Gasado Island

Gasado is the third largest island in Jindo County after Sangjodo and Hajodo. It is the only island in the Jodo-myeon waters excluded from the Dadohae National Marine Park area, and it has developed agriculture and fishing industries. It is the island with the most seaweed farming in the Jodo waters. As its name suggests, Gasado is rich in Buddhist imagery; it is said that the Dang-san (village guardian tree) of Daeri Village resembles the robe (gasa) of a Buddha, hence the name Gasado. Another theory suggests that the island's shape seen from the sky resembles 'gase' (a dialect word for scissors in Jeolla Province), leading to the name Gase-seom. Gasado is an archipelago centered on the main island of Gasado, consisting of 6 inhabited islands and 10 uninhabited islands. The Gasado Lighthouse, located on the path to Deolmok Village, and the mountain path leading to the lighthouse are also impressive destinations. In front of Deolmok Village lies Dolmok Beach, which is 250 meters long. The sunset viewed from the rocks of the breakwater next to Dolmok Beach is beautiful. Gasado also has caves dug by the Japanese during the colonial period for mining, as well as natural caves. The entire Gasado area was a silica mine, and during the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese military mobilized people from Jindo and Haenam to extract silica minerals. In the artificial Sipja Cave, you can also see the spectacular sight of bats flying around.

Address: 106 Gasado-gil, Jodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do