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Dangjin Waemok Village Sunrise Festival

당진 왜목마을 해넘이 해맞이축제
Waemok-gil, Seongmun-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도 당진시 석문면 왜목길)
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The Dangjin Waemok Village Sunrise Festival takes place in Waemok Village located in Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do. The place itself is regarded as one of the top three sunrise viewing spots in Korea. Around 100,000 people visit the festival every year to see the simple and poetic sunrise.

Starting in the afternoon of December 31, various sunrise events will begin, including tourist singing contests, celebrity guest performances, a New Year’s countdown, and burning daljip (brushwood) to make a wish. When the new year begins, visitors can take in the sunrise and warm up with some tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup) at the end of the festival.

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Start date
2015.12.31
End date
2016.01.01
Age limit
No age limit
Venue
Waemok Village
Venue info
From Seoul Nambu Terminal, take an intercity bus bound for Dangjin Bus Terminal.
(First bus 06:40, last bus 19:30/ Travel time: 1 hr and 30 min)
Transfer to Bus 104 at the terminal and get off at the Gyoro 2-ri Waemok Village Entrance Bus Stop.
From the bus stop, walk toward the port for about 270m (4 min).

Or, take a taxi to the village from the bus terminal.
(About 40 km away / The taxi fare will cost around 21,000 won.)
Admission
Free

Updated 2017.04.03

Introduction

The Dangjin Waemok Village Sunrise Festival takes place in Waemok Village located in Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do. The place itself is regarded as one of the top three sunrise viewing spots in Korea. Around 100,000 people visit the festival every year to see the simple and poetic sunrise.

Starting in the afternoon of December 31, various sunrise events will begin, including tourist singing contests, celebrity guest performances, a New Year’s countdown, and burning daljip (brushwood) to make a wish. When the new year begins, visitors can take in the sunrise and warm up with some tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup) at the end of the festival.

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Waemok-gil, Seongmun-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do


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