Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun Return to Jumunjin for a Warm Goblin Reunion

Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun’s return to Jumunjin is the heart of this Goblin Reunion, bringing one of the drama’s most familiar seaside memories back into view. In tvN’s Goblin 10th Anniversary Trip, the two actors joined Lee Dong-wook and Yoo In-na for a Gangneung journey tied to both tvN’s 20th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Goblin.¹

For fans, the focus is easy to understand: Jumunjin is not just another filming location. It is the seaside setting connected to the moment when Eun-tak first summoned Kim Shin in the original drama, and the anniversary program returned there with the people who made that scene memorable.²

Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun Back at Jumunjin

The first episode of Goblin 10th Anniversary Trip aired on tvN on July 4, 2026, and followed Gong Yoo, Kim Go-eun, Lee Dong-wook, and Yoo In-na as they traveled to Gangneung.³ Their first destination was Jumunjin, already known among viewers as a key Goblin location. The program leaned directly into that emotional geography by having Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun recreate a famous scene using a red scarf and buckwheat flower props.³

That detail matters because the reunion was not framed only as a cast appearance. It was built around returning to the places, objects, and relationships that viewers still associate with the drama. The red scarf and buckwheat flowers are not random accessories in this context; they are visual reminders of the original drama’s mood and its central memory of Kim Shin and Eun-tak.

The Jumunjin visit also carried a practical behind-the-scenes flavor. Gong Yoo recalled that wind had made the original filming difficult, saying in the broadcast recap, “The wind really blew then, so it was hard to film.”³ That kind of comment gives the anniversary trip a different texture from a simple nostalgia package. It reminds you that the scene fans remember as graceful and romantic also involved actors and crew working through real filming conditions.

Kim Go-eun’s line from the recreated scene, “It’s my birthday today,” was also highlighted in the broadcast recap.³ Kept short and familiar, the moment connected the anniversary version back to the drama without needing to explain every beat of the original scene.

Why the Jumunjin Scene Still Lands

The reunion worked because it gathered the four leads together while staying close to a specific emotional anchor. Gong Yoo, Lee Dong-wook, Kim Go-eun, and Yoo In-na reunited for the special program, which follows them on a trip back to Gangneung and places linked to Goblin.¹ Instead of relying only on conversation, the show returned them to a landscape viewers already recognize.

Jumunjin is especially effective for that purpose. The sea, the breakwater, the red scarf, and the buckwheat flowers create an immediate visual shorthand for Goblin’s early emotional pull. For viewers who watched the drama when it aired, the anniversary recreation can feel like opening a photo album with the original subjects standing in the frame again. For newer viewers, it functions as a guided introduction to why the location became meaningful in the first place.

The program’s tone also appears to rest on cast rapport. Star News reported that Kim Go-eun had said she wanted to leave behind the relationship among them because it felt too precious for only them to know.⁴ That line helps explain why this anniversary trip is being presented as more than a location tour. It is also about showing a cast dynamic that remained meaningful after the drama’s broadcast period.

The broader setup reinforces that point. A highlight video released ahead of the premiere showed Gong Yoo, Lee Dong-wook, Kim Go-eun, and Yoo In-na traveling to Gangneung Jumunjin and reflecting on the drama and their teamwork 10 years after its broadcast.⁵ The anniversary format gives the cast room to revisit not only what viewers saw on screen, but also what the project meant to them as a shared experience.

Inside the New Goblin House

The Gangneung trip did not stop at the seaside. The cast also visited a Goblin-themed house connected to the anniversary program. Reports described the house as including props that recalled the drama, such as the red door, Eun-tak’s school uniform and exam ticket, and the Grim Reaper’s hat.⁶

Those props are doing a lot of quiet storytelling. The red door recalls the drama’s Korea-Quebec imagery, while Eun-tak’s exam ticket and school uniform point back to her character’s youth and personal storyline. The Grim Reaper’s hat brings Lee Dong-wook’s character into the same memory space, widening the program beyond the Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun scene while still keeping the drama’s core symbols close.

A preview before the premiere also introduced a new Goblin House decorated with symbolic items including Eun-tak’s exam ticket and the red door tied to the Korea-Quebec scenes.² That means the anniversary trip was designed with both place and prop memory in mind: Jumunjin for the iconic seaside recreation, and the themed house for the drama’s broader visual world.

What makes this Goblin Reunion appealing is its focus. The show does not need to stretch the meaning of the anniversary when it has Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun standing again at Jumunjin with the props that viewers remember. It also does not rely only on sentiment, because the cast’s comments and the recreated filming context add warmth without turning the moment into pure nostalgia.

In the end, Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun’s Jumunjin return works because it is specific: one place, one remembered scene, familiar props, and a cast revisiting a drama that still has a strong hold on viewers. The anniversary trip turns that memory into a shared, visible moment again.

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