Jeju Loveland: Korean NSFW Erotic Theme Park

For two decades already, an extraordinary museum on Jeju Island plays a major role in the sex education of the people of South Korea. Its name is Jeju Loveland Sculpture Park, and it exhibits some 140 Korean NSFW sculptures of human figures, engaging in the saucy act of sex.

Sure, visitors are mainly giggling in front of the unusual display of statues having sex, but then again – in what school do you not see classmates bursting into laughter at something that the teacher said?

I traveled to the Love Land, an open-air school of sex positions and erotic art. Between a museum and an amusement park, Jeju Loveland is a fun ride to enjoy.

But beware of those pictures – they are definitely Korean NSFW. Scroll down to the Jeju Loveland photo gallery at the end of the article if South Korea’s sex park makes you impatient.

Welcome to the notorious Korean erotic theme park!

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Jeju Loveland, or Kama Sutra in the Korean way

An enormous woman, supposedly 9 meters tall, writhes in joy at the very entrance of Jeju Loveland. Painted in gold, she might be alone, but her craving for physical attention is real.

As if we have entered someone’s private bedroom, we witness an orgasmic spasm. The artwork’s title is “Desire”, and it is quite a tame introduction to this Korean sex park, a jungle of human sexuality that even Kama Sutra may find raunchy.

Visitors follow the penis-shaped arrows, and the very illustrative sexual manual unfolds in 3D.

The variety of sexual positions at this Korean erotic park is impressive! Dozens of human figures, even some dogs and pigs, display the old and some new ideas for your own sexual aerobics at home.

“Jeju Loveland is a place where imagination can run wild”, the motto boasts. But while the giggling crowds of young and old may suggest that this is just a humorous sex-themed park, the management promises much more! “Jeju Loveland provides a proper approach to sex culture”, they say.

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Jeju, Korean sex education island

The idea of subtle sex education was conceived here in the 1970s. As most Koreans were not allowed to travel abroad until the 1990s, the warm Jeju in the South became the prime honeymoon island.

In this period, families were arranging marriages, and newlyweds sometimes didn’t even know each other properly. Jeju Island was the place to meet and interact with your life partner, far away from family pressure.

The famous British journalist Simon Winchester reported that, in the late 1980s, the hotels on Jeju Island were employing “professional icebreakers”. Their role was to help the freshly married couples relax, through a series of entertaining erotic games, which included lap dances, but didn’t stop there. The writer comments that one of these hotel entertainers probably deflowered more women than any other man in Asia.

Korean sex island was born.

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Two decades of Korean NSFW sex art at Jeju Loveland

Love Land sculpture park opened in Jeju on November 16, 2004. Korea’s erotic theme park was a product of two years of hard work.

Two dozen graduates of Hongik University in Seoul, a Korean prime art school, gave their best in interpreting the wealth of human sex life.

While one of the intentions was indeed the education of the public, underage visitors to Jeju Loveland were not permitted. That’s right, sexual training in Korea starts only when you enter your 20s!

In the world of enlarged phalluses and labia carved in stone, your social inhibitions quickly break

From the giant marble penis that spurts water which bounces off the ground, to miniature dioramas that depict the sexual life of Koreans in everyday situations, sex in Jeju Loveland comes in all sizes and shapes.

Well, almost all! In a country that still sees homosexuality as a taboo, the exposition is fairly heteronormative. Except for a diorama presenting men in jjimjilbang, the traditional Korean spa, where one of them is lying down with an erection in an all-male environment, Jeju Island sex park dominantly depicts heterosexual encounters.

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On almost 40 thousand square meters of Jeju Loveland, you can experience what Der Spiegel called “salacious Disneyland”.

While most sex statues are made for observation, many call for interaction. Lone male and female sculptures in Jeju Loveland just scream for your involvement, while your friends snap pictures for Instagram.

In Jeju xxx world of enlarged phalluses and labia carved in stone, your social inhibitions quickly break. By the end of the erotic park tour, you will want to jump on that bicycle with pedaling-generated masturbation, and pedal until the happy end!

But does Korean sex park really present erotic – art?

From gloryholes to car sex, this soft porn sculpture park is a vast photo zone.

Jeju Loveland might defend its educative role by throwing in a few mythological references or by extending the creative variations of threesome intercourse.

But in the end, is it just an acceptable excuse for visiting a sex shop? Is South Korea’s sex amusement park not more than a smart way of igniting the visitors’ need for kinky adult toys, readily available in the museum’s gift shop?

The description plates next to the Love Land statues do not reveal the names of the sculptors. It is almost as if authorship is not essential. Jeju Loveland sculptures drown in anonymity.

So is this erotic theme park really a museum, or more of a playground? It is certainly a rare example of a sculpture exhibition that encourages visitors to touch the art.

Before leaving Jeju Loveland, we are invited to throw our spare coins into a goldfish pond, where hopefully a penis-shaped fountain may fulfill our wishes.

I decide to visit the Jeju sex museum’s restroom instead. On the male toilet, the door handle is in the shape of female breasts. On the door of the female bathroom, the handle is in the form of a penis in an erection. One could say that it is coherent exploitation of the sex theme. But there is some awkward trashiness that blooms in this example.

While I relieve at the urinal, my pee slowly spills out of the bottom of the thing and floods the area that I thought was wet with water. That was all the fountain luck I needed!

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JEJU LOVELAND ESSENTIALS

Where is Jeju Island?

Jeju Island is the southernmost island of South Korea. It lies in the Korea Strait, the sea passage between South Korea and Japan.

Going from Seoul to Jeju Island is straightforward. A direct flight is just 70 minutes long, and there are more than 90 flights per day!

For the best available prices of flight tickets, book your Jeju trip here!

How to get to Jeju Loveland?

Jeju Loveland is located in the northern part of the island, just a 15-minute ride away from Jeju International Airport.

The taxi ride from Jeju Airport to Love Land should cost you less than 10.000 KRW (8 Euros).

If you are coming from Jeju City to Love Land, you can take bus number 240 (the blue one) at Jeju Bus Terminal. You should exit at the Jeju Museum of Art. The theme park Jeju Loveland is some 550 meters away from this bus stop.

Jeju Loveland admission fee

Jeju Loveland ticket costs 12.000 KRW (9 Euros).

If you’d like a discount on the Jeju Loveland admission fee, you should form a group of 30, and then the price would be 11.000 Won.

Jeju Loveland entrance fee for seniors costs 10.000 Won, while if they form a group of 30, the price will drop to 9.000 Won (7 Euros).

All in all, the discounts at the Korean NSFW garden do not seem to be significant, and the conditions are strict.

Jeju Loveland operating hours

The opening hours for Jeju Loveland are 9 am to midnight. The last admission to the sculpture park is at 11 pm. That means that even for locals working long hours, Korean NSFW park can secure some much-needed vent.

If you are visiting Jeju Loveland at night, you will find the park illuminated, which is a very different experience.

In any case, allow yourself one hour for the visit to the South Korean sex theme park, one of the most popular Jeju Island tourist attractions!

Where to stay in Jeju?

If you want to stay close to the park, check the best accommodation offers in the Jeju Loveland area here.

Best time to visit Jeju

The warmest months to visit Jeju Island are July to September. In August, the daily temperature on the Korean island of desire might be from 26 to 31 degrees Celsius.

The busiest (and the most expensive) months in Jeju are January, May, and April. For lower prices, check December.

No words can replace what the images can communicate.
To learn more about Jeju’s most explicit theme park, explore these sexual sculptures in our Jeju Loveland photo gallery!