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Extraordinary Attorney Woo (이상한 변호사 우영우) aired on ENA from June to August 2022. Park Eun-bin plays Woo Young-woo, a rookie attorney with autism at a big Seoul law firm, and Kang Tae-oh plays Lee Jun-ho, a colleague at the firm. It streams on Netflix.
The Changwon tree and Suwon’s Haengnidan-gil are confirmed by two or more independent press reports. Muuido and the Jeju temple are reported by one press source each.
Why visit these places
Extraordinary Attorney Woo gave its viewers one of the most memorable fictional villages in recent K-drama — Sodeok-dong, a small community fighting a road project to save its old hackberry tree. The tree is real. It stands in Dongbu Village, Bukbu-ri, in Changwon’s Daesan-myeon, it is about 500 years old, and after the drama aired the Cultural Heritage Administration named it a natural monument. Standing under it, you are standing in the one place where the drama’s fiction and a real Korean village meet.
The rest of the guide spreads that single story across the country. Suwon’s Haengnidan-gil is the café and restaurant street beside Hwaseong Fortress where press reports place the kimbap restaurant run by Young-woo’s father — a working business that, press reports say, does not sell kimbap. Silmi resort area on Muuido is the beach and campground area that press reports name as the “sunset village” suggested as a date spot. And Gwaneumsa on the slopes of Hallasan is the working Buddhist temple named as a Jeju filming location. Four places, four regions, one drama: a tree, a café street, a beach and a temple.
Visiting the spots
The “Sodeok-dong” tree, Changwon
- Changwon Bukbu-ri Hackberry Tree (Dongbu Village) — the tree and Dongbu Village played Sodeok-dong, according to press reports. It stands in a small farming village, so visit in daylight, keep to public paths, stay behind any barriers around the tree, and keep noise down near homes. From Busan or Seoul, check Korail to Changwon, then search the route on Naver Map (English UI). Changwon is an easy day trip from Busan. The tree is the one stop in this guide where the drama connection is confirmed by two or more independent press reports — and it shows: this is a protected natural monument, not just a photo spot.
Suwon, Muuido and Jeju
- Haengnidan-gil, Suwon — a café and restaurant street beside Hwaseong Fortress. The restaurant is a working business that does not sell kimbap, according to press reports; visit as a customer or view it from the street. From Seoul, check Korail or the subway to Suwon, then search the route on Naver Map (English UI). Haengnidan-gil pairs with a walk around Hwaseong Fortress, and our Lovely Runner in Suwon guide covers the same street. For a ready-made itinerary, see our 1-day Suwon route.
- Silmi resort area, Muuido — a beach and campground area on the west side of Muuido, facing Silmido. Check tide times before walking toward Silmido. From Seoul, search the route to Muuido on Naver Map (English UI); the island is linked to Yeongjongdo by the Muui Bridge. For a ready-made itinerary covering the Incheon area, see our 1-day Incheon route.
- Gwaneumsa Temple, Jeju — a working Buddhist temple on the slopes of Hallasan. Dress modestly, keep quiet in the halls, and do not photograph people at prayer. Search the route from Jeju City on Naver Map (English UI). For a Jeju-based trip, see our 2-day Jeju route and our Our Blues in Jeju guide.
Plan your trip
Do not try to chain all four places into one trip. They sit in four regions: Changwon in the south-east, Suwon near Seoul, Muuido by Incheon Airport, and Jeju island. The natural pairings are Changwon with a Busan stay, Haengnidan-gil with a Seoul stay, and Muuido with an Incheon arrival or departure day. Jeju needs its own trip. For trains, check Korail, then search each last leg on Naver Map (English UI).
When to go. The tree is best in spring, summer and autumn, when the village is green and the canopy is full. Silmi resort area on Muuido is a summer stop — beach and campground weather — and Gwaneumsa on Hallasan is best in spring and autumn. Haengnidan-gil, as a café street, works year-round; pair it with Hwaseong Fortress, which is an outdoor walk in any season. If you are building one trip around a single season, spring and autumn suit three of the four stops.
How we checked
A spot is confirmed when two independent sources name it as a filming location; it is reported when the sources trace back to a single origin; it is fan-spotted when only fan sources connect it to the drama. The Changwon tree and Suwon’s Haengnidan-gil are confirmed by two or more independent press reports. Muuido and the Jeju temple are reported by one press source each. Law firm offices, courts, homes and places without an official or press source are left out. The Suwon restaurant is not named in the press pieces, so we leave it unnamed. Spot status was last checked on the dates shown on each card; we re-verify periodically and update when places close, change, or gain new sources.
Photos: The hero image and three of the four spots carry a verified CC-licensed photo of the real place, credited on each card: the Changwon hackberry tree (KOGL Type 1), Muuido (CC BY-SA 4.0), and Gwaneumsa Temple (CC BY-SA 4.0). Haengnidan-gil has no photo yet. All photos on this page are location photos, not drama stills; the only drama footage is Netflix’s official trailer, embedded from YouTube.
Sources
All sources for this guide
Accessed Sep 27, 2026 (Asia/Seoul) unless noted.
- Seoul Shinmun — The Sodeok-dong hackberry becomes a natural monument (Sep 29, 2022)
- Kukmin Ilbo — Changwon hackberry designated a natural monument
- Busan Ilbo — Survey for natural monument designation (Jul 25, 2022)
- Gyeongnam Shinmun — The Sodeok-dong hackberry is in Changwon
- Hankyung — Visitors at the kimbap restaurant location in Suwon (Aug 4, 2022)
- Segye Ilbo — Kimbap restaurant location in Suwon (Aug 5, 2022)
- Inews24 — Extraordinary Attorney Woo filming locations
- Nownews (Seoul Shinmun) — Extraordinary Attorney Woo filming locations (Aug 23, 2022)
- Netflix — Extraordinary Attorney Woo
- Korail — https://www.letskorail.com/ebizcom/cs/guide/guide/guide11.do
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