The Jejumok Gwana Government Office / captured from www.jejuheritage.kr

The Visit Jeju Heritage Year 2025 is set to kick off at the Jejumok Gwana Government Office, the filming location of the popular Netflix series "When Life Gives You Tangerines," and 24 other locations on the southern resort island next month, organizers said Friday.

The Jeju World Natural Heritage Center said it and the Korea Heritage Service will jointly begin the Season 1 event of the Visit Jeju Heritage Year 2025 on April 1, after Jeju Island was selected as the first choice for the nation's Visit Korean Heritage Year initiative.

Tourists participating in the Season 1 event are encouraged to visit the 25 locations to explore the island's history and local cultural heritage under the theme of Jeju's suffering and dreams.

On the top of the list is the Jejumok Gwana Government Office, a regional government office during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), where the writing contest scene of "When Life Gives You Tangerines" was filmed.

Other locations include Hyangsadang (a Joseon gazebo), Jeju Hyanggyo (a Confucian shrine and academy), Ohyeondan (a Confucian altar), Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut (a folk ritual), the Transmission Center, Jeju 4.3 Peace Memorial Hall, the Gat (traditional hat) Exhibition Hall, Gimnyeong Bulteok (traditional rest areas for female divers), Seongsan's Gwangchigi Beach, Jeongui Hyanggyo, the Seongeup Folk Village, the Gasiri Historic Site, Jeongbang Falls and Muo Beopjeong Temple, the birthplace of Jeju's first anti-Japanese movement.

Also included are Andeok Valley Evergreen Forest, human and animal footprint fossils, Daejeong Hyanggyo, Seogwipo Kim Jeong-hui's Home in Exile, Japanese cave fortifications on Mount Songak, the Altteureu Airfield Japanese underground bunker, the Suweolbong volcanic debris layer, the Wollyeongri cactus colony, Geumneung Port, Susanri black pine trees and the Hangpaduri Hangmong (anti-Mongolian) Historic Site.

The organizers said the Visit Jeju Heritage Year 2025 will run for a total of four seasons until Nov. 16. Season 2, featuring natural heritage sites, such as the Jungmun Daepo coast columnar joints and Mount Sanbang, will kick off May 30. Season 3 will begin Aug. 1 to look into the lives of Jeju residents in the past. Season 4, which will follow the "Tamna Sunryeokdo," a painting book by a Jeju governor during the Joseon Dynasty, will begin Sept. 26 and run until Nov. 16.

In addition, there will be events to explore the shrine of Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) Gen. Choi Yeong on Chuja Island, Mara Island's natural reserve, Suweolbong peak, Mount Halla, Seongsan Ilchulbong and the Geomun Oreum volcanic cone, they said.

The Jeju World Natural Heritage Center is set to open a visitor center for the Visit Jeju Heritage Year 2025 at Hyangsadang on Friday. The visitor center will provide information about the event, and host small performances and events. Detailed program information and participation methods are available on the event's website. (Yonhap)