Hi Bye, Mama! | Ilsan Lake Park — The Artificial Shore They Used for Ordinary Days

People treat the outdoor hours in Hi Bye, Mama! as a nameless park somewhere north of Seoul. The water is this one. Ilsan Lake Park opened on 4 May 1996 at 595 Hosu-ro in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang. The lake covers about 300,000 square metres. A 9.1-kilometre promenade and a 4.7-kilometre bicycle path ring the water. Dalmaji Island sits in the middle with Wolpajeong pavilion on it. The park is free, open all year, and ten minutes on foot from Jeongbalsan Station on Line 3. Korean Wikipedia lists the park among the official filming locations. The production needed a public shore that could stand in for family afternoons without looking like a set: wide paths, rented bicycles, fountains, and enough space that a ghost and a living household could pass each other without a crowd noticing. The lake is not natural. Han River water was pumped in when Ilsan New Town was laid out. That is the point. The drama's ordinary days were already engineered. Walk the circuit at dusk and the city lights sit on the water the same way they did when the cameras were here.