Love Land - Jeju Island (South Korea)

Love Land is an outdoor sex-themed sculpture park. Opened on November 16, 2004 in Jeju Island (South Korea), Love Land is perhaps the most kinkiest destination of the world. Jeju Love Land breaks the traditional taboos involving sex, and is a place where the visitor can appreciate sexuality. 

Historically, the small island with its beaches and mighty volcanic mountains and its 600,000 inhabitants has held this honorary title of HONEYMOON ISLE since the end of the Korean War, thanks to a double coincidence. On the one hand, Jeju Island is the southernmost and hence warmest part of Korea to have been properly settled. On the other hand, most South Koreans were unable -- for financial and political reasons -- to travel abroad until the early 1990s. The Jeju island thus became a popular honeymoon destination for Korean couples wedded mostly through arranged marriages. The lucky ones of the newly-weds might have had a brief chance to meet each other -- under the watchful eyes of relatives -- before exchanging vows. And then, after their wedding, they were immediately flown off to the south -- to Jeju Island so that they could get accustomed to the notion of being bonded for life and could explore sexuality with some freedom before returning to the day-to-day social life. According to an article in Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, journalist and travel writer Simon Winchester in the late 1980s reported that some hotel employees on the island performed as "professional icebreakers". In the evenings, the hotel would offer an entertainment program featuring erotic elements like lap dances and other raunchy or risqué highlights. Its purpose was to help the intimidated, freshly married novices relax -- and perhaps to give them some ideas for later. And in its new look, however shy a newly-wed couple may be, one who has meandered about between the gigantic stone labia and climbed the 10 meter marble phallus of Jeju Love Land probably feels a little less repressed afterwards.  

In 2002, 20 graduates of Hongik University of Seoul began creating sculptures for the park that opened on  2004. Encompassing an area the size of "two soccer fields", all of the sculptures can be viewed in approximately one hour (about 40 minutes during light hours and 50 minutes during night hours), and there is an additional monthly rotating exhibit featuring works by different Korean artists.  The Love Land is not only crammed with soft porn memorabilia -- statues, photographs and about 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions -- but also runs sex education films. It also has other elements such as large statues of human phallus, stone labia, and hands-on exhibits such as a "masturbation-cycle". The park's website describes the location as "a place where love oriented art and eroticism meet".


Just behind the entrance to Love Land, an acrobatic, oral-sex ensemble greets visitors. It shows a man and two women -- one woman has her legs wrapped around the man's neck and looks like she's going to break her own neck any minute. The acrobatic threesome is illuminated at night, just like the other exhibits here: the nipple mountain crowned with pink nubs or the sturdy erect penises that rise up from the goldfish pond like a fountain. The sculptures are so explicit that one can't help stopping in front of them with a mixture of disbelief and amusement. Whoever has meandered about between the gigantic stone labia and climbed the 33 feet marble phallus probably feels a little less repressed afterwards. Many shy young couples in their early 20s may be seen idling through the love park, glancing about and giggling nervously. They'll sit down next to each other on the phallus bench, set up their camera tripod and use the automatic release function to shoot a photo for the family album. Maybe they'll even stop by the Love Land Store and purchase a few souvenirs to use later.

The park remains opened from 9 am to midnight, though the admissions are restricted after 11 pm. Visitors are required to be at least 18 years old, though a separate play and recreation area is available for minors while adults visit.

Located just 10 minutes away from the JEJU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JEJU LOVE LAND is a place where imagination can run wild.  Apart from the Love Land, the island houses a Folk-lore-themed-village and a Teddy Bear Museum. All these makes Jeju Island is an ideal tourist destination. Do visit...when it matters!

With Love,

Raj Mitul