🎬 A Walk into the Past — Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
Located inside Sunshine Land in Nonsan, the 1950 Romantic Studio is a well-known Korean drama and film filming location.
This carefully recreated set has been used in major productions such as Mr. Sunshine, Pachinko, and The Low Life (2025).
Designed to resemble the streets of post-war Korea, the studio captures the atmosphere of the 1950s with remarkable realism. From old storefronts to period signage, the space feels less like a temporary set and more like a preserved slice of history—one that continues to appear on screen.
Now, let’s walk through the streets, one scene at a time.
📍 Location: 102 Bonghwang-ro, Yeonmu-eup, Nonsan-si, South Chungcheong Province
🎟 Admission: Free
⏰ Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Closed on Thursdays)
🌏 Before You Head Out to Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
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🚪 Outside View & Entrance to Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
From the outside, the studio already feels like a quiet film set waiting to come alive.
Low-rise buildings, faded brick walls, and hand-painted murals hint at the era recreated inside — mid-20th-century Korea.
🚪 The entrance to Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio — where the past begins quietly.
Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
Passing through the entrance, the modern world fades behind. 🚶♀️
The street opens gently, inviting visitors to walk in slowly rather than rush forward.
🏙️ Everyday Scenes of the 1950s
Turning right and following a counterclockwise route 🔄, the first alley reveals familiar scenes from daily life in the past.
🖋️ A stamp and engraving shop, recreated from the 1950s.
🎬 A vintage cinema anchoring the studio’s first alley, complete with classic movie signage that recalls post-war Korea.
🏥 A small local clinic and neighborhood pharmacy 💊 appear — modest spaces that once formed the backbone of everyday life.
👗 Eden Dressmaker — a neighborhood tailor from the 1950s, carefully recreated.
🚗 A vintage car tucked into the alley, adding a quiet sense of time travel.
📮 A quiet red post box, waiting patiently for letters that never arrived.
Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
🍶 Hyeongje Jujeom (Brothers’ Tavern), where evenings once stretched slowly into night.
👞 A small Puksung shoe shop beside the bar — everyday trades lining the same street & a Chinese restaurant at the corner, where warm meals once drifted into the alley.
🏢 A small commercial building with a dabang (a vintage Korean coffee house), a flower shop, and a laundry — where everyday life quietly continues.
At Geumseong Dabang, chestnut lattes and ssanghwa tea are still served today, the space gently alive and in use.
🏦 The Joseon Mutual Bank — its upper floors left in ruins, a quiet reminder of buildings shaped and broken by war.
🏠 A modest house along the street, carrying the quiet weight of ordinary lives with a fading slogan on the wall: “Today a student, tomorrow a general.”
A line that captures the hopes and pressures of its time.
🍶 A small bar entrance, where the day likely ended in hushed conversations and 🚻 a public toilet tucked beside it — practical, unnoticed, yet essential.
📜 Walls covered with old posters — anti-communism slogans, vigilance warnings, calls for technological progress, and national development plans.
Quiet reminders of a time shaped by urgency, discipline, and collective resolve.
🏨 Jongno Hotel facing the street, with a bicycle rental stand nearby and a small inn to the left
Inside, a notice gently reminds visitors that restrooms were uncommon in the 1950s — directing them to the Military Experience Hall located beyond the stairs.
Out front, a cigarette kiosk stands quietly, completing the everyday scene.
🛒 Onam Sanghoe, a neighborhood grocery where shelves still hold everyday favorites of the 1950s — Hi-Tie detergent, powdered milk, senbei crackers, and small items once familiar in every household.
✂️ Geumseong Barbershop and a photo studio — everyday stops where appearances were trimmed, memories captured, and worn shoes repaired.
🏥 An old eye clinic building, its upper walls torn open — quiet scars left behind by wartime bombing.
🏢 A commercial building lined with everyday shops — a grocery, a flower shop, a camera store, a radio shop, and more — quietly reflecting the rhythms of daily life that once filled the street.
Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
🍺 The Crown Beer building, once home to a tailor and a laundry — a place where work, wear, and everyday routines quietly shared the same address.
⌚ A watch and jewelry shop, where time was carefully kept and small treasures quietly displayed behind glass.
🏬 A department store, Jeil Boutique, and a family home standing side by side — commerce and everyday life quietly sharing the same street.
📰 A newspaper office, — carrying news, opinions, and the pulse of the era through the city.
🚶♀️ The walk slows here, in a quiet alley where footsteps fade and the street gently exhales.
No grand signs, no crowds — just the feeling that time has passed through, and left its trace behind.
✨ Final Thought on Nonsan 1950 Romantic Studio
Nonsan is a city of layered stories — from the Korea Army Training Center, where generations of soldiers are trained, to Sunshine Land, a beloved filming location for Korean dramas.
It is also home to Gwanchoksa Temple, where the towering Eunjin Mireuk, the tallest stone Buddha in Korea, has watched over the land for centuries, and to streets where Korea’s modern history quietly lingers.
If this walk through the 1950s stirred your curiosity, the next journey naturally leads to Sunshine Studio, where history and drama come alive on screen.
👉 Explore the filming locations here: https://enko.co.kr/mr-sunshine-filming-location/
For a deeper sense of time and faith, you may also want to visit Gwanchoksa Temple, home to the towering Eunjin Mireuk, the tallest stone Buddha in Korea.
👉 Check out the Gwanchoksa Temple post here: https://enko.co.kr/gwanchoksa-temple/