Yongsan Family Park

Park in Seoul, South Korea

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37°31′22″N 126°59′01″E / 37.52278°N 126.98361°E / 37.52278; 126.98361Area75.900 hectares (187.55 acres)EstablishedNovember 1992 (1992-11)OpenAll hours, every dayParkingOnsite (50 spaces)Websitewww.park.go.kr/front/index.do (in Korean)Korean nameHangul

용산가족공원

Hanja

龍山家族公園

Revised RomanizationYongsan Gajok GongwonMcCune–ReischauerYongsan Kajok Kongwŏn

Yongsan Family Park (Korean: 용산가족공원) is a park in Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. It is also known as Yongsan Park (용산공원).

The area of the park is 75,900 square metres (817,000 sq ft).^[1] It has a 2 km (1.2 mi) walking path and a variety of facilities, including Taegeukgi Park in the center.^[2]^[3] Pigeons and wild pheasants live in the park.^[2] Several ponds and lakes are in the park.^[2] It is open throughout the year, at all hours.^[2] There is a path in the park where guests are intended to walk it barefoot. It has a texture that is meant to perform acupressure on your feet.^[4]

During the Japanese colonial period, the park was used as a Japanese military facility from 1906 to the liberation of Korea in 1945.^[4] It was part of the US military base Yongsan Garrison, the headquarters of the US military in South Korea after the Korean war, including the base golf course.^[4]^[1] In December 1988, efforts began to convert the area into a civilian park via a presidential decree.^[5] The park opened in November 1992.^[1]

It is accessible from Ichon station on line number 2 and Seobinggo station on line number 1.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "용산가족공원". parks.seoul.go.kr. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Yongsan Family Park (용산가족공원)". VisitKorea.or.kr. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
^ Si-jin, Kim Hae-yeon;Hwang Joo-young;Lee (2023-08-31). "[Well-curated] Plant hospital, Joseon-era wedding and Yongsan Family Park". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "용산가족공원". korean.visitseoul.net (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
^ "서울기록원". 서울기록원 웹사이트 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-17.