VOL.36 · January 31 · 2018
Pinofamilia
There are not many places that you can visit with your children in winter. Is there a place that all family members can enjoy together without concerns about the cold and fine dust? We visited Pinocchio's house in the city where all family members can enjoy various experiences and views.
Pinofamilia is a Pinocchio theme park located in the urban area of Junggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul. After passing through the gate, a 11 m high huge statue of Pinocchio, built for the first time in Korea, will welcome you, awakening the innocence of childhood somewhere in your heart that you might have forgotten.
The Pinofamilia Art Hall provides experiences that may hardly be obtained anywhere else. The Art Hall is devoted to Pinocchia, a character created in Korea as Pinocchio's girlfriend. Pinofamilia is a creative space full of culture, experiences, and symbols, presenting a healing experience to families.
The Pino-platform provides an opportunity to experience a happy and fun life, enabling people of all age groups, from infants to the elderly, to enjoy the Pinocchio culture. The space will help children to develop creativity, youth to nourish hope, and adults to return to the innocence of childhood that they might have lost.
The PinoGallery building, built with concrete as a huge circle, exhibits dolls from various countries of the world. Exhibitions have been held for Pinocchio dolls, Italian dolls, Korean paper dolls, East Asian dolls, Nutcracker dolls, African dolls, and Central and South American dolls. The visitors can start a journey to meet dolls from various parts of the world. Marionette shows, brief lectures, and traditional costume experience programs are also available.
The ChiaGallery building is a two-story structure that looks like a huge whale. Unique exhibitions are held in this building from time to time. Woodwork artists hold "Joyful Imagination Exhibition" in this building. The visitors may experience cable-tie art and play-beads programs. Educational videos for children are shown in the PinoHall, a small concert hall.
The ChioGallery building is a three-story building designed as a Pinocchio robot. The first floor is for sand play. The second floor has a pizza oven experience zone. While children participate in the experience program, you may enjoy a coffee break at the cafeteria where you can view the beautiful landscape of the Pinofamilia through the front windows. The third floor has an art shop where you can buy various souvenirs.
The motif of PinoPool is the fun idea that water falls from a Pinocchio robot's nose. The water contained in PinoPool is natural bedrock water that is safe even to infants with soft skins. The PinoTrain passing over the PinoPool will asume the children and lift their spirits.
