Ganjeolgot

Ganjeolgot
Korean name
Hangul 간절곶
Hanja 艮絶串
Revised Romanization Ganjeolgot
McCune–Reischauer Kanjŏlgot
Location Seosaeng-myeon, Ulju county, Ulsan, South Korea
Coordinates 35°21′35″N 129°21′42″E / 35.35970°N 129.36161°ECoordinates: 35°21′35″N 129°21′42″E / 35.35970°N 129.36161°E

Ganjeolgot is a park and popular tourist destination in Seosaeng-myeon, Ulju county, Ulsan, South Korea. Every New Year's Eve, people gather at the park for the Ganjeolgot Sunrise Festival. Ganjeolgot is the easternmost part of the Korean Peninsula, so it is where you can see the first sunrise of the year, earlier than anywhere else in Korea.[1] Ganjeolgot is also home to the world's second-largest mailbox,[2] which was built in 2006. People write their wishes on postcards and put them in the mailbox with the belief that doing this will make their wishes come true.[3] The name Ganjeolgot is composed of two parts: Ganjeol, Chinese for a long bamboo pole used to harvest fruits from tall trees, and Got, a native Korean word meaning “cape.” The name refers to the geographical shape of the area.[1][4]

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  1. ↑ "Japan sets new world record for largest mailbox, now ready for your puny mail". RocketNews24. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Popular sunrise spot Ulsan-ganjeolgot Cape". KBS Global. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013. People pray for good fortune and write down their wishes on a postcard, hoping for the realization of their dreams...This postbox for wishes at Ganjeolgot Cape in Ulsan was installed in 2006, and with a height of five meters, it is the largest postbox in the world and appears in the Guinness Book of Records. This postbox functions as a real mailbox and if people post their postcards in the postbox, the mailman will gather them to send on to their recipients.
  3. ↑ "A Place Where Dawn Breaks Earliest on the Korean Peninsula". SkyNews. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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