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Wellness spots selected by the Korea Tourism Organization

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  서천 치유의 숲

  The Seocheon Healing Forest is a therapeutic space nestled among the abundant forest resources of Mount Munsan and Mount Hirisan, where visitors can boost their immune systems and improve their health. To maximize the healing benefits, the forest offers a variety of forest therapy programs, including those that utilize the pine and oak forest trails—such as the barrier-free path built around Janghangje—as well as singing bowls, aromatherapy, log meditation and detox exercises, and foot baths. In addition, a variety of forest therapy programs designed to restore both physical and mental health are harmoniously organized and conducted.

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  오두산 치유숲

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  Odu Mountain Healing Forest is a unique space created by preserving nature in its original state while incorporating various artistic elements; it is a healing destination where nature, art, and healing come together in harmony. Starting at the entrance, installations such as the “Self-Portrait,” “Spiderweb of Love,” “Meditation Painting,” “Tower of Wishes,” and “Soaring Waterfall” are all crafted from natural materials like stone and soil, allowing visitors to see, feel, and appreciate the stories they embody firsthand. As you walk along the forest trails, you’ll encounter a range of emotions, and the comfort provided by nature, combined with the messages conveyed by the art, offers a truly healing experience. In addition, the forest hosts a variety of programs—including “Café Odu,” the overnight lodging facility “Omstay,” art workshops, flea markets, and small-scale festivals—offering visitors a richer experience. Whether you visit with family, friends, or a partner, Odu Mountain Healing Forest—a hidden healing destination in Goseong—offers a peaceful and heartwarming experience for everyone.

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  쌀겨효소찜질테라피

  Rice Bran Enzyme Steam Therapy is a unique wellness facility that utilizes the natural heat generated when microorganisms ferment rice bran. Instead of using artificial heaters, this facility warms the body using pure fermentation heat—approximately 60–70°C—generated by the metabolic activity of microorganisms. Participants bury their entire body—except for their face—in fine rice bran for the treatment; the heat generated during this process penetrates deep into the body, helping to promote blood circulation and boost metabolism. Unlike a typical sauna, this fermented heat treatment is effective in improving basic physical fitness, strengthening the immune system, and relieving chronic fatigue and muscle pain. Additionally, after the treatment, visitors can use the remaining rice bran powder as a natural scrub to smooth and refine their skin texture, providing cosmetic benefits as well. To ensure systematic management of the fermentation process, all programs operate on a 100% advance reservation basis.

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  National Center for Forest Therapy, Daeunsan

  The Daeun Mountain National Healing Forest is a forest wellness facility designed to boost the body’s immune system and promote health by utilizing various forest elements. In the refreshing valleys of Daeun Mountain, spaces such as the “Scent of Grass Trail,” the “Wind Meadow Healing Trail,” and the “Premium Forest Trail” have been created for a variety of forest therapy activities. As a space designed to relieve stress and promote mental and physical well-being, visitors can experience nature’s healing power firsthand by breathing in phytoncides while engaging in various activities, such as forest walks and exploration.

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  국립양평치유의숲

  The Yangpyeong National Healing Forest is a specialized forest wellness institution where all citizens can enjoy forest wellness services. Located in Yangdong-myeon, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, it offers excellent accessibility, being less than an hour from the Seoul metropolitan area. It features healing facilities such as the Sabujak Trail (a 1.1 km barrier-free boardwalk), a hammock zone, a hinoki cypress pool, and a thermal therapy room, and offers a variety of forest therapy programs.

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  Seogwipo Healing Forest

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  석예원 본초 족욕 성산점

  This is a place where you can experience a self-guided foot bath therapy that uses natural ingredients derived from nature to relieve travel fatigue. The self-guided foot bath, which utilizes natural beauty salts, peppermint oil, and herbal foot bath water based on traditional Korean medicine, is the perfect way to give your tired body and mind a moment of rest. Natural medicines used for the health, treatment, and prevention of living beings are called “herbal remedies.” The herbal foot bath solution used in this therapy is made from carefully selected herbal ingredients used in traditional Korean medicine. Since ancient times, traditional Korean medicine has advocated the principle of “cool head, warm feet”—that is, “keep your head cool and your feet warm.” The feet, well known as a microcosm of the five viscera and six bowels, are so important that they are often described as representing the entire human body. Foot baths help relax tense muscles, remove waste products from the body, and promote smooth blood circulation. As the facility operates by appointment only, it is recommended to make a reservation online in advance before visiting. Nearby tourist attractions include Seopjikoji and Gwangchigi Beach.

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  순창 쉴랜드

  The “SHIL” in Shiland stands for “Sustainable Health In Life,” signifying a space where people can lead sustainable, healthy lives. Construction began in 2007, and the facility opened on December 24, 2010. Located in the mountains at an elevation of 250 meters and covering a total area of 493,189 square meters, the facility offers a variety of training programs and hands-on experiences centered on health, recreation, and healing. Recently, it has emerged as a wellness tourism destination, attracting visitors of all ages—from children to seniors—seeking healing, leisure, recovery, and relaxation. SHIL Land’s facilities include the Main Building, the Health and Longevity Experience Science Museum, SHIL Studio, Meditation Hall, multipurpose sports facilities, lodging buildings, bungalows, health and recreation experience facilities, a medical farming experience center, a hinoki cypress forest trail, and a healing park. Educational programs include healthy eating programs, healing retreat programs, and wellness programs.

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  창원 편백 치유의 숲

  Located at the foot of Jangbok Mountain in Jinhae-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, the Changwon Hinoki Cypress Healing Forest is a beautiful place home to towering hinoki cypress trees and a variety of understory vegetation, such as green tea plants. It is a forest designed to allow visitors to experience healing forest trails, aromas, and scenery to offer visitors the opportunity to experience forest therapy programs. Major facilities include a healing center, a health assessment room, a foot bath therapy room, a meditation area, an exercise area, and the Healing Forest Trail. In the spring, a road lined with cherry blossoms leading to the Healing Forest attracts many visitors.

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  Suanbo Hot Springs Foot Bath Path

  It is said that the Suanbo Hot Springs have been naturally flowing since time immemorial. According to the *History of Goryeo*, they existed as early as the 9th year of King Hyeonjong’s reign, and the *Annals of the Joseon Dynasty* records that King Taejo, Yi Seong-gye, even used the Suanbo Hot Springs to treat a severe skin disease, attesting to their long history. It is the only hot spring in Korea where the hot spring water is managed centrally by the city of Chungju, and thanks to its focus on preserving the hot spring resources, it is recognized as high-quality water containing various minerals beneficial to human health. The Suanbo hot spring water is a slightly alkaline spring that emerges from a depth of 250 meters underground and contains minerals beneficial to the human body, such as calcium, sodium, fluoride, magnesium, and lithium. Foot baths using this Suanbo hot spring water help regulate metabolism, relaxing tense muscles and promoting a sense of psychological well-being. They are highly effective in relieving fatigue and stress and promoting restful sleep.

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  대구약령시 한방의료체험타운

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  The Daegu Yakryeongsi Traditional Korean Medicine Experience Town was established to revitalize Daegu Yakryeongsi, a hub of traditional Korean medicine in Korea, and to widely promote the excellence of traditional Korean medicine. Through diverse and specialized experiential programs, it aims to provide opportunities for everyone—from young children to adults—to easily engage with traditional Korean medicine, thereby contributing to its popularization and establishing itself as a space that promotes public health and drives regional economic development.

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  본초다담

  Boncho Dadam, a traditional Korean herbal foot bath experience café that uses products from Jecheon City—the home of herbal medicine—is a place where you can relieve the fatigue accumulated from daily life and travel. In addition to herbal foot baths, the cafe offers experiences with and sales of herbal medicines and sprouts, and also features a cafeteria. After filling the foot bath tub with water, simply add a herbal tea bag; the medicinal properties are then infused into the water, allowing you to enjoy a healthy foot bath.

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  Skylake

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  Jewon Haneul

  Je Won Haneul Farm is a citrus orchard featuring 26,046 square meters (8,500 pyeong) of open-field and greenhouse facilities, and has received pesticide-free, GAP, and low-carbon certifications from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Starting with mandarin blossoms from late April to early May, visitors can enjoy green mandarins from August to September, open-field mandarins in October, and varieties such as Hwanggeumhyang, Redhyang, and Cheonhyehyang from December to February. Depending on the season, the farm offers a variety of food therapy programs where visitors can make their own mandarin marmalade, mandarin cake, green tangerine syrup, and Ha-gyul syrup. It also offers a space for rest and relaxation for those feeling physically and mentally exhausted through sound healing activities such as singing bowl meditation in the tangerine groves and making “huuring” (wishing bells) to hold one’s wishes.

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  National Jangseong Healing Forest

  Mount Chukryeong, home to the largest concentration of hinoki cypress forests in Korea, stretches across the border between Jangseong County in the Gwangju-Jeonnam Metropolitan City and Gochang County in North Jeolla Province. Mr. Im Jong-guk, a private forest owner, played a major role in establishing the hinoki cypress forests on Mount Chukryeong. Mr. Im Jong-guk reforested the Chukryeong Mountain area—which had been stripped bare by indiscriminate logging during the Japanese colonial period and damage from the Korean War—by planting 62 hectares of cypress, 143 ha of hinoki cypress, and 55 ha of other tree species—including larch—in the Mount Chukryeong area, which had been stripped bare by indiscriminate logging during the Japanese colonial period and damage from the Korean War. The total number of trees planted amounts to approximately 2.5 million. This was accomplished over a period of 34 years, beginning in 1956. The result is a vast evergreen forest spanning 1,148 ha, densely populated with hinoki cypress and cedar trees aged 40 to 60 years. Currently, the Korea Forest Service has purchased 388 ha of the forest and is conducting ongoing forest management. Within the hinoki cypress forest, 10 km of forest roads have been constructed for forest management purposes, and a “Healing Forest” specializing in hinoki cypress has been established, serving as a recreational space for visitors to enjoy forest bathing, forest experiences, and forest therapy. The Jangseong National Healing Forest (Jangseong Hinoki Cypress Healing Forest) was selected as a “Beautiful Millennium Forest” at the 1st National Beautiful Forest Competition in 2000.

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  팔영산 편백 치유의 숲

  Located in the Gwangju Integrated Special City in South Jeolla Province, the Palyeongsan Cypress Healing Forest is a national park boasting breathtaking natural scenery and the largest cypress forest in the country. It is a forest designed to allow visitors to utilize various environmental elements to boost the body’s immune system and promote overall health. Visitors can not only restore their physical and mental health but also reduce stress and find peace of mind by observing and experiencing nature’s gifts—such as sunlight, breeze, scenery, and fragrance. Visitors can participate in various hands-on programs designed to build physical strength and immunity—such as those focused on mental and physical recovery, relaxation, and lifestyle improvements—while also enjoying the unique scenery of the Palyeongsan Cypress Healing Forest.

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  The Oriental Medicine Resort: Chorakdang

  Chorakdang, a traditional Korean medicine theme park, is a destination where visitors can enjoy health tours based on traditional Korean medicine. It was designated as part of the “Health Tour to Korea” program in 2001 by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, an agency under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Chorakdang’s facilities include a thatched pavilion, a yellow clay cave, an annex, a forest bathing area, Buromun Gate, Seongryudang Hall, a carp pond, examination rooms, treatment rooms, a yellow clay steam room, the Chorak Museum, Baekryeonjeong Pavilion, an artificial turf tennis court, and a hiking trail (Heo Jun Walking Trail). At Chorakdang, visitors can receive traditional Korean medicine treatments and consultations in a thatched-roof house with an old-world charm. The center combines bath therapy, traditional Korean heat therapy, dietary therapy, and exercise therapy, all conducted in a natural and traditional manner. Entering the forest path behind Chorakdang leads to the Heo Jun Forest Bathing Trail. Visitors can enjoy forest bathing while walking along this trail; for those visiting for medical treatment, it serves as a space—along with the yellow clay steam room—where they can heal in harmony with nature.

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  김수자 녹차족욕카페

  The moment you dip your feet into the warm water, a subtle aroma of green tea fills the air, and the fatigue from your trip to the Boseong tea fields slowly melts away. Kim Su-ja’s Green Tea Foot Bath Café, located in the Cultural Experience Building at Boseong Dahyang Art Valley, specializes in green tea foot baths and is run by Master Kim Su-ja, holder of South Korea’s first certified foot care specialist license. Master Kim’s certification and career history are displayed at the counter near the entrance, allowing visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of foot health. While enjoying a foot bath with a green tea bath salt made from Boseong tea, guests are served a cup of warm tea—such as mung bean tea or chaga mushroom tea—which varies by season. You can be seated immediately without a reservation if the wait isn’t long, and it’s a great spot to sit side by side with family and enjoy a cozy chat. It’s also an ideal way to wrap up a Boseong tea tour, especially when combined with a visit to the nearby Korean Tea Museum and Daehan Tea Garden.

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  공주 환경성 건강 센터

  The Gongju Environmental Health Center is a facility directly operated by Gongju City, located in Geumhak-dong, Gongju. With the goal of preventing and managing allergic diseases, the center offers cooking classes and eco-friendly healing forest experiences, and operates a family bath for families of patients who have difficulty accessing public bathhouses. The center operates in collaboration with Chungnam National University Hospital, Gongju Medical Center, the Gongju City Association of Korean Medicine Practitioners, and the Association of Daycare Centers. It provides education and information on environmentally-induced diseases to citizens and conducts hands-on learning programs within the center to prevent such conditions. The Gongju Environmental Health Center aims to disseminate accurate medical knowledge regarding atopic dermatitis, asthma, and allergic rhinitis to residents of the central region and, ultimately, the entire nation, while providing a customized prevention and management system. The Gongju Environmental Health Center is located near downtown Gongju and can be accessed via Ugumti-ro and Suwonji Park-gil. Nearby attractions include the Gongju Forest Recreation Village, Geumhaek Ecological Park, and the Gongju Ugumchi Battlefield Site.

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  Samcheok Hwalgi Healing Forest

  The Samcheok Hwalgi Healing Forest is a multifunctional forest recreation and healing facility located deep within the woods of Hwalgi-ri, Miro-myeon, Samcheok City. It was created to provide visitors with rest and rejuvenation amidst lush natural surroundings. The site features a visitor center, a healing center, treehouses, a forest experience area, a water healing area, and healing forest trails. While preserving the forest’s natural state as much as possible, it is equipped with only the bare minimum of amenities for visitors. A forest densely packed with majestic old-growth trees, a forest ablaze with red autumn foliage, a forest where various tree species harmoniously coexist, a birch forest notable for its white bark, oak groves, and the “Samcheok Millennium Forest”—home to the “Beautiful Lady Pine” and the “Great King Pine” located near Jun-gyeong’s Tomb—all offer beautiful and profound forest landscapes that heal visitors’ bodies and minds.

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  한방스파 여용국

  Yeoyongguk was founded based on the novel *The Story of Yeoyongguk* by Ahn Jeong-bok from the Joseon Dynasty. Yeoyongguk emphasizes that each person has a unique constitution. Since everyone’s constitution is different, there are limits to the effectiveness of one-size-fits-all massage techniques or herbal remedies. After accurately analyzing each individual’s constitution, body, and skin condition, the center offers an optimal, customized program that incorporates tailored traditional Korean medicinal ingredients, aromatherapy, and massage tools. In particular, it provides a variety of specialized programs for those requiring special care, such as pregnant women with severe edema, individuals with obesity, acne, or chronic fatigue. As such, applying herbal remedies and massage techniques suited to each individual’s constitution is essential to achieving the desired results.

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  국립대관령치유의숲

  The Daegwallyeong National Healing Forest, where Geumgang pine trees are preserved in their primeval state, is a forest therapy space connected to hiking trails along the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range, including the Old Daegwallyeong Trail, Seonjaryeong, Jewangsan, and Obongsan. This forest has been designed to allow visitors to experience the various elements of the forest, such as its fragrances and scenery. Amid the lush pine forests of Daegwallyeong, spaces for various forest therapy activities have been established, including a health assessment room, healing huts, a pine scent area, and healing forest trails. In particular, with seven forest trails categorized by difficulty and unique features, as well as an accessible deck path, it is a place where anyone can easily and enjoyably experience the Pine Scent Forest.

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  National Center for Forest Therapy, Jecheon

  The Jecheon National Healing Forest is an agency under the Korea Forest Welfare Promotion Institute, which is affiliated with the Korea Forest Service, and was established with the goal of promoting public health and improving quality of life. It was developed over a three-year period from September 2016 to May 2019 and covers an area of 61.3 hectares (including a 494.82-square-meter Healing Center). The main tree species are oak and pine. Visitors can participate in forest welfare programs, such as forest relaxation and forest therapy, and make use of the supporting facilities.

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  Busan Healing Forest

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  The Busan Healing Forest, the first of its kind in the Yeongnam region, is operated by the Busan Metropolitan City Green City Development Office and was established in November 2017 within the Busan National University Academic Forest. Spanning 153 hectares and featuring broad, gentle slopes at an elevation of around 240 meters above sea level, it is ideal for leisurely walks. In this forest, where pine and oak trees intermingle, the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves, the murmur of a stream, and the songs of mountain birds accompany you with every step. The area encompasses a diverse range of terrain—including flatlands, hills, valleys, and rocky mountains—and visitors can choose from several trails based on their fitness level: the “Healing Road” through Ahpusan Forest, the “Pine Breeze Trail” offering views of the Hoedong Reservoir, and the “Big Rock Trail,” where one can feel the vitality of the dense forest. Dirt paths, mat-covered trails, and boardwalks add to the enjoyment of the walk. The park also offers forest therapy, guided nature tours, and forest programs for young children.

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