Filming location: Full House
I honestly have not seen the Korean drama “Full House” starring Bi (or Rain) and Song Hye Gyo, and I’m not that interested to see it. (I didn’t even finish “Coffee Prince” and a line of other “cutesy and typical” K-drama)
Last Saturday (November 15) though I visited the filming location of “Full House” in Si-do (Shi Island), which is just at the back of Incheon International Airport. My mother had a 10-hour stopover in Korea on her way to Los Angeles. It is such a short-time to bring her to Seoul or away from the island where the airport is located.
To go to Si-do, we took the ferry at Sam-mok port. The round-trip fare for the car is 20,000 won (US$13.50 - passengers need not pay extra). We landed at Shin-do’s port 15 minutes later. Si-do is connected to Shin-do by a bridge. I was chatting with my mother that I didn’t notice how long it took for us to reach the famous house.
The “set-jang” or the filming location of “Full House” is located by the beach. The weather was cold and cloudy that day. When we arrived at the location, there were only two other cars that were parked outside. A few people were strolling at the beach.
The ticket to get inside the house costs 5,000 won (US$3.37) per person! I bought two tickets for me and my mother. My husband wasn’t interested to get inside and he preferred to walk around. The ticket seller gave me two posters for free!
Here are the pictures of the place. I thought that it would be nice to go there in the summer season. I love the chandeliers in the house, especially the one in the master’s bedroom (find the rightmost picture on the fourth row). The island itself would be a nice place to visit for a walk on the beach, picnic or bathing. It is quite rural in that there are a few commercial establishments and no high-rise apartment building although attractive pension houses abound.
I have to mention that the lighting fixtures used in the house are really interesting. I’m not really sure where they got all of them, but you can search the home lighting page of Farreys for similar items available for shipping in the United States.
Tags: bi, filming location, full house, incheon, song hye gyo
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November 23rd, 2008 at 4:12 am
wow thanks for sharing! I love the flooring and I loved the drama. They must really earn so much for making it into a tourist destination.
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November 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Wow the house looks neat! Very close to my ideal house. LOL
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November 24th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
i posted this at about 2AM and i was really sleepy and tired so wala nang descriptions… anyway, ang mahal ng 5,000 won ha! mas gusto ko nga pala yung house sa Sad Sonata…
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Hi Betchay!
Love your blog. I was in Korea last year for a press coverage and I fell in love with Korea. 
Add to that, my friend lent me a full-season DVD copy of “Full House” which I happily and eagerly devoured in less than a week.
Just want to let you know that it’s such a joy to read from you, a fellow Filipina, a personal blog about the country I didn’t expect to fall in love with.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I have heard so much about Korea from my husband who worked in Seoul for a couple of years and a DVD of ‘Full House’ was one of the very first gifts he gave me!
25,000 won per head plus 5000 won per person to see where ‘Full House’ is filmed seems really steep though! But if you have a short stopover, it is always better to get out of the airport, see whatever sights are in the vicinity and get back for your flight! Sort of like ‘Stop-watch Tourism’ but it works for me!
December 16th, 2008 at 12:04 am
did you actually visit the place? full house was a alrigt tv series, frist time seem bi-rain in a tv series.