East coast · Pohang, North Gyeongsang
Homigot
호미곶
The giant bronze hand rising out of the sea, at the easternmost point of the mainland.
Homigot sits on the tip of the Homi cape, the furthest east the Korean mainland goes, which makes it the first place on the peninsula to see the sun.
The Hand of Harmony is a pair of bronze hands — one on the shore, one standing out in the water — and on 1 January the sunrise festival here is one of the biggest in the country.
Photograph by Mobius6, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Resized for this page.
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