Warning: for those of you with delicate sensibilities, we advise you take care when viewing the images below. For the rest of you, enjoy the cock…
Up a hill, overlooking the stunning coastline of picturesque Gangwon-Do lies a rather odd sight…a park full of phallic statues.
Why? Well you might well ask. Local legend has it that once upon a time a young virgin threw herself into the ocean here and drowned. The local fisherman soon began to notice a steep decline in the numbers of fish they were catching. The fish, it seemed, had all but disappeared. Concluding that the young girl’s spirit was haunting the ocean (angry and frustrated after dying a virgin!), the locals decided to take drastic action to appease said spirit. And what does a virgin spirit want most??
A discrete looking entrance, albeit with rather horrified looking cartoon folk, beckons you towards a gorgeously landscaped park. While you might be expecting an innocent stroll, perhaps a picnic with your family or a lovely view of the coast, things turn rather odd, rather quickly…
Having had an early start to the day, we were starting to become overwhelmed by penises and hunger (for food, that is) we decided that it was an opportune time for a spot of breakfast. And its not often that you get the chance to dine on cereal with such a wonderful backdrop.
Dan was born in the year of the dog.
H-J, ironically enough, was born in the year of the cock. Seriously. The rooster.
But enough about us, what more was to be found?
A slight reprieve from all this, um, activity is to be found bang smack in the middle of the park by way of a Fork Museum. Whatever wonders could lie in here, we pondered…
Sadly, when we arrived at the building the forks turned into folk.
Nary a fork to be found. However, it was a rather interesting museum which looked at both traditional and modern fishing practices, history and lore.
After being educated in the museum, it was back outdoors in the 38 degree day to explore more cock. We didn’t have to go far before we confronted with perhaps the most elaborate set up we’d seen in the park yet!
At the bottom of the cock path is the woman who started it all. The virgin. With a cock in her pocket, of course.
Just beyond her fated figure lies a little temple, perched right at the end of the cliff overlooking the fishing village. It seemed like an opportune time for a prayer or two to the god of cock.
It was here we ended our journey. Making our exit from the park back into the seaside village and relative normality, we left the penis park behind. And pondered whether we’d ever get the chance to experience a tourist attraction so odd again. Fingers crossed!
This is a hilarious entry! lol!
Its a pretty hilarious place! The things we see…
Oh my gosh . . . I hadn’t heard about this place until now. Humans are pretty strange sometimes . . . . Great and funny post!
Crazy times in little Korea!
I think I may have to shell out and come to Korea just to see this insane place. By the way , the temple picture (2nd to last) the characters 堂神海 mean sea god temple. I wish it were 堂神鸡巴。 That would be the Penis God Temple . HAHAHA
There’s certainly some damn weird stuff going down here! Sea God Temple makes sense but Penis God Temple would be WAY funny!!!
Did you pray to the God of Cock?
It would be rude not to!
HAHAHAHA so true! How about a sacrifice ?
Luckily, the penis sculptures seem to appease the gods enough. PHEW!
Thanks be to the Gods!
While some may say my sensibilities are a bit warped, my imagination runs wild with ideas. Just imagine the poetry I could write or the canvases with such inspiration…
Merci!
De rien!
Too funny! I’m amazed there aren’t more of these parks around the world
There are many phallic looking rocks around the world and in many places with Hindu influences there are lingum (penis) temples. On Jeju-do (an island off the south coast of Korea) there is a Love Museum too – loads of sex themed statues and attractions. I’ve heard of them in Japan and in Europe too…so perhaps there might be something to tickle your pickle close to you too!
holy mother of……… WOW! I did not know that such a place existed in Korea! I’ve got to check it out next time I visit! haha!! This is hilarious. And yeah.. Great job pointing out the irony (?) of the literal cock..
Korea has the weirdest collection of museums and strange items that we have come across in any country to date. There is always something new and odd to discover!
Hahaha, yeah that’s the last thing I’d've expected! A couple of my friends went there on a trip to Korea a few years back. I want to go tooooooooooo!!!!!!
Its entertaining for sure!
All right, that’s it. One of my new ambitions is to eat cereal surrounded by giant penis statues. Like a BOSS.
I know, right?! Bet not many people have a photo like THAT in their collection.
It sounds like your list of ambitions would make for some pretty entertaining reading…
Amazing. Korea continues to fascinate….
Just when you thought things couldn’t get much weirder!
How was the road there, long and hard? LOL
Had a few bends in it too
CAUTION: slippery when wet!
LOL!
OMFG. That’s about all I can say. Though some of the images had me cracking up.
I think it tops the charts as the Craziest Place to Eat Breakfast thus far on our travels…The mind boggles at what it would take to top that!!!
I really love cock! Artistically speaking.
Artistically speaking, of course!
Nice work!!! Another amazing adventure! I loved the Fork Museum too. Nothing like some good Engrish to lead the way….
Totarry! Though still a little disappointed by the lack of forks…
Never seen any park like this. Enjoyed!
Pretty unusual, for sure!
That is amazing! Every statue is more hilarious than the next!
With every corner we turned, more and more weird penises peeked out at us. It was a very strange (and funny!) way to spend a morning!
Ha ha… very cool and silly
Us? Or the post? Haha. (The correct answer is, of course, BOTH!)
Unreal….crazy……..can’t think of anything else to say….except, what are they thinking?
We gave up a LONG time ago trying to figure out why anything is a particular way here…it just is
And we love it (mostly!)…
Heehee for the love of the cock, good thing there was no builder posing here… could’ve been misinterpreted…
Builders…plumbers…I sense a theme in your recent comments!
Oh, my my! Who knew? What a strange and beautiful world. I don’t know if I would’ve been able to stop laughing long enough to take photos. Thanks for sharing!
It was certainly hard to stay focussed when we were giggling so much!
haha. Such a God. Who knows what happens when hes angry. ew
Fantabulous post by you btw. Pictures are taken neatly too. \m/ Keep rocking.
Yeah, we certainly wouldn’t be messing with this god, hahaha. Thanks for your comments!
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Amusing and adolescent at the same time.
That pretty much sums up both the park and the bloggers!
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Great post!
Pretty entertaining place to visit, for sure!
wow! Did the penis enlargement spammers contact you already to use one of the images?
Funny you should say that…our WordPress spam box was the fullest its ever been with that post!
I laughed at the waterfall. Thinking if I should include this in my list once I visit Korea. =)
The waterfall is a shocker! Haha. Definitely one of the more random parks we’ve encountered in Korea. If you do make it here, the Gangwon-do coast (where the Penis Park is) is an absolutely gorgeous spot – our favourite part of Korea!
Now this post had my laughing. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed. T’was a very entertaining experience at our end too!
This is hilarious, great post.
Thanks! We giggled our way around the park – its so weird but SO entertaining. A great spot for breakfast, too!