Jeju-do Self Drive Day 3: Seopjikoji & Seongeup Folk Village (Part 2)

Okay so after giving up finding Rabbit Island, we proceed to Seopjikoji on day 3 afternoon. Seopjikoji is famous for its scenic view of rapeseeds field (canola), lighthouse by the cliff, filming site and Seongsan Ilchulbong as the backdrop. Entrance to Seopjikoji is free but there’s a 1,000 won fee for car parking.

View of the vast ocean from Seopjikoji.


This was a filming location for the Korean drama ‘All In’. This church was specially built for the drama if I’m not mistaken. No idea what this drama is about as it was so long ago.

Isn’t this place amazing? Oh I can walk and walk under the scorching hot sun as long as you give me this view. Haha

We then came to a field of rapeseed flowers or also known as canola. This is just one part of the field. There’s more on the right. It was breezy and this field of yellow flowers make one of my dream come true. That’s right one of my dream is to be in the sea of rapeseed flowers. Although we had seen rapeseed flowers at Jeju Sports Complex while viewing the cherry blossom, this one is different. This field of flowers is so large.

Pretty rapeseed aka canola. I wonder if this is where canola oil come from?

Can you spot the magnificent Seongsan Ilchulbong on the background?

To the lighthouse we went.

View from the top of the lighthouse. Amazing right?

Must-have picture of Seopjikoji.

Snack seller at Seopjikoji’s parking lot.

We bought this local Jeju rice ball cake called Omegi tteok 오메기떡 at 5,000 won (RM15) – 1 pack.

Then we were drawn to this stall.

Grilled cuttlefish!!! The smell was intoxicating.

Of course we bought some. It was delicious. Cost 8,000 won (RM24).

Our main plan after visiting Seopjikoji was to go to route 5 for rapeseed flower road but since we have seen them at Seopjikoji, we decided to give it a miss. So we head to Seongeup Folk Village next.

Saw these wind mills on the way to Seongeup Folk Village. At one point we drove side by side with them.

This is one of the house at Seongeup Folk Village. This village showcase traditional Jeju houses. Can you see the asymmetrical raised pole in front of the house? That means the house owner is currently away for awhile.

Saw a field of rapeseed flower in one of the house. So pretty.

To be honest, we got a shock when we arrived at Seongeup Folk Village around 3pm. The place was like a ghost town. Where were all the tourist? It wasn’t like that many years ago. I guess we come at the wrong time. Most of the tourist must have come early in the morning. I went into a few shops and were like ‘ohhh what a pity, no business.’ Anyway we’ve been to Seongeup Folk Village 11 years ago (me and sis). There’s only 1 reason why we came back to this place again. BLACK PIG!!!

Traditional Jeju house.

House roof.

This tree is over hundred years old. A zelkova tree if I’m not mistaken.

We were then shown by a kind-hearted man this place. Written in Korean 흑돼지 which mean black pig. By no means when I shouted ‘BLACK PIG’ earlier I meant this. This wasn’t the real reason we came. The real reason is eating black pig meat. Hehehe

Cute piggy was disturbed by us so he came out from his little house.

Strutting his stuff. “Yeah I know you look sexy oh cute piggy.”

“And yes your tail is very cute too.” The man then gave the piggy a brinjal/eggplant to munch.

Now this was where the olden people throw their feces into this hole and then the black pigs will feed on it. Yup black pigs from the old eras were fed human poop. Yuck! But that’s the truth. No worry, you don’t find this nowadays. All this I understand from talking chicken and duck with the Korean man. LOL.

Ahh so beautiful.

How can a house be this pretty?

Then we went searching for a restaurant to eat. Come to this beautiful cherry blossom tree by a restaurant. Nice.

Cherry blossom. Most of the petals has fallen off.

We had our dinner at 한라식당 Halla Restaurant in Seongeup Folk Village. It was ultra delicious… that spicy black pig meat. I remembered I had this many years ago (although different restaurant) but the taste is the same. Been dreaming about it for 11 years!!! Hahaha Do read my short review or just check out the food picture by clicking the link above.

Sunset at Jeju. The road weren’t lit well so it was quite difficult to drive. We stopped by Emart to buy breakfast for next day.

Since this was our last night in Jeju, we decided to pump our car full tank so that we don’t have to worry the next morning when we returned the car to KT Kumho. Thankfully there’s a gas station just a stone throw away from Jeju Yilin Pension. We paid 50,000 won for 26.738 litre of gas. That’s RM150.00!!! Expensive no doubt. 1 litre cost 1,870 won (RM5.61).

In our room, we enjoyed some omegi tteok. Basically it’s made of black glutinous millet and covered with large red beans. Delicious. We also enjoyed hallabong bought at Seongeup Folk Village but they were not as nice as the one we bought the first time randomly on day 2.

That’s it for day 3. Stay tuned for day 4.

Here’s my South Korea travelogue so far…
Incheon + Jeju-do Self Drive Day 1: MAS, Car Rental & Jeju Cherry Blossom Festival
Jeju-do Self Drive Day 2: Yeongsil Trail at Hallasan National Park (Part 1)
Jeju-do Self Drive Day 2: Jusangjeolli Cliff, Yongmeori Coast & Cheonjiyeon Falls (Part 2)
Jeju-do Self Drive Day 3: Yilin Pension & Seongsan Ilchulbong (Part 1)

Photos from Nikon D80 and Panasonic TZ-7.