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Jinnamgwan and Yi Sun-sin Square

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Round trip
1 hr 30 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
Taxi ~7 min, about ₩4,800; or 35 min on foot
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

Jinnamgwan, National Treasure No. 304, is the largest single-storey wooden hall in Korea and was the headquarters of the Jeolla Left Naval Command. It reopened at the end of May 2025 after a ten-year dismantle-and-rebuild; 09:00–17:00 in winter, to 18:00 in summer, free. The turtle-ship replica at Yi Sun-sin Square is a short walk below it.

Why it earns the hours
  • Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door, so even a tender day works.
Before you count on it
  • No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The story

Why Jinnamgwan and Yi Sun-sin Square is famous

Jinnamgwan, National Treasure No. 304, is the largest single-storey wooden hall in Korea and was the headquarters of the Jeolla Left Naval Command, the post Yi Sun-sin held. It was dismantled for a full rebuild from December 2015 and reopened to the public at the end of May 2025. The rebuilt hall has 70 pillars and 54,000 hand-fired tiles; the original name-board was replaced by a replica. Admission is free. Below it, Yi Sun-sin Square has a full-size replica of the Geobukseon, the turtle ship, which you can board. The square hosts the Geobukseon Festival each May.

Where it is

Jinnamgwan and Yi Sun-sin Square and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 1 hr 30 min goes

Counted from the moment you step off the gangway. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.

Out7 minTaxi ~7 min, about ₩4,800; or 35 min on foot
There1 hr 16 minWhat you came for
Back7 minTo the gangway

7 minutes each way is the measured figure for taxi ~7 min, about ₩4,800; or 35 min on foot, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 16 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

Cable car, Odongdo and the old town4–6 hours · ~4.5h door to doorA 6-hour call; the three things people come for, without HyangiramHyangiram, the cable car, Odongdo and a gejang lunch (08:00–17:00 call)8 hours or more · ~7h door to doorThe 9-hour Westerdam and Noordam calls, gangway by 15:30Aqua Planet, the fish market under cover and Jinnamgwan’s relic hallA wet day · ~4.5h door to doorRain; every stop has a roof and the aquarium is walkable from the ship
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day →
2 hr 30 min for both

Expo site, Sky Tower and the Big-O

The 2012 Expo grounds surround the berth.

See the detail → 3 hr for both

Maritime cable car over the bay

Korea’s first cable car over the sea, opened in 2014: 1.5 km between Jasan Park on the mainland and Dolsan Park on the island.

See the detail →3 hr for both

Gejang lunch on the crab street

Gejang baekban, raw crab marinated in soy and served as a set with rice, is on the city’s official list of ten tastes.

See the detail →
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Yeosu plan page.
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