is not a verified entrance.
Find the place ↗ - Finish → return
- Cheongha Traditional Market → Pohang Station (포항역)
From the final place, check the route back via this hub to your accommodation. Save the return before setting out; optional detours require their own return plan.
Find the return hub ↗ - Time boundary · 3–4 hours
- Add the final bus/taxi connection to the selected visit time, plus both intercity journeys if coming from another city. Check the last return, seats and pickup before buying admission; a short visit does not make the journey short.
- Rain / changed plans
- Check the actual market date and individual stalls first. In rain, keep only safely accessible covered food seating; omit exposed browsing. If closed, eat at a confirmed open restaurant in the arrival area or return via the listed hub. An off-market day is not the same experience.
Build your budget
Optional food/drink: KRW 15,000–25,000 per adult is an editorial allowance, not a checked menu price.
Add the admissions below, both transport journeys, local transfers and any parking. Transport has no fixed quote here, so a total is not promised. Shopping and optional paid experiences are extra.
- Cheongha Traditional Market: Free public market · 2026-09-11
Basis and limits
Editorial connection between the listed places and transport hubs, not a measured journey or field-verified doorway. Place-specific source dates below remain unchanged. Current route, fare and access must be checked for your travel date.
YOUR FREE TRIP CUT · 3–4 hours
See how your day fits together.
Cheongha Market → public set markers → local lunch
Mapped places
One mapped anchor for this choice. Use the visit plan for what to do there and how to leave.
Open the place, choose Directions and set your starting point. Confirm travel mode and time before leaving.
Suggested day
Best on one of the six monthly market dates ending in 1 or 6.
- MORNING
Cheongha Gongjin Market
Arrive on a date ending in 1 or 6 while the real market is active.
- MIDDAY
Public drama markers
Read exterior signs without entering active or closed workspaces.
- LUNCH
One local table
Complete the community route by becoming a customer.
MARKET NEIGHBORS · SELECTED
Two exact Pohang anchors behind the fictional town.
Each label separates a confirmed screen connection from cultural context and our route edit.
Cheongha Traditional Market
청하공진시장 · Pohang, North Gyeongsang
The market gathers the fictional town’s repeated errands inside a real local trading place.
KTO confirms Cheongha Market as Gongjin Market and lists preserved exterior markers for several drama businesses.
Time the visit to a date ending in 1 or 6 and spend with real stalls; treat set façades as exterior-only unless current signs say otherwise.
Open practical details
- Address
- Cheongha-myeon, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Market dates
- 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 and 26 of each month
- Listed hours
- Sunrise–sunset; individual stores vary
- Admission
- Free public market
- Market dates: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 and 26.
- Listed market hours run from sunrise to sunset; individual stores vary.
- The Oyun Café exterior is associated with an active factory; do not interrupt work.
Why this day belongs to the storyScreen evidence, cultural context and the moments behind the choice.
THE KOREA IT SHOWED
Community is the distance between one errand and the next.
The drama’s comfort comes from mutual obligation: the town is the spatial form of that repetition.
Cheongha Market and Sabang Memorial Park reveal the town at two scales—close exchange and a wide coastal horizon.
Take this Lens into PohangMOMENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU
The screen memory behind the choice.
Each moment separates what the work makes you feel from what a traveler can responsibly experience.
The market that makes everyone visible
Cheongha Market stands in for Gongjin Market, with several familiar storefronts around its working stalls.
There is no anonymity in the route between coffee, hardware and groceries.The fifth-day market is fullest only on dates ending in 1 and 6; some set façades cannot be entered.A boat above the sea
Sabang Memorial Park holds Chief Hong’s boat-on-the-hill hideout.
The unlikely image gives private reflection a public horizon.It is a park route with a climb; conditions and set preservation can change.KOREA BEHIND THE SCENE
Be a customer before being a fan.
The market is still a workplace, and some recognizable buildings remain active or private.
Market day is the real set
The monthly cycle matters more than a preserved sign.
Choose dates ending in 1 or 6 and buy from working vendors.A façade can still be a workplace
The familiar Oyun Café exterior is tied to an active factory.
Stay outside and never interrupt operations.The boat may change
Retained outdoor set pieces age and can be maintained or removed.
Verify condition before making it the trip’s only promise.REALITY CHECK
What the screen confirms — and what the day still needs.
Filming evidence and live visitor conditions are checked separately so a memorable scene does not become a false promise.
NO ON-SITE VISIT YETCheongha as Gongjin Market
Confirmed by KTOSabang Memorial Park boat
Confirmed by KTO; current set condition remains dynamicIgari Anchor Observatory
Removed: official listing connects it to Run On, not this titleK-SPOT on-site visit
Not yet conductedKEEP YOUR KOREA MOVING