Sun Cruise Resort is a cruise ship built on a cliff 60m above sea level by the seaside. The exterior of the resort resembles the modern Bongraeho and has newly established itself as a sunrise attraction in Jeongdongjin. Tropical palm trees were successfully transplanted to create an artificial lake covering about 1,500 pyeong around it. Currently, the resort has a sculpture park with about 30 various sculptures and a Jangseung park made with about 250 jangseung brought from Andong Hahoe Village. There is also a train cafe originally used as the first cafe and a sailing ship cafe currently operating as a coffee shop, offering both attractions and rest areas.
Hourglass Park is quaintly arranged against the backdrop of the East Sea, mountains, and Jeongdongjin 2-ri village. In the center is an hourglass, surrounded by pine trees. There are benches facing the sea. Directly in front of Hourglass Park is Jeongdongjin Beach. Jeongdongjin Hourglass Park was created in 1999 by Gangneung City and Samsung Electronics to commemorate the new millennium, with a total project cost of 1.28 billion won. The hourglass in the park is the largest in the world by size and weight, and the sand inside takes exactly one year to fall completely to the bottom. Then, at midnight on January 1 of the next year, it is rotated half a turn to start anew. Unlike a slender gourdlike glass vessel, Jeongdongjin's hourglass has a round shape to symbolize the infinity of time. The round shape also represents the sun rising over the East Sea, and the parallel train rails symbolize the eternal flow of time. Jeongdongjin, the place where the hourglass was erected, is an area east of the road milestone in front of Gwanghwamun in Seoul. Thus, at the summer solstice, it is the area where the sun rises first in the easternmost part of the Korean Peninsula.
Sandglass Park is surrounded by the East Sea, mountains and Jeongdongjin 2-ri Village. Sandglass Park has pine trees, benches facing the sea, and access to Jeongdongjin Beach. At the center of the park is a giant sandglass that is set to measure one year. Sandglass Park was established in 1999 by the city of Gangneung and Samsung Electronics Co. to commemorate the upcoming millennium. Part of this commemoration was the building of the giant sandglass at the park. The sandglass has a diameter of 8.06 meters, x_width of 3.2 meters, weight of 40 tons and holds 8 tons of sand, making it one of the biggest sandglasses in the world. It takes a whole year for sand to trickle to the bottom and then the sandglass restarts again on New Year’s Day each year at midnight.
There are three places where you can swim at Jeongdongjin: the sea in front of Jeongdongjin Station, the sea in front of the Hourglass Park, and the sea with the Jeongdongjin breakwater. The wide and easy-to-use places are the beach in front of Jeongdongjin Station and the sea in front of Hourglass Park. The Hourglass Park lights up day and night and is a tourist attraction with Sculpture (Sunrise) Park and Heonhwa Road to the south. Especially, in front of Jeongdongjin Station, there are many rocks where people can pick clams, mussels, seaweed, and sea urchins, attracting many visitors. It is also the world's closest simple station to the sea, attracting many tourists who greet the majestic sun rising from the blue Donghae sea. Since the operation of the Jeongdongjin Sunrise Tourist Train in 1997, the area has rapidly risen in popularity and remains crowded with tourists all year round.
