Why visit Ulleungdo for Kian’s Bizarre B&B
Kian’s Bizarre B&B (대환장 기안장) is a Netflix reality show in which webtoon artist Kian84 designs an unusual guesthouse and runs it with a small staff. Season 1, nine episodes released in April 2025, put that guesthouse on a barge off Ulleungdo, a volcanic island in the East Sea, with Kian84 running it alongside Jin and Ji Ye-eun. The island is the reason to come: a steep, green island rising straight out of the sea, ringed by fishing harbors, coastal roads and small offshore islands, with no bridge to the mainland and a slower pace than anywhere on the coast.
What you can actually visit is the island around the show, not the show’s building. The guesthouse was built for filming and is not open to the public, and the guests on the show were private people. What remains is public: the harbor where the barge was moored, the monorail and ports that VisitKorea and Gyeongsangbuk-do name, and the island’s own harbors, coffee and boat trips. Come for a working island — fishing ports, a monorail above the west coast, a small island offshore — and treat the show as the reason you found it, not as a set tour. If you want the guesthouse itself, you will be disappointed; if you want the island it sat beside, Hyeonpo Port is the place to start.
What’s real and what was built for the show
The guesthouse was built for filming. The main house sat on a barge in Hyeonpo Port, and the show added a forest annex reached by a monorail, according to VisitKorea and Sports Kyunghyang. Neither is open to visitors, so this guide lists the harbor, not the building. Guests on the show are private people and are not named here.
North and west coast
Hyeonpo Port (현포항) is where the floating guesthouse was moored. It sits on Ulleungdo’s north coast in Buk-myeon, and it is the one place in this guide with two sources behind it: VisitKorea and Gyeongbuk Dominilbo both name it, so it is confirmed. Visiting is straightforward — it is a working fishing port, so walk the harbor front, keep clear of boats and fishing gear, and do not expect any trace of the guesthouse. The barge is gone; the harbor is the visit. Plan the trip from your ferry port with the Kakao Map and Naver Map links on this card. There is no admission charge.
Taeha Hyangmok Monorail (태하향목 모노레일) is a tourist monorail at Taeha on the island’s west coast. VisitKorea lists it among the show’s Ulleungdo filming places, and no second source has confirmed it yet, so it is reported. It is the closest public stand-in for the show’s forest-annex ride: a short monorail trip above the west coast rather than a building you can enter. It can stop in bad weather, so check before you go, and plan the trip with the Kakao Map and Naver Map links on this card. Unlike the ports, the monorail is ticketed.
Hakpo Port (학포항) is a small fishing port further along the west coast at Hakpo. VisitKorea lists it among the show’s Ulleungdo filming places, and no second source has confirmed it yet, so it is reported. There is little to do here beyond the harbor itself: a quiet working port, free to walk, where the visit is the boats, the water and the coast road. Keep clear of boats and fishing gear, and plan the trip with the Kakao Map and Naver Map links on this card.
East coast
Jeodong Port (저동항) is a fishing harbor on the east coast in Jeodong, Ulleung-eup. VisitKorea lists it among the show’s Ulleungdo filming places, and no second source has confirmed it yet, so it is reported. It is also the practical anchor for this side of the island: Jeodong is one of the two bases in the stay section below, close to Jeodong Coffee. Walk the harbor front, keep clear of boats and fishing gear, and plan the trip with the Kakao Map and Naver Map links on this card. There is no admission charge.
Jeodong Coffee (저동커피) is a local café and souvenir brand in the same Jeodong neighborhood. Gyeongsangbuk-do says it appears in the final Season 1 episode, released on Apr 22, 2025, and no second source has confirmed it yet, so it is reported. It is the one place in this guide where you can sit down and buy something tied to the show’s island: a café and local-goods shop rather than a harbor or a ride. Check its official listing for opening hours before you go, and plan the trip with the Kakao Map and Naver Map links on this card.
Jukdo Island (죽도) is a small island off Ulleungdo’s east coast. VisitKorea lists it among the show’s Ulleungdo filming places, and no second source has confirmed it yet, so it is reported. It is reached by boat, and boat trips run on a schedule that depends on the weather — sailings can be canceled at sea, so check before you go and do not build a tight connection around a Jukdo trip. There is no bridge, and there is no single sight on the island to aim for: the boat ride and the island’s coast are the visit.
Season 2: Daegwallyeong
Season 2 moved to the mountains of Daegwallyeong in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon State, in midwinter. The producers did not give the guesthouse’s address, and no public filming place has been named yet, so there are no Season 2 places on this site for now. Pyeongchang already appears in our Winter Sonata guide (Yongpyong Resort) and on the Gangwon region page.
Getting to Ulleungdo and around
There is no bridge to Ulleungdo. Ferries leave from Pohang, Hupo (Uljin), Gangneung and Mukho (Donghae), according to VisitKorea. Ferries are often canceled in wind and high seas, so leave a spare day in your plans. Check current sailings on Ulleung County’s ferry information site (ferry.ulleung.go.kr) or with the operators listed there; this guide does not list times or fares.
On the island, plan each leg with Kakao Map or Naver Map. Roads follow the coast, so a north-coast harbor, a west-coast monorail and an east-coast port are three separate legs rather than one walk, and the Jukdo boat is its own half-day depending on the sea.
Plan your trip
Base yourself in Dodong or Jeodong. Dodong sits by Dodong Port, where some ferries arrive, per VisitKorea. Jeodong is close to Jeodong Port and Jeodong Coffee. Between the two, Jeodong keeps you nearer the east-coast places in this guide, while Dodong keeps you nearer the ferry. Ports are free; the monorail is ticketed.
Combine with nearby guides. Pohang, one of the ferry ports for Ulleungdo, is the setting of our Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha in Pohang guide, about the Cheongha village that plays Gongjin — a natural pairing if you sail from Pohang. For another island drama on a bigger stage, see our Our Blues in Jeju guide. For the mountains of Season 2’s region, see the Gangwon region page.
How we checked
A spot is confirmed when two independent sources name it as a filming location; it is reported when only one source names it so far. Hyeonpo Port is confirmed: VisitKorea and Gyeongbuk Dominilbo both name it as the harbor where the floating guesthouse was moored. The Taeha Hyangmok Monorail, Hakpo Port, Jukdo Island and Jeodong Port are reported: VisitKorea alone names each of them so far. Jeodong Coffee is reported: Gyeongsangbuk-do alone names it so far. The guesthouse and its forest annex were built for filming and are not listed as places to visit. Lodging, restaurants and other places tied to guests are left out, as are places named only on fan sites or travel blogs. Drama background comes from Netflix and the press sources listed below.
Photos: The hero image and four of the six spots (Hyeonpo Port, the Taeha Hyangmok Monorail, Jukdo Island and Jeodong Port) carry a checked CC-licensed photo of the real place, credited on each card. Hakpo Port and Jeodong Coffee have no photo yet — no checked CC photo was found for them. No drama stills are used anywhere in this guide.
Sources
All sources for this guide
Accessed Oct 2, 2026 (Asia/Seoul) unless noted.
- Netflix — Kian’s Bizarre B&B title page
- VisitKorea (KTO) — The show’s Ulleungdo filming places
- Gyeongsangbuk-do — Jeodong Coffee press release (Apr 24, 2025)
- Gyeongbuk Dominilbo — Show set on Ulleungdo released (2025-04)
- Sports Kyunghyang — The forest annex (Apr 8, 2025)
- Star News — First look at the guesthouse (Mar 26, 2025)
- Etoday — Season 2 release schedule (Sep 21, 2026)
- VisitKorea — Pohang Port Passenger Terminal
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